It's true that there are many more than 25 ways to tune a five-course instrument, especially when you count octave or unison tuning as different. However, not...
Hi Rob, Welcome to the 10-string group, which is actually for anyone interested in more than six strings on a guitar. Some of us have quite a collection of...
Hi Rob, Welcome to the group. Where do you live? I'm in London, so if you are anywehere nearby, amybe we could meet up one day. I'd be really interested to see...
Rob, Unless there are two Robert MacKillops who play the lute professionally, I think you will find he lives in Scotland. He is very well known in the lute...
And master of the baroque ukulele! (And cittern, and mandolin, and fiddle, and....) How about Gaspar Sans on 4 strings. http://www.fingerstyleuke.com/ ... ...
OK, you got me! :-) I have played lutes, theorbos, baroque and 19th-century guitars, ukulele, and a few other things. Now I'm 50 years old and therefore...
Hello Rob MacK., Your new 10s sounds an attractive instrument at a very reasonable price. I wonder if the body size is also being reduced? If it is, with that ...
Welcome, Rob. Can't wait to hear about your new guitar when you get it. You may have read my rants about tuning the 10-string up a minor third to G. If after...
Thanks to James and Glen for your considered comments. I am, sadly, no spring chicken, so I am aware of the issues regarding pitch, instruments and technique,...
I made a trip down to Houston recently where I showed Len Verrett one of my recently completed Ramirez 10-String conversions. He liked it a lot, and is...
Dear Rob, I looked at your website, wonderul playing, truly! If you would'nt have told us I would think you were playing with nails. At first I thought that...
Thanks, Fereng01. I'm quite surprised at the sound of gut strings on a modern guitar, plucked with the flesh of the fingers. I can understand why Pujol was so...
I've just 'discovered' http://www.guitar168.com/index.htm Edition Leyenda. Now, I'm sure it must be the creation of one of you guys, so please rise and take a...
Rob, The creator of the Leyenda site has remained discretely anonymous ... ? Yes, many of the pieces make sparing use of of the 11th, and where it is not part...
Far be it from me to expose the author of the site, James ;-) You can thank him on my behalf... Regarding the Grotte de Versailles, what do you want checked?...
I have been a Leyenda fan for a while now and have exchanged many an email with him going over specific scores of his to make suggestions or corrections. His...
I agree with Rob. I play some gigs with a lute player who also plays guitar without nails, and there are a lot of things that can be done to compensate for the...
Rob, I much enjoyed your rant. Perhaps to be fair, I should say that I have been a member of the UK LS for many years, and am well aware of the vagaries of...
Sorry, Stephen, but have to take issue with you even though you thought you were agreeing with me. LOL! I feel no need to compensate for lack of nails. I do...
I was not joking when I mentioned that I have a baroque uke. It is a five-course instrument tuned in 4ths like the Strad mandolino except that it has single...
Hello Rob, I have one requinto strung with the Nylgut Alabastro set. The other one I keep strung with the LaBella requinto strings. both are in G. I also use...
Hello Rob, A catch question, I see, but starting from a' = 415 c/s, a widely used tuning in older music circles, one arrives at a shade under 370 c/s, which is...
I'm not trying to catch you out. Honestly. It's just that anything over 8 courses was more likely to have been down at E for the first string, F max. Maybe as...
Just thought I'd mention that the reason I like to tune up to G has absolutely nothing to do with trying to get a lute tuning. It's because so you can...
Hi Rob, Yes, I do like the sound of a 10s in F#. As Glen has noted, romantic / baroque tuning does tend with many 10s's to give a bass heavy instrument. This...
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