: His voice was deep, hoarse, and intense. It was marked by a distinctive raspy emphasis on consonants. This added emotional power to his lyrics.
: He played the Russian seven-string guitar. This guitar has different tuning and chord voicing than the standard six-string Spanish guitar. : His voice was deep, hoarse, and intense
While he wrote over 700 songs, several are considered essential acoustic masterpieces: Песня о друге Live : His voice was deep
: He tuned his guitar down by a full tone or more (often to a "low pitch A"). This created a dark resonance with lower string tension. : His voice was deep, hoarse, and intense