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12-string guitar

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12-string guitar

Summary

12-string guitar ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,169 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • 12-string guitar is a type of guitar[2].
  • 12-string guitar's Commons category is recorded as 12 string guitars[3].
  • 12-string guitar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Twelve-string guitars[4].
  • 12-string guitar's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.322-5[5].
  • 12-string guitar's has part is recorded as guitar string[6].

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Definition and Type

12-string guitar is a type of guitar[2].

Why It Matters

12-string guitar ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,169 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Moses · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country of origin → Q30
    Has part(s) of the class → guitar string
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q31561]]"
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