Simply put, the 8-string is a 6-string with two extra low strings. The most common tuning from low to high is F# B E A D G B E (that is, standard guitar tuning with low B and F# strings).

“Playing a nylon-string to 80,000 people is a little like… when you think of a nylon-string, you think of a dude in a coffee shop, right?” he explains. “So, it’s a little disconnect there. We’re ...

In mathematics, a horizontal 8 is the symbol that represents infinity. In China, the 8 expresses the totality of the universe. The Egyptians believed that 8 was the number of balance and the number of ...

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Paul Galbraith plays an 8-String Guitar Guitarist Paul Galbraith provides a big sound on his specially made 8-string guitar, and you can hear it on the next Fretworks on Classical 101. From his 1999 ...

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The Baritone 8-String is tuned a fourth below standard guitar tuning, allowing the player to play songs in a lower register. In terms of the playing experience, Taylor's David Hosler, a member of the ...