Merchant, F. W. (Francis Walter), 1855-1937, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-1956 · Toronto : Copp Clark · leaf 220
gers. By pressingpedals tlie lengths of thestrings may be alteredso as to sharpen or flat-ten any note. The guitar has sixstrings, the three lower-pitched ones being of silkover-wound with finewire. The strings aretuned to E„ A„ D, G, B, E\where D is the note nextabove middle C and has 293.6… … Fia. 242.—The guitar. With the left hand the stringsare shortened by pressing them against tlie frets,while the note is obtained by plucking with the righthand. 210 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS There are only four strings on the violin, and tliey aretuned to G,, D, A, E, where D is next above middle C {A =…
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