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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 inversion as opposed to ...
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 a turn improvising ...
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.
