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{{Short description|Guitar with more than six strings}}
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[[File:JME ten string guitar.jpg|thumb|Ten-string classical guitar]]
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== Eight-string ==
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Eight-string classical guitars are generally tuned with two extra basses ([BD]EADGBE) that vary in pitch depending on the piece being played. Another common variation is to add an extra bass and treble string. The extra treble is almost always tuned to A,{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} while the added bass string usually falls on A,B, or C.
[[Paul Galbraith]] and [[Alexander Vynograd]] are two of the most notable 8 string players who use the extra high and low string tuning. Galbraith generally tunes (B)EADGBEA which puts standard 6 string guitar chord voicings and scale shapes within the neck and allows him to read [[lute]] tablature directly (a whole [[Steps and skips|step]] higher). Vynograd chooses to tune AEADGCEA (notice the b string is tuned up a half step) which allows him to play the top 6 strings like a guitar a 4th higher. Vynograd writes his music on a grand staff in a different key and plays as if the guitar was tuned EBEADGBE.
8-string guitarist
The Brazilian guitarist [[Raphael Rabello]] also adopted the 8 string guitar on many of his presentations also Australian guitarist
=== Brahms guitar ===
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The [[Brahms guitar]] was developed by guitarist [[Paul Galbraith]] and luthier [[David Rubio]] to allow the music of [[Brahms]] to be played more comfortably on the guitar. Information: [http://www.paul-galbraith.com/engl/8string.htm 8 string guitar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423170109/http://www.paul-galbraith.com/engl/8string.htm |date=2018-04-23 }}
== Nine-string ==
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The Yepes 10-string guitar adds four strings (resonators) tuned in such a way that they (along with the other three bass strings) can resonate in sympathy with any of the 12 chromatic notes (or their primary harmonics) that can occur on the higher strings; the idea behind this being an attempt at enhancing and balancing sonority.
[[File:Narciso Yepes' reentrant tuning for the ten-string guitar.jpg|thumb|Yepes Ten-string Guitar Tuning
The tuning of the Yepes ten-string guitar is:
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