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What is an "H string" on a musical stringed instrument, i.e. guitar or piano?
April 15th, 2009 | 
Author: Hi,
I am an amateur piano and autoharp player and have been reading music for about 36 years. Today I discovered a term, possibly specific to stringed instruments and tuning, that I have never heard before, namely, an "h string". This came up in a discussion with a German musician and I have never encountered it before. Can someone please tell me what the h-string is on a double bass, guitar, zither or piano?
Thanks in advance,
Musical but still confused…
H is the seventh degree in the diatonic scale. It was formerly used by the Germans for B natural.
A seventh is an interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale. The term is also given to a chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.
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i am interested to learn musical instruments. for self learning , is guitar best or shall a try piano?
First, I’d like to say that I am a self taught pianist so I can probably help a lot here!
It is mainly preference in my opinion. All the guitarists I know want to learn piano and vice versa!
I personally would choose guitar because it is good to get to grips with using multiple strings as soon as possible, while on a piano all the notes are in a straight line!
Other than that, it’s up to you and how you like to play!