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laouto

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characteristics of stringed instruments

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    In stringed instrument: The production of sound

    …the guitar and the Greek laouto (a type of lute with moveable frets), for example—operate according to a combination of ear and rule of thumb when they insert or adjust frets (note-position markers—e.g., of gut or wire) in the fingerboard. Such instruments are fretted according to the “rule of the…

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    In stringed instrument: Ensembles

    …another instrument (a guitar, or laouto) plays the chordal background and maintains the reiterated rhythmic pattern. Similar ensembles are found in the Americas and in Africa.

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