String instruments generate a sound when the string is plucked, strummed, slapped, etc. The frequency of the wave generated (and therefore the note produced) usually depends on the length of the vibrating portion of the string, its linear density (mass per unit length of string), the tension...
In use, Strummed Acoustic has plenty of positives. The original recordings were made using a vintage Martin D35 and it’s clear from the quality of the sound that the recording process, performances and subsequent sample manipulation have been done to a high standard. As a means of creating ...
There's something about a sample‑based backing track that seems able to turn even the meatiest electric guitar sound into a weedy, wasp‑like drone, and to make aggressively strummed jumbo acoustic guitars sound like the scratchings of a small weevil. The obvious thing to do when this ha...
Search strumming patterns by where the accents fall on the beat. The Pattern Browser shows you every pattern matching that accent structure. STRUMMED ACOUSTIC even handles the most esoteric jazz chords with ease. And every performance features the smoothest chord transitions, real string noise, and ...
Each one always comes to rest in the same position determined by its centre of gravity, and every instrument has two sound 'planes' that can be found by tapping at 90 degree angles around its circumference. Importantly, the instruments are short and slim enough to be carried easily in one ...
When played, the strings are usually plucked by the Uyghurs of Western China and strummed and plucked by the Tajiks, Turkmen, Uzbeks, Afghani people, and in Western parts of Pakistan. Related instruments include the Kazakh dombra, and the dotara played by the Baul community of West Bengal ...
[Class 88 (ii)] A musical instrument of the guitar type, is provided with a keyboard 8, for stopping the one or more strings 4, which are strummed bv hand or with a plectrum, some of the keys being outwardly cranked at their rear ends to reduce the length of the keyboard, and a ...
On the bottom of each bar are pieces of felt that block off the sound of strings which are not part of that particular chord, so leaving only a few strings able to sound, when the strings are strummed. The chords are C, F, G, G7, am, E7, em, etc. Bars of chords that usually...
This name comes from the use of a shell (of an armadillio) for the back of the guitars and mandolins that are used. The dance is performed on a Sunday in September in Mexico City and Queretaro, with the performers dressed in colourfull Aztec-style clothes. The instruments are divided ...
If the string is plucked gently as in finger picking, the minimum height of the strings may be less to avoid buzz and rattle, than if the strings are being strummed when they will vibrate more strongly. 2. The longitudinal flatness of the fretboard. ...