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  • 51Scruggs style — is the most common style of playing the banjo in bluegrass music. It is a fingerpicking method, also known as three finger style. It is named for Earl Scruggs, whose innovative approach and technical mastery of the instrument has influenced… …

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  • 52Fret — A fret is a raised portion on the neck of a stringed instrument, that extends generally across the full width of the neck. On most modern western instruments, frets are metal strips inserted into the fingerboard. On historical instruments and… …

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  • 53Fingerboard — For other uses, see Fingerboard (disambiguation). Fretted guitar fingerboard Fretless violin fingerboard The fingerboard (also known as a fretboard on fretted ins …

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  • 54Pinch harmonic — A pinch harmonic, also known as a squealie or squealer is a guitar technique (typically electric guitar) pioneered by Roy Buchanan in which the player s thumb or index finger slightly catches the string after it is picked, cancelling the… …

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  • 55Barre chord — A barre chord ( E Major shape ), with the index finger used to bar the strings …

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  • 56Guitar tunings — Guitar standard tuning, shown one octave higher than actual pitch. (E2.A2.D3.G3.B3.e4) Guitar tunings almost always refers to the pitch of the open ( unfretted ) string, though some tunings may only realistically be attained by the use of a capo… …

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  • 57Fracture toughness — In materials science, fracture toughness is a property which describes the ability of a material containing a crack to resist fracture, and is one of the most important properties of any material for virtually all design applications. It is… …

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  • 58Ghost note — Ghost notes are musical notes occurring in a rhythmic figure which are purposely deemphasized, often nearly to the point of silence. In popular music drumming these notes are played, very softly between the main notes, most often on the snare… …

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  • 59Open C tuning — Open C tuning. Open C Tuning is an open tuning for guitar. The open string notes in this tuning are CGCGCE.[1] It uses the three notes that form the triad of a C major chord: C, the root note; G, the perfect fifth; and E the major third. When the …

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  • 60The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band — Infobox musical artist Name = The Reverend Peyton s Big Damn Band Img capt = Breezy, Jayme and Rev Peyton Img size = 210 Background = group or band Alias = Big Damn Band Origin = flagicon|US Indianapolis Indiana, US Genre = Roots music Delta… …

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