Classical guitar fingerboard and placed at points that divide the length of string mathematically. The strings' vibrating length is determined when the strings are pressed down behind the frets. Each fret produces a different pitch and each pitch spaced a half-step apart on the 12 tone scale. The ratio of the widths of two consecutive frets is the twelfth root of two (formula_1), whose numeric value is about 1.059463. The twelfth fret divides the string in two exact halves and the 24th fret (if present) divides the string in half yet again. Every twelve frets represents one octave. This arrangement of frets
Eight-string guitar EP "Decline & Fall". Guitarist Lucas Mann and Miles Dimitri Baker from the technical deathcore band Rings Of Saturn also using eight-string guitar, as well as their former member, Joel Omans. Eight-string guitar An eight-string guitar is a guitar with two more strings than the usual six, or one more than the Russian guitar's seven. Eight-string guitars are less common than six and seven-string guitars, but they are used by a few classical, jazz, and metal guitarists. The eight-string guitar allows a wider range, or non-standard tunings (such as major-thirds tuning), or both. Various non-standard guitars were made in the