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526:
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403:
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373:
370:3rd strings.
343:
333:
324:
313:Minor sixths
285:New standard
260:
249:Major thirds
237:Minor thirds
29:
1785:Jazz guitar
1698:Bass guitar
1549:All fourths
1443:-A-D-F♯-A-D
707:16 February
567:Nash (1997)
356:major third
261:All fourths
124:Bass guitar
108:E-A-D-G-C-F
36:All fourths
1774:Categories
1599:Repetitive
1575:All fifths
1435:-G-C-G-C-E
1387:-G-D-G-B-D
1380:-F-C-F-A-C
1349:-C-G-C-E-G
1300:-B-D-G-B-D
1293:-A-C-F-A-C
1250:-E-G-C-E-G
1118:Repetitive
971:9 November
857:0415974410
800:14 October
755:References
660:0881884235
477:Scordatura
461:inversions
404:diagonally
301:All fifths
189:Tom Quayle
140:Advantages
131:Repetition
105:Example(s)
1507:semitones
1402:-C♯-E-A-E
1123:Overtones
1070:Nashville
487:bandurria
217:semitones
177:Guitarist
96:Semitones
54:semitones
1759:Category
1475:-D-G-B-D
1466:-C-F-A-F
1454:♯
1425:♯
1419:♯
1413:♯
1371:♯
1368:-E-B-E-G
1359:♯
1356:-D-A-D-F
1340:♯
1334:♯
1328:♯
1316:♯
1313:-A-E-A-C
1284:♯
1278:♯
1266:♯
1260:♯
1241:♯
1235:♯
1229:♯
1223:♯
1211:♯
1205:♯
1060:Standard
988:Archived
917:16526869
867:(2018).
812:(2011).
641:(eds.).
471:See also
338:for the
84:Interval
1618:Trivial
1606:pitches
1503:Regular
1050:General
225:Trivial
75:Aliases
56:on the
1571:(7, 3)
1519:Unison
1451:-B-E-G
1281:-B-E-G
1263:-A-D-F
1208:-E-A-C
1114:Tuning
1065:DADGAD
941:
915:
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877:
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823:19 May
773:
731:31 May
684:26 May
657:
551:19 May
340:guitar
334:Among
62:octave
1186:Open
1178:Open
1170:Open
1162:Open
1154:Open
1146:Open
1138:Open
1127:Other
1093:Slide
966:(PDF)
542:2010
538:(PDF)
506:Notes
346:is a
1749:List
1693:Terz
1603:open
1457:-B-E
1422:-B-D
1416:-B-F
1331:-B-D
1325:-B-F
1232:-B-D
1095:and
1089:Open
973:2013
939:ISBN
913:OCLC
903:ISBN
875:ISBN
853:LCCN
843:ISBN
825:2012
802:2012
771:ISBN
733:2022
709:2018
686:2023
655:ISBN
553:2012
485:and
483:Laúd
1656:(3)
1650:(3)
1776::
1711:E9
1709:,
1707:C6
1471:D-
1462:C-
1410:-F
1398:E-
1374:-B
1362:-A
1337:-F
1319:-E
1287:-B
1275:-G
1269:-A
1257:-F
1238:-F
1226:-F
1220:-D
1214:-E
1202:-C
911:.
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597:^
513:^
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342:,
291:,
135:No
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1464:F
1449:E
1441:D
1433:C
1408:B
1400:A
1385:G
1378:F
1366:E
1354:D
1347:C
1323:B
1311:A
1298:G
1291:F
1273:E
1255:D
1248:C
1218:B
1200:A
1188:G
1180:F
1172:E
1164:D
1156:C
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