Sean, You mean there's more than one Bouree in Em?! LOL. My mistake for thinking that way. You're right on all counts. When looking for new guitar music on...
Hi Larry: I'm thinking of a used Giannini, as they go for under $300 on ebay. If you are interested, you might contact the 2 guys who work for Giannini USA...
Hi Stephen, Don't the Gianniini 7 strings have the same narrow neck that the Bartolex guitars have? If I could find a cheap 7 string with normal classical...
... I haven't played one myeslf, but this reviewer thinks it has a wide neck: <http://tinyurl.com/2nugao> I guess you will have to try one out or email Neris...
Hi. If you are looking for a wide nut 7 string guitar, you should look for an used Giannini, serial number ending in 04, these guitars have a 62mm-63 mm nut....
I think that 8.5 mm spacing between central axis of 7 strings + 4 mm on each side making 59 mm nut width is quite adequate for a classical guitar setup. The...
Well, I don't have a ruler that measures in mm, so I have no idea how wide my guitar's neck is. What I do know is that I want a 7 string with a standard...
Direct and to the point, Sean. Standard string spacing is 9 mm with 3 mm or thereabouts on each side which gives a nut width of almost exactly 2 inches. (2...
Thanks John, I guess I'll just have to take the next 3 day weekend and drive to Ft. Lauderdale, where you can try out a Giannini before purchasing it. I...
Hi Stephen, An 8 string fashioned after the Brahms Guitar would be an ideal compromise for me. I could have a high A at the treble end, and a low D or even a...
... which, for a 7-string classical would give 60 mm, or 2 1/3 inches approx (tolerance = - 3/100 in.). Incidentally, my 7-string guitar can be seen in my...
Listening to Göran Söllscher's Baroque CD, I have really gotten to like his playing of Pachelbel's lute suite. Doing some googling I found the lute tab...
It turns out that Orphea makes a 7 string also, but the price isn't significantly lower than the 10 string. I wonder if Orphea has any plans to find a U.S....
Thanks, Enrico. I did leave out the most critical piece of information! Grazie amico. _____ From: 10string@yahoogroups.com [mailto:10string@yahoogroups.com]...
... Glen, I agree, this is a most Beautiful suite and deserves more performances. Thank you for the links. This is a good start. However, without too much...
Hi Victor, Thanks for the link to the library. After posting about this yesterday, I found a midi file of the Pachelbel suite. From past experience,...
I have a basic understanding of how to read the lute tab, but there is one spot that puzzles me. On the Pachelbel Allemande, bar 16 (five measures from the...
Hello glen, I have seen the //b before and I always assumed it meant play //a at the first fret. That would be an F. If you have an 11 string alt guitar you...
Thanks, Marion Of course, an F makes sense. I don't know why I was thinking F#. a means open, //b would definitely be an F. Duh. What you said about...
Uh oh, now I'm confused again. I was checking out this link showing various lutes, paying particular attention to the Baroque 13-string in D minor tuning...
Hello Glen, To follow up on one of Marion's remarks, one must always bear in mind that tablature scripts were written by an individual and not subject in a...
Hi James, Here is the Pachelbel in landscape that I found from another source. Is it from this sourse, too, that I found the midi file with the errors in some...
Hello James, Are you referring to the file at <http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/ tab-serv/tab-serv.cgi?Baroque_lute> (Wayne Cripps' site) as this version is in...
Hello Eric, The Wayne Cripps site version is probably the one, though I am a little abashed that I could not remember such a well known lute site! Many thanks...
James, In reply to your last paragraph, I think I will try a 10-string arrangement in the same key, E minor, and put that up on my site with the 6-string...
Hi folks, This weekend I watched Celino Romero (Celin's son) playing La Paloma on YouTube, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLM5dNwxnHQ This got me...
Hello Glen, Thanks for the link. My 13-course baroque lutes with swan necks are set up with the first eight courses on the fretboard and courses 9-13 without a...
Glen, The first lute on the link you provided is a third type of baroque lute popular in Holland. It is called the "Dutch head" lute and is not nearly as...
Hello James, You are quite right and know from first-hand experience about the errors in manuscripts. Most of them are obvious upon inspection or at least upon...
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