Hello Fred, A couple of comments on your suggestion for an 8s tuning. 1) 7c renaissance lutes often had their 7th course at D. Some pieces for 8c lute would be...
Hello James! I wouldn't want to argue with your list of tunings. In anycase you can add me to your list and what I did going as high as a 'c' note. In anycase...
Fred, Are you talking about Harry Partch and his 43 note octave? Then of course there was this guy named Bach. Bartok was a big fan of alternate keyboard ...
I would opt for the 8c ren lute (hi GDAFCGDF low) tuning rather than waste it on some weird thing for which no decent music has been written. You might have to...
Thank you, Glen, this is something all Yepes students should know: During the 70's, Yepes reserved his highest respect for Arilio Diaz, but in the later years...
Hi, Folks: It took a while, but I finally installed a Black Tusq nut on one of my 6-String guitars. My initial impression is very favorable. I had feared that...
John! ... I don't know who I'm talking about. ,,, It was something I heard or read 2nd or 3rd hand a few years back and the details are really fuzzy by this...
Hello Marion! The tuning you suggest is not really that much different except for the 8th string. As far as music already written for the instrument goes ,,, ...
Hello All, The nominations for the 51st Grammy Awards were announced last night, and all of us here at Dorian Sono Luminus would like to congratulate Ronn...
Hi, Folks: January's "Acoustic Guitar" magazine has an article on a 2002 Greg Smallman guitar, with descriptions of the sound quality that the player...
I agree that good amplification is the only way to get the volume needed to make the guitar compete with other orchestral instruments. None of the new designs...
Hi, Donn: It is a pleasure to hear from someone with your direct experience. Thank you! Is the Redgate your preferred guitar for performance? I have tried a...
Heya Mischa, So, Perf, have you played a Dammiane guitar? I think that he has built 10-strings, I'd sure love to try one! I haven't played a Dammann yet, too...
Yes, thanks Jessica for sharing this info. It is all over the lute lists too. I hope that Ronn wins the award. His work is extraordinary. Cheers, Marion ...
World Renowned Harp Guitarist Stephen Bennett Returning to San Antonio!!! Howdy folks! We are very pleased and excited to announce that Stephen Bennett, World...
Congratulations to Mari, who has a new CD just out, available at www.alba.fi: <http://tinyurl.com/659nbp> Mari writes: The music I play on the CD is...
An interesting thing with the transposed treble clef of the standard six guitar ,,, in chasing after the range of the Grand Staff. There are two different...
I've posted this to other groups a few days ago...Hope nobody minds me posting here as I've been a member for awhile but never posted. Thought it may be of...
Hello Choros! For some reason my comments didn't print ,,, so I'll try again. You said you can't 'deal with all those strings.' I would think that you feel...
... Hi Fred, I hear you, but I've put a LOT of thought into this and have decided I don't want to put the time into 8 string and would rather I have the $ and...
Per Jouni's (and other's) recommendation I got one of these Aranjuez 7th strings to try. I like it a lot! In the piece I'm playing now I use it for low B....
Jay, Do you have any more pictures, the back, the head, the sound hole etc. ... From: choros15 To: 10string@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008...
... hole etc. Hi San, I just made a photo album on this forum. Click on Photos on the left of this page. These were taken by Darren Hippner and sent to me by ...
Hi, Folks: A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the Meyer UPJunior sSpeaker, which I had intended to finance next month. However, I am fortunate in that I set...
Jay, thank you. It's beautiful. I am making an offer to a 10 strings; if it doesn't pan out I'll let you know. ... From: choros15 To: 10string@yahoogroups.com ...
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