The lowest strings, which would have to be the longest, are most limited by the size of the piano.

From the lower strings especially, the sound was almost invariably gritty.

The fingers of the left hand touched the lower strings (presumably to silence those whose notes were not wanted).

For example, playing very high up on the lower strings gives a distinctive quality to the sound.

So you could switch between high and low strings on the pickups.

They noticed in particular that the lower strings do not carry well in the open air.

The tuning of his guitars are all the same in the 4 lower strings.

It features six courses, and the lowest single string is in the highest position.

Other artists go a step further, by using an eight-string guitar with two extra low strings.

Players may sometimes be advised to bring their left elbow to where they can see it, so as to reach the lower strings more easily.