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Eight-string Guitarists
An eight-string guitar is a guitar with eight strings, or one more than the Russian guitar's seven. Eight-string guitars are less common than six- and seven-string guitars, but they are used by a few classical, jazz, and metal guitarists. The eight-string guitar allows a wider tonal range, or non-standard tunings (such as major-thirds tuning), or both. Various non-standard guitars were made in the 19th century, including eight-string guitars played by Italians Giulio Regondi and Luigi Legnani. Eight-string electric guitars gained popularity among metal bands, largely inspired by Swedish progressive metal band Meshuggah (formed in 1987). Contemporary use outside of metal has picked up in the last decade, and owes much to Animals as Leaders and their stylistic eclecticism. Designs Semi-acoustic guitar (hollow-body guitar) Seeking a guitar tuning that would facilitate jazz improvisation, Ralph Patt invented major-thirds tuning in 1963. Patt's tuning is a regular tuning, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agile Intrepid Dual Charcoal
Agile may refer to: * Agile, an entity that possesses agility Project management * Agile software development Agile software development is an umbrella term for approaches to software development, developing software that reflect the values and principles agreed upon by ''The Agile Alliance'', a group of 17 software practitioners, in 2001. As documented ..., a development method * Agile construction, iterative and incremental construction method * Agile learning, the application of incremental and iterative methods to learning processes * Agile manufacturing, an organization able to respond quickly to customer needs and market changes * Agile management, the application of the principles of Agile software development and lean management to various management processes * Agile marketing, flexible and adaptable marketing using agile constructs Military * AIM-95 Agile, an air-to-air missile * HMS ''Agile'', a never-built ''Amphion''-class submarine * Project AGILE, a 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
