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Guitars
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Flatpick
Musical equipment; Guitars
A triangular or teardrop-shaped piece of nylon or plastic used to pluck or strum guitar strings. Flatpicks are available in a large variety of shapes, sizes, and thickness.
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 ...
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.
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.
