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Encyclopedia > Twelve string guitar

The twelve string guitar is an acoustic or electric guitar with twelve strings, which produces a richer, more ringing tone than a standard six string guitar. Essentially, it is a type of guitar with a natural chorus effect due to the subtle differences in string timbre. A steel string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ... Two different electric guitars. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... A string is a vibrating element used on many musical instruments, such as the violin, guitar, harp, and piano. ... A chorus effect is: A condition in the way people perceive similar sounds coming from multiple sources. ...

Maton CW80/12
Maton CW80/12

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Design

The strings are placed in courses of two strings each that are usually played together. The two strings in each bass course are normally tuned an octave apart, while each pair of strings in the treble courses is tuned in unison. The tuning of the second string in the third course (G) varies: some players use a unison string which is less prone to breakage, others prefer the distinctive high-pitched, bell-like quality an octave string makes in this position. Bass (IPA: [], rhyming with face), when used as an adjective, describes tones of low frequency or range. ... For other uses, see Octave (disambiguation). ... Treble is a term applied in music to the high or acute part of the musical system, as opposed to the bass, the lower or grave part. ... For other uses, see Unison (disambiguation). ... A bell is a simple sound-making device. ...


Some players, either in search of distinctive tone or for ease of playing, will remove some of the doubled strings. For example, removing the higher octave from the three bass courses simplifies playing running bass lines, but keeps the extra treble strings for the full strums.


The tension placed on the instrument by the strings is great, and because of this, 12 string guitars have a reputation for warping after a few years of use. Some twelve-string guitars have non-traditional structural supports to prevent or postpone such a fate, at the expense of appearance and tone. Until recently, twelve-string guitars were nearly universally tuned lower than the traditional EADGBE, to reduce the stresses on the instrument. Lead Belly famously used a low C-tuning[citation needed], as did Beau on his Dandelion recordings. Tension is a reaction force applied by a stretched string (rope or a similar object) on the objects which stretch it. ... Stress is a measure of force per unit area within a body. ... For the film, see Leadbelly (film). ... For the character type beau or beaux from Restoration comedy and after, see Fop. ... Dandelion Records was a British record label started in 1969 by the British DJ John Peel as a way to get the music he liked onto record. ...


Some performers prefer the richness of an open tuning due to its near-orchestral sound. For a very complex plucked-string sound, the 12-string can be set to standard tuning (or possibly an octave lower), then the top one and low two string pairs can be tuned to whole-tone intervals. The usual gamut of guitar tunings are also available. Wikibooks Guitar has a page on the topic of Tuning the Guitar Guitar tunings are any of several techniques of pitch adjustment on the individual strings of a guitar in order to achieve a prescribed arrangement of notes from the open (unfretted) strings. ...


Many performers who play the twelve-string guitar use an ordinary six-string guitar as their primary instrument, switching to the twelve-string guitar for certain songs that seem to call for a brighter sound.


Because it is substantially more difficult to pluck individual strings on the twelve-string guitar, and almost impossible to bend notes tunefully, the instrument is rarely used for lead musical parts. An important exception is Georgian acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke, who, ever since his first album (significantly called 12-String Blues), has customarily used it as a solo and very often unaccompanied instrument, and was instrumental in popularizing it in that role. 12-string guitar is however primarily suited to a rhythm or accompaniment role and is often used in folk songs and some popular music. Some hard rock and progressive rock musicians use double-necked guitars, which have both six-string and twelve-string components, allowing the guitarist easy transition between different sounds. Leo Kottke (born on 11 September 1945 in Athens, Georgia, USA, North America) is an acoustic guitarist. ... 12-String Blues is the first album by guitarist Leo Kottke. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Hard Rock redirects here. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... Jimmy Page playing a Gibson EDS-1275 A double neck guitar is a guitar that has two necks. ...


The greater number of strings complicates playing, particularly for the plucking (or picking) hand. The gap between the dual-string courses is usually narrower than that between the single-string courses of a conventional six-string guitar, so more precision is required with pick or fingertip when not simply strumming chords. The pairing of thin, easily broken octave strings with larger, stiffer bass strings presents difficulties to the player also, and only a very skilled player can reliably pluck single strings from within a course at any speed (notably the very high octave G string, which is the highest-pitched string on the instrument). Nevertheless, with practice, the twelve-string guitar is not unduly difficult to play. It is, however, generally used in a fairly restricted role which emphasises its strengths: rich ringing, full-bodied chords, and fast, rippling single plucked notes on the twinned strings.


Twelve-string guitars are made in both acoustic and electric form. However, it is the acoustic type that is most common.


Usage

Use of twelve-string electric guitar almost appears to be cyclical: beginning with Blind Willie McTell in the '20s and '30s, Lead Belly in the '40s, and continuing with Bob Gibson in the '50s and early '60s, performers and Gibson acolytes such as Mike Pender of The Searchers and Roger McGuinn of The Byrds, brought it to the fore for a decade, until it fell out of favor and was largely limited to niche use by progressive rockers in the 1970s. The instrument was revived in the 1980s by alternative rockers such as Peter Buck of R.E.M., Marty Willson-Piper of The Church, and Johnny Marr of The Smiths. During the 1990s, its popularity waned again, although it plays a key part in the sound of indie rock acts such as Low and The Decemberists. Recently its use has been growing once more, with the rise of psych folk and freak folk as current styles which make good use of the instrument's bright, drone-y qualities. The most popular electric twelve-string model since the 1960s has been the Rickenbacker 360/12, first popularized by George Harrison. Many double-neck guitars have a twelve-string neck, in order for guitarists to switch between tones during live performances, for example, when playing Stairway to Heaven, Hotel California or Xanadu. Blind Willie McTell (May 5, 1908–August 15, 1959), born William Samuel McTell, was an influential American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Searchers are a British rock act who emerged as part of the 1960s merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry and the Pacemakers. ... James Roger McGuinn (known professionally as Roger McGuinn and born James Joseph McGuinn III on July 13, 1942) is a popular rock American singer-songwriter and guitarist of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Not to be confused with The Birds (band). ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... Alternative music redirects here. ... Peter Lawrence Buck (born 6 December 1956 in Berkeley, California) is the guitarist and co-founder, along with Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe of the alternative rock band R.E.M. // After spending time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Buck family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. ... R.E.M. is a rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by Michael Stipe (vocals), Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), and Mike Mills (bass). ... Marty Willson-Piper is a guitarist and member of Australian independent rock band The Church. ... The Church are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. ... Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher on 31 October 1963 in Ardwick, Manchester) is an English guitarist, keyboardist, harmonica player and singer. ... The Smiths were an English rock band active from 1982 to 1987. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Low is an American indie rock group from Duluth, Minnesota. ... The Decemberists are a five-piece indie pop band from Portland, Oregon, fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Meloy . ... Psychedelic folk or Psych folk is a music genre that originated in the 1960s through the blending of folk music, Indie folk and psychedelic rock or pop. ... Psych folk or Psychedelic folk is a music genre which began through the blending of folk music and psychedelic music in the 1960s. ... Rickenbacker 330JG Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker (pronounced ) [1]), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for having invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. ... The Rickenbacker 360/12 was among the first electric twelve-string guitars. ... For other persons named George Harrison, see George Harrison (disambiguation). ... A double neck guitar is a guitar that has two necks. ... This article is about the Led Zeppelin song. ... Hotel California is the title song from the Eagles album of the same name and was released as a single in early 1977. ... Xanadu is a song recorded by the Canadian progressive rock trio Rush for their 1977 album A Farewell to Kings. ...


Noted twelve-string performers

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Two electric 12 strings, a Shergold Modulator 12 (top) and a Maton Magnetone TB36/12 (bottom); the latter is a copy of the Rickenbacker 360/12
Two electric 12 strings, a Shergold Modulator 12 (top) and a Maton Magnetone TB36/12 (bottom); the latter is a copy of the Rickenbacker 360/12

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Acoustic

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Electric

Rickenbacker

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Pat Smear (born Georg Ruthenberg on August 5, 1959), is a U.S. rock guitarist who has been a regular member of several well-known bands, albeit of different subgenres: The Germs, Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. ... The Germs are a punk rock band from Los Angeles formed in the late 1970s. ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... This article is about the band. ... John Dawson Johnny Winter III (born on 23 February 1944 in Beaumont, Texas, USA) is an American blues guitarist, singer, and producer. ... Mike Ward may refer to: Michael E. Ward, former United States congressman and North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction. ... Zakk Wylde (born Jeffrey Phillip Wiedlandt on January 14, 1967 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American musician, who is best known for his roles as a guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and founder of Black Label Society. ...

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Joseph Satch Satriani (born July 15, 1956 in Westbury, New York, U.S.) is an American guitarist and former guitar instructor. ... Jon Hume is a guitarist from New Zealand. ... Evermore is a New Zealand alternative rock band. ... Miki Berenyi Miki Berenyi (born on March 18, 1967) is a singer from south London, UK. She was formerly the lead singer of Lush. ... Look up Lush in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mikael Åkerfeldt (IPA: ) (born April 17, 1974, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a highly influential Swedish musician, best known as the current lead vocalist of progressive metal band Opeth, and former lead singer of death metal band Bloodbath. ... Opeth are a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. ... David Bowie (pronounced ) (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, producer, arranger, and audio engineer. ... Three magnetic pickups on an electric guitar. ... A cello with f-holes A guitar with a round hole A sound hole is a hole in the upper sounding board of a string musical instrument. ... For the town in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, see Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania. ... The Ovation Guitar Company, a holding of Kaman Music Corporation, is a guitar manufacturing company based in Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA. Ovation primarily manufactures acoustic guitars. ... Christopher (Chris) John Cheney (born January 2, 1975) is the guitarist and lead vocalist in the Australian rock band, The Living End. ... This article is about the Australian band. ... Not to be confused with Yard Birds. ... Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE[2] (born 30 March 1945) [3], nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ... Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. ... For Your Love is the first U.S. album (second album overall) by British blues rock band The Yardbirds, released in August 1965. ... Roy Clark - March 2002 Roy Linwood Clark (born April 15, 1933 in Meherrin, Virginia) is one of the most versatile and well-known country music musicians and performers. ... This article is about the musical instrument. ... For the Scottish football (soccer) player, see Jimmy Page (footballer). ... The Fender Electric XII was a purpose-built 12-string electric guitar, designed for folk rockers. ... The Gibson EDS-1275 is a doubleneck Gibson guitar introduced in 1958. ... This article is about the Led Zeppelin song. ... Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer formerly based in Britain, and now owned by Japanese electronics giants Korg, which is most famous for making the AC30 guitar amplifier and the Vox organ. ... Thank You is a song written by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page which was released by Led Zeppelin on their 1969 album Led Zeppelin II. It was a slow ballad and it signaled a deeper involvment in song writing by Robert Plant. ... Rik Emmett (born 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. ... Stephen James Steve Howe (born April 8, 1947 in Holloway, North London, England) is a guitarist best known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Pete Townshend (born Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend on 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer. ... The Who are an English rock band that formed in 1964. ... For the Australian film composer, see Brian May (composer). ... Long Away is a song by the band Queen; it is the third track on the first side of the 1976 album A Day At The Races. ... Nick McCarthy (born Nicholas Augustine McCarthy December 13, 1974) is an English musician. ... Franz Ferdinand are an award winning rock band, from Glasgow, Scotland. ... John McLaughlin John McLaughlin (aka pinyon)(born January 4, 1942), also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. ... Robert Michael Nesmith (b. ... The Monkees were a pop-rock quartet created and based in Los Angeles in 1965 for an NBC American television series of the same name. ... Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. ... Richard Nielsen (born December 22, 1946 in Rockford, Illinois) is the lead guitarist and primary songwriter of the rock band Cheap Trick. ... Hamer Guitars is a guitar manufacturing company founded by Jol Dantzig and business partner Paul Hamer in 1973. ... Krist Anthony Novoselić II (born May 16, 1965) is an American rock musician best known as the bassist for Nirvana. ... Album cover of Sweet 75s first and only album sweet 75 (1997). ... This article is about the American grunge band. ... Founder, Guitarist and Vocalist of the band Melechesh ... Melechesh is a black metal band that originated in Jerusalem, Israel. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The Searchers are a British rock act who emerged as part of the 1960s merseybeat scene along with The Beatles, The Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry and the Pacemakers. ... Steven Steve Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is a Grammy Award winning guitarist, composer, vocalist, and record producer. ... John Peter Petrucci (born July 12, 1967) is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater. ... Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Myung, John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, before they dropped out to support the band. ... Music Man is an American guitar, bass guitar and amplifier manufacturer. ... Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford (born October 2, 1950 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English musician. ... Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967. ... Nick Valensi (born Nicholas Valensi, January 16, 1981, in New York) is a guitarist for the New York based rock band, The Strokes. ... For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). ... Matt Slocum (born December 27, 1972) is a guitarist, and composer, best known for his work with the rock band Sixpence None The Richer. ... Sixpence None the Richer was a Grammy-nominated pop/rock band with roots in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. ... The Fender Electric XII was a purpose-built 12-string electric guitar, designed for folk rockers. ... Kiss Me is a song recorded by Sixpence None the Richer and released on the 1997 album Sixpence None the Richer. ... Robin Guthrie (born 4 January 1962, in Falkirk, Scotland) is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Twins. ... The Fender Electric XII was a purpose-built 12-string electric guitar, designed for folk rockers. ... Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative rock band active from 1982 to 1997. ... Thomas Earl Tom Petty (born October 20, 1950) is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... The Fender Electric XII was a purpose-built 12-string electric guitar, designed for folk rockers. ... Pete Townshend (born Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend on 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer. ... The Fender Electric XII was a purpose-built 12-string electric guitar, designed for folk rockers. ... Tommy (1969) is one of The Whos two full-scale rock operas, and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera. ... Paul Brandon Gilbert (November 6, 1966) is a guitarist best known for his work with Racer X and Mr. ... Carl Wilson on the cover of his eponymous 1981 album. ... Dave Mustaine (born September 13, 1961 in La Mesa, California, USA) is the lead/rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and singer for the thrash metal band Megadeth. ... Megadeth is an American thrash metal band led by founder, frontman, guitarist, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Julian Cope (born Julian David Cope, on 21 October 1957) is a British rock musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, and poet who came to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes. ... The Teardrop Explodes (L to R) Alan Gill, Julian Cope, Gary Dwyer and David Balfe The Teardrop Explodes was a British New Wave/Neo-Psychedelic band formed in Liverpool in 1978. ... Robert Smith, Bob Smith or Bobby Smith may refer to: // Robert Barr Smith (1824–1915), Australian businessman and philanthropist Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland business school Robert William Smith (1986), British Financial Economist specialising in Wealth and Asset Management and Skydiving. ... This article is about the English rock band. ... People named John Butler include: John Butler (pioneer) (1728-1796), a United States pioneer involved in the American Revolutionary War. ... Andrew Stockdale (born July 20, 1976) is the lead singer and guitarist of Australian band Wolfmother. ... Wolfmother is a Grammy Award winning hard rock band from Australia. ... Wally Bryson, born Wallace Carter Bryson on July 18, 1949 in Gastonia, NC, USA, is the guitarist with the power-pop/rock group The Raspberries, famous for their hits Go All The Way, Overnight Sensation & I Wanna Be With You. // At age 4, Brysons family moved to Cleveland, OH... The Raspberries were a rock and roll band from Cleveland, Ohio. ... Morgan Henderson was the final bassist for the post hardcore band The Blood Brothers. ... For other uses, see Blood Brothers (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Arcade Fire is an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada comprising band members Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld, and Jeremy Gara. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Compilation album cover The Rooftop Singers were a progressive folk singing trio in the early 1960s, best known for the hit Walk Right In. The group was composed of Erik Darling and Bill Svanoe (vocals, guitar) with former jazz singer Lynne Taylor (vocals). ... Nels and his Jazzmaster. ... This article is about the music group. ... 2007 Danelectro Pro reissue Danelectro is a manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers and effects units. ... Die (born December 20, 1974, in Mie) is a Japanese musician and one of the guitarists of Dir en grey. ... Dir en grey is a Japanese band formed in 1997 and currently signed to Firewall Div. ...

Unconfirmed

David (Dave) Catching (b. ... Pat Martino (born Pat Azzara, August 25, 1944, in South Philadelphia) is a world-renowned Italian-American jazz guitarist and composer. ... Arto Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist and singer. ... DNA was a short-lived but influential New York rock band, associated with the no wave movement. ... William E. Strange (born 1930 in Long Beach, California) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor. ... // The Black is a rock band from Austin, Texas that formed in 2002 when singer/songwriter David Longoria began collaborating with drummer Andy Morales. ...

See also

The Portuguese guitar, more specifically a Coimbra model, as shown on the cover of Carlos Paredes album, Guitarra Portuguesa. ... Standard Cümbüş The cümbüş (IPA: , sometimes approximated as by English speakers) is a Turkish stringed instrument of relatively modern origin. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... A renaissance-era lute. ... The lute is a plucked string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep round back. ... Spanish guitar redirects here. ... Two different electric guitars. ...

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History of the Guitar - Music Masters, Inc. (524 words)
The guitar probably originated in Spain, where by the 16th century it was the counterpart among the middle and lower classes of the aristocracy's vihuela, an instrument of similar shape and ancestry with six double courses.
Guitar makers in the 19th century broadened the body, increased the curve of the waist, thinned the belly, and changed the internal bracing.
Guitars ranging from contrabass to treble, and with varying numbers of strings are played in Spain and Latin America.
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Acoustic guitars are essential tools in his songwriting, and he usually reaches for one of the numerous Martins he owns.
The result is a 12-string guitar that finally provides its owner the tintinnabulation of the bells bells bells, the rhyming and the chiming of the bells about which Edgar, Al and Poe wrote, and Phil Ochs sang.
This has given our guitars their own distinctive sound, one that is highly dynamic, bringing out a “piano like bass” that results in a remarkably well-balanced tone for application in a broad variety of musical styles.
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