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Musical equipment

Any device used to create sound, especially musical instruments.

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footstool

Musical equipment; Guitars

A small adjustable stool used to raise the height of the guitar.

closed voicing

Musical equipment; Guitars

The term "voicing" refers to the vertical arrangement of the notes of a given chord. "Closed voicing" places the member notes as close together as possible, no matter the ...

chorus

Musical equipment; Guitars

Strictly speaking, the portion of a song lyric or melody that is repeated, often with other voices joining in. In jazz improvisation, however, "playing a chorus" would mean taking ...

fingerstyle

Musical equipment; Guitars

Playing with the fingernails or fingertips with or without fingerpicks as opposed to playing with a flatpick.

finger picks

Musical equipment; Guitars

Banjo-style picks that fingerstyle guitarists use when playing steel-string instruments.

dropped-D tuning

Musical equipment; Guitars

The practice of lowering the sixth string (E) by a whole tone, one octave lower than the fourth string.

cutaway

Musical equipment; Guitars

A concave area generally in the upper right bout of a normal right-hand guitar that allows the player easier access to the high frets.