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capo
Musical equipment; Guitars
A mechanical barre that attaches to the neck of a guitar by means of a string, spring, elastic or nylon band, or a lever and thumbscrew arrangement. The capo can be used to raise the key of a song to ...
barre chord
Musical equipment; Guitars
From the French term barré. The technique of placing the left hand index finger over two to six strings in the fingering of a chord. The great advantage of using barre chords is that they are ...
bending
Musical equipment; Guitars
The act of pushing or pulling a string sideways across the a fret to raise the pitch of a note by a half to full tone or more. Used extensively in rock and blues playing as well as in jazz.
3/4-size guitar
Musical equipment; Guitars
A smaller than normal guitar with shorter strings and less space between frets.
action
Musical equipment; Guitars
A term referring to the height of the strings above the frets and fretboard.
altered and open tunings
Musical equipment; Guitars
The result of changing the tuning of one or more strings from standard EADGBE.
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