FAQ · Instruments & artforms
How many strings and frets does a taus have?
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Most sources give a taus four main strings and 14 to 17 sympathetic strings. Drone strings vary: none on one example, three on the Edinburgh instrument and five secondary strings on the Würzburg one. Metal frets number about 20 to 24; one example has a fret for each semitone across two octaves.
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