Warr Guitar
The Warr Guitar is an American-made touch guitar, a type of instrument that combines both bass and melodic strings on a single fretboard. Invented by Mark Warr, a musician from Thousand Oaks, California, it is related to the Chapman Stick, another two-handed tapping instrument. The Warr guitar is designed for either two-handed tapping or strumming.
Warr Guitar
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The Warr Guitar is an American-made touch guitar, a type of instrument that combines both bass and melodic strings on a single fretboard. Invented by Mark Warr, a musician from Thousand Oaks, California, it is related to the Chapman Stick, another two-handed tapping instrument. The Warr guitar is designed for either two-handed tapping or strumming.
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It has between seven and 14 strings. Well-known Warr guitar players include Trey Gunn and Colin Marston.
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• Name — Warr Guitar • Background — string • Classification — String • Hornbostel Sachs — 321.322 • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — Composite chordophone • Inventors — Mark Warr • Developed — 1991 • Musicians — * Trey Gunn • Colin Marston • Illustration — Trey Gunn playing a Warr Guitar at Tampere Jazz Happening 2005
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