Hello dear members of the alto guitar group! I'm happy to announce that within a very short time a new site will be published. I'm hoping to move all the...
Hello Christoffer, I'm a guitarist living in California. I have two instruments: an 11-string alto guitar by Bolin (similar to the one played by Goran...
Hi David, I am in San Diego and I have both lutes and an 11-string Asturias. There is a group of lutenists in LA and also in San Fran. They have chat rooms...
Hello David, In response to your request for music suitable for the alt guitar in mensural notation, I have hand-written arrangements of eight or nine pieces,...
... 11-string alto ... a 13-string ... Weiss, for ... find more lute ... tablature. Do ... don't know if ... Hello and welcome. For baroque lute tablatures...
Hello David and James, You might be interested to know that some Weiss sonatas and Bach suites are available in staff notation on eBay. I ordered the sonata...
Hi James, The Dalla Casa book is No. 62 published in Florence Italy by SPES. I think all the SPES books are numbered as I have two others also. The title is...
Hello Robert, Thank you for the URLs. I'll check them out! Best, Marion ... http://www.performingarts.lu.se/forskning/publ/johnson_altgitarren.html ... ...
Hello again, Marion, The information on the TablEdit software sounds very useful. I will investigate. Mind you, G7 is supposed to do this, but I can find many...
Learning how to play guitar is like learning how to speak a language. The more you listen to, imitate and play along with professionals, the better you'll get....
Hi James, ... ++It's really not too hard, not like solving the Schrodinger equation for the DNA molecule. ... ++I remember that. I don't think of it often when...
Hello Marion, Yes, I would be delighted to receive a PDF of the the DS- modeled sonata. By way of return, I can offer a suite in the style of one for an...
Hello Marion, Very many thanks for the PDF and the midi-file_which I did not expect! It certainly has a characteristic sound, but, perhaps more like Soler than...
... ++You are most welcome. ... ++That's interesting I am not familiar with Soler but now it looks like I will find out more and get some Soler music. ... ...
Hello Marion, You ask about my favourite tuning for the alt. I have only ever used that in G, as a major interest is renaissance / archlute repertoire....
Hello James, Sorry about the delay in answering your message. I think the renaissance/archlute tuning is a good one. I use it on both of my 8-course...
Hello Marion, Thank you for the information on strings, I find this kind of thing useful. While I use Hannabach medium tension on my alt, I have found that...
... useful. ++you are most welcome. I always try to learn as much as possible about strings. There are so many different brands. Most of the ones I have tried...
Hello Marion, The serial numbers from the D'Addario string catalogue(rectified nylon) for a 63cm terz, i.e., all strings having the same length are as follows:...
Hello James, Many thanks for your package with music and for the string specs below. I am always interested to know more about strings and music. I have not ...
Hello Marion, I am relieved that the music finally arrived! The pieces were written in reverse order, starting with the Giga inspired by Dalla Casa. The...
Hello James, I am sorry that I did not emai you sooner when the music arrived. I don't always check my email but it came in a few days before my message. I...
... There is an excellent guitarist by the name of Bruce Dunlap in Santa Fe, NM who was selling an Austuris 10 string some time ago I'm not sure if he has sold...
Hello fellow travellers. I hope the easter has been joyful for you. I've been talking about the new Altoguitar site earlier, and now it is finished for launch....
Hello fellow travellers. I hope the easter has been joyful for you. I've been talking about the new Altoguitar site earlier, and now it is finished for launch....
Hello Christopher, A vote of thanks on all our behalves is in order for all your efforts! It is now up to members to fill in the various sites with useful...
Thank you for your kind words! I will look into the AltoGuitar-book issue. I'll start a thread on altoguitar.com about it. Also I will check if there could be...
Christopher, Have you managed to set up the method for ordering the music book "Altgitarren", yet? I tried "threads", but they only produced the email address...
Hi everyone, In case you are in Southern CA why not drop into our concerts? Le Dame Musicanti http://web.tiscali.it/awebd Donatella Galletti, baroque lute and...
