Hey James! Your analysis of 'D to d' tuning is certainly right on target as far as six strings goes. And that is as far as you did take it. Not much to think...
Hello Fred, My concern was to point out that there is a repertoire, of some charm, that does fit the D to d' tuning. Additionally, a tuning in D is ideal for...
For the time being I have decided to leave my 10-string in B major tuning 10-7 = A# B C# D#, and also 3=f# ... in order to focus on a transciption of Kellner's...
Glen, I think your post confirms that to be able to do justice to a wide variety of pieces, while keeping technical requirements within bounds, one needs more...
I wasn't very clear in my post, but that tuning is just the Romantic tuning 10-7 = A# B C# D# ... and the 3=f#. It just has lots of sharps, and as long as I...
Haha. Replying to my own post. Here is the Weiss Prelude that is originally in G major, but this is transcribed down to E major. See how nicely it fits on...
I've remarked on it before but no one seems as fascinated about it as I am. Dropping the third string to g# does the same thing to the strings as adding a high...
Hello John! I think you meant dropping your g string to f# ,,, not g#. In anycase ,,, this does not provide you with an 'a' string. If you want that ,,, ...
What John was saying is that by lowering 3 to f#, you end up with the moral equivalent of a regular tuning with A on top, except down a 4th. What was once A...
Hello Glen! Good point! With your mention of the the low 'B' string ,,, I get flashbacks of what it was like. With a 7 stringer you would have four wound...
Hello, I've been a guitarist for about 20 years (classical guitarist for 16 of those years.) I want to acquire a 10 string guitar and to this end I've been...
Looking at your predicament. I think it confirms something I,,,, and perhaps others might think. That there's a bigger market for ten stringers than many...
That second link set off my virus detection software for some reason. Something wrong there. Thanx, Duff [Reduce greenhouse gases. Teach a liberal sign...
Hi Nicholas, Where are you located? Maybe there is someone near you who might have one for sale. I have two for sale, but one needs some repair work. -David...
Pictures from the 3rd International 10 string Festival are now on http://www.tenstringguitar.com/festivaloctober2008.html There should be some video available...
Hi Nicholas: Last I heard he had about a 1 year waiting list, and past that he had a list to get on the real waiting list, but he was hesitant to confirm...
Don't overlook one of the greatest U.S. luthier of multistring guitars: Rich DiCarlo www.DiCarloGuitars.com He has built some stunning 10 string guitars,...
Stephen, I tried a few times after the 2006 festival to get in touch with him. He replied once when I asked about him building an instrument for me and that...
Hello James, Funny you should mention the original key. I just got finished playing it in the original G, not on my baroque lute but on my 11-string guitar ...
Hello Marion, My impression is that all 11c baroque lute pieces fit on an 11s alto in G remarkably well, in fact better than they do on a 10s in E. Most of the...
Hello James, It is true that 11c baroque lute pieces fit very well on 11s altos in G, but the fact remains that the 13c baroque lute pieces still sometimes...
Agreed, Marion, ideally, one should play baroque lute pieces on an instrument tuned as a baroque lute, but it is a suprising fact that so much works remarkably...
Greetings from Nashville: Recently, I had guitar tech extraordinary, Joe Glazer (co-inventor of the fabulous PLEK computerized fret-filing machine that has...
Thanks so much, Jeff! Tell me, have you ever used bone or ivory on that guitar? If so, how do they compare to the tusq? The 6-string tusq nut I ordered may...
Hello Friends! As of a few days ago I'm the new owner of a Bartolex 10 string classical. It arrived in excellent condition with a very good case. I'm ...
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