... With that recommendation in mind, I surfed over to Strings by Mail (Just Strings doesn't list Hense) and noticed they were completely out of stock. I asked...
Interesting! Thanks for that tidbit. I have been completly happy in the past 12 months with the HenSe sets that I have used (maybe about 4 changes). I have...
HI everybody, Does anybody know anything about schmidt's way of tuning his ten string guitar? I notice on his Bach cd' cover, that the lowest string was the...
Hi everybody, My name's is Mathieu Lamaure. I'm a french guitarist ( sorry for my poor english). I've uploaded 2 pictures of my brand new Jean-luc Joie ten...
Hi Mathieu, and welcome to the group! You have an interesting-looking 10-string, to say the least. I have never seen a bridge like that on any guitar, let...
Dear Colleagues, Starting in September the formation of " The International Society for the Ten-String Guitar" In honor of Maestro Narciso Yepes Open to all...
I got this off a forum from a long time ago and printed it out for future reference. I think that there are many possibilites of tunings for the 10-string,...
... Very Interesting post, Viktor. I have the Schmidt Bach CD, and although I have no proof of it, I seriously doubt he uses the Yepes tuning for this ...
... Any other examples of these extra strings being actually stopped? ... That, if you will pardon my French, cannot possibly be sustained empirically. ... ...
... I emailed Mr. Schmdt and invited him to join our group. He responded: _____ Thank you very much for your message. I will be able to answer in a few days,...
Great idea to ask Stephan Schmidt to join the group! Thank you for doing that. It will, indeed, be very interesting to hear what he has to say about his...
Thank you Viktor, for another very informative post. ... I think you have this exactly backwards. I think that the low E string is about as low as that string...
... Thank you for this information. ... That, it seems to be, is not a realistic test, because it assumes that each note is played independently of all the...
Dear stephen, Your recent issue is an opportunity to give you further ... string is ... match and ... contain the ... builders ... basses tend to ... the...
Has anybody bought the sheet music/book for the music of E. Satie, Gnossienes 1-4, and Gymnopedie 1, by Laniau? I saw it on the list of music from GSP. I...
... stringing ... Thanks, Viktor. That is good to know. I have the piano music for Gymnopedie No. 1, and may attempt my own transcription that will work for...
If you go to http://www.iclassicsondemand.com and enter Yepes in the search field you will find 2 CDs listed: The Scarlatti and Rodrigo albums. I ordered the...
Did Yepes edit any published editions specifically for 10-string guitar? Also, I'm curious when the modern 10-string Romantic tuning was invented. My 1973...
... I am collecting music for the 10-string, Baroque tuning, so it would greatly interest me, and perhaps others, to know of which pieces you have learned, or...
I am working on two pieces now by Sylvius Leopold Weiss. I got the music from the link for his London and Dresden Manuscripts (see links section). There is...
Hi all, I´m very happy with the kind and quantify of informations that I obtained in the last days in this forum... It´s very cool to see that all persons...
... The capo is my best friend. Translation: my main gig is to accompany singers. When you play with singers, you will need a capo. A lot of music transcribed...
... the original key. ... I think that is true for Renaissance lute, with G as the 1st string. The Baroque lute, however, was tuned in a D minor tuning --...
... I have been at the 10-string just 6 months, and I'm trying to put everything I have found in the Links section, but there are a couple of things that I ...
... That is not entirely true. There is no such thing as an original key, when the music is written in tablature. There is an _assumption_ that the original...
... Thanks, Matanya, for your interesting post. I think a lot of guitarists would agree with you. However, 2 who disagree with you happen to be my teachers:...
Hi Ray: Slightly off-topic: do you have a view on the the supply situation for Brazilian Rosewood? There is a feeling here in the USA that the supply of decent...
... I'm looking to get into the 10-string publishing business, in part because I can get the printing done for free. So if you discover something and can't get...
... I don't necessarily disagree with these views. They express a personal preference based on personal taste and as such, no one can argue with them. The...