Colombian tiple
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This article is about the Twelve-string tiple. For the Twelve-string guitar, see Twelve-string guitar.
The Colombian tiple (in Spanish: tiple, pronounced: tee-pleh) is a plucked string instrument of the guitar family, common in Colombia where it is considered one of the national instruments. About three-fourths the size of a classical guitar, it has twelve strings set in four triple-strung courses. It is played as a main instrument or as an accompanying instrument to the guitar.
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String instrument | |
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Other names | tiple |
Classification | String instrument (plucked, metal string chordophones usually played with a pick; sometimes by fingerpicking.) |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 321.322 (Composite chordophone) |
Playing range | |
C3 - A5 | |
Related instruments | |
Tiple-requinto; American Tiple; Timple |
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