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Thetimple is a traditional five-stringplucked string instrument of theCanary Islands.^[1] It started being manufactured in the 19th century.^[2]

InLa Palma island and in the north of the island ofTenerife, many timple players omit the first (D) string, in order to play the timple as a four-stringukulele, though this is considered less traditional by players and advocates of the five-string version. The players of the four-string style, in return, say that they are simply playing the timple in the old-fashioned way from before the time when a fifth string was introduced in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.^{[citation needed]} The common tuning is GCEAD.

Notable timple players (timplistas) areBenito Cabrera (Lanzarote), Germán López (Gran Canaria),José Antonio Ramos,Totoyo Millares, andPedro Izquierdo (Tenerife).

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• "Casa-Museo del Timple – Teguise, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain".Casadeltimple.org. Retrieved20 April 2021.

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