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313:
302:Minor sixths
274:New standard
249:
238:Major thirds
226:Minor thirds
18:
1774:Jazz guitar
1687:Bass guitar
1538:All fourths
1432:-A-D-F♯-A-D
696:16 February
556:Nash (1997)
345:major third
250:All fourths
113:Bass guitar
97:E-A-D-G-C-F
25:All fourths
1763:Categories
1588:Repetitive
1564:All fifths
1424:-G-C-G-C-E
1376:-G-D-G-B-D
1369:-F-C-F-A-C
1338:-C-G-C-E-G
1289:-B-D-G-B-D
1282:-A-C-F-A-C
1239:-E-G-C-E-G
1107:Repetitive
960:9 November
846:0415974410
789:14 October
744:References
649:0881884235
466:Scordatura
450:inversions
393:diagonally
290:All fifths
178:Tom Quayle
129:Advantages
120:Repetition
94:Example(s)
1496:semitones
1391:-C♯-E-A-E
1112:Overtones
1059:Nashville
476:bandurria
206:semitones
166:Guitarist
85:Semitones
43:semitones
1748:Category
1464:-D-G-B-D
1455:-C-F-A-F
1443:♯
1414:♯
1408:♯
1402:♯
1360:♯
1357:-E-B-E-G
1348:♯
1345:-D-A-D-F
1329:♯
1323:♯
1317:♯
1305:♯
1302:-A-E-A-C
1273:♯
1267:♯
1255:♯
1249:♯
1230:♯
1224:♯
1218:♯
1212:♯
1200:♯
1194:♯
1049:Standard
977:Archived
906:16526869
856:(2018).
801:(2011).
630:(eds.).
460:See also
327:for the
73:Interval
1607:Trivial
1595:pitches
1492:Regular
1039:General
214:Trivial
64:Aliases
45:on the
1560:(7, 3)
1508:Unison
1440:-B-E-G
1270:-B-E-G
1252:-A-D-F
1197:-E-A-C
1103:Tuning
1054:DADGAD
930:
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894:
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812:19 May
762:
720:31 May
673:26 May
646:
540:19 May
329:guitar
323:Among
51:octave
1175:Open
1167:Open
1159:Open
1151:Open
1143:Open
1135:Open
1127:Open
1116:Other
1082:Slide
955:(PDF)
531:2010
527:(PDF)
495:Notes
335:is a
1738:List
1682:Terz
1592:open
1446:-B-E
1411:-B-D
1405:-B-F
1320:-B-D
1314:-B-F
1221:-B-D
1084:and
1078:Open
962:2013
928:ISBN
902:OCLC
892:ISBN
864:ISBN
842:LCCN
832:ISBN
814:2012
791:2012
760:ISBN
722:2022
698:2018
675:2023
644:ISBN
542:2012
474:and
472:Laúd
1645:(3)
1639:(3)
1765::
1700:E9
1698:,
1696:C6
1460:D-
1451:C-
1399:-F
1387:E-
1363:-B
1351:-A
1326:-F
1308:-E
1276:-B
1264:-G
1258:-A
1246:-F
1227:-F
1215:-F
1209:-D
1203:-E
1191:-C
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586:^
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416:.
331:,
280:,
124:No
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1462:G
1453:F
1438:E
1430:D
1422:C
1397:B
1389:A
1374:G
1367:F
1355:E
1343:D
1336:C
1312:B
1300:A
1287:G
1280:F
1262:E
1244:D
1237:C
1207:B
1189:A
1177:G
1169:F
1161:E
1153:D
1145:C
1137:B
1129:A
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