Göran Söllscher has released a new record with baroque music for 11-stringed Alto Guitar. http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/artist/whatsnew.htms?ART_ID=SOLGO...
I'd like to welcome my great brother in crime. Fredrik, frmo Sweden. He is now a moderator at the group. He's an awsome guitarist/composer. He also plays the...
Hello to all, My name is Ricardo and I'm new here. I don't play Alto guitar, just 6 string guitar (for now) but I'm very much into this kind of instrument. ...
Hello Ricardo, welcome... you´re brazilian ou portuguese? My name is Raimundo, and I play 10-string guitar (I´m a beginner...) and I like to know about...
Hi, I just found this group and think it's a great idea. There is so much to discuss about the alto guitar and the renaissance and baroque music. I have played...
Great! Welcome to the group, sure hope you'll get something out of it. I agree, the book "Altgitarrboken" is great. I scanned the Chaconne from there. There is...
Thank You! I found the link from http://sologuitarist.net/altgitarren_links.html. I currently live in Munsö, west of Stockholm. I studied for Peder also, a...
Interesting. Funny, you've also gone for Peder. I love Weiss also. I'm working on a suite in G right now. Robert Barto plays it on vol.2 of his Weiss-records,...
Oi Raimundo I'm from Portugal yes. Sou de Lisboa, toco violão clássico mas estou me interessando por este tipo de violão alto também. E você, é de onde? ...
Hello everyone, I' d like to ask for your advice and help once again. I'm planning of having myself build an Alto guitar, but only with 8 strings. Do you think...
Acctually, that books is as far as I know only available from Musikhögskolan i Malmö ( The University of Music Malmö, Sweden). I'll look up the address for...
Oi Ricardo, Vivo na Bahia, Brasil... toco violão, bandolim e outros instrumentos de cordas, recentemente passei a me interessar por instrumentos com mais...
Hi all, Someone knows the Rodolfo Coculleli´s 11-string alto guitars? He is argentine luthier that lives in Italy, and made several types of guitars, included...
Hello to all, I'm new to the world of the 11 string guitar, and I'm glad to find others with a similar interest. I purchased mine (Sanden, 1986) from John...
Hello Alto Guitar enthusiasts. I was given a link to this site from the yahoo group on the 10-string guitar. I had posted a link to a Goran Sollscher CD with...
Thank you so much for the link Glen. I sure hope we'll be able to help out with the Luthier contact. I'll see what I can find out. And a very big welcome to...
My name is Jacques Mercier; I live in Rouyn-Noranda and am quite alone in my guitar interests: I am so glad to have found this group and the 10 strings guitar...
Here is a link to a Millenium Stage Performance of a duet performed by some players with Alto (sort of) Guitars. The link takes you to a search. Type "Peter...
I think this forum would be more active if you didn't have to sign in to see the messages. I frequent a 10-string guitar forum too, and you don't have to sign...
Is there a site on the internet that has the diagrams/plans for a alto-guitar? I have been thinking of having a luthier I have used many times make me an...
Glen, the shorter length and the higher pitch (around G on string 1) give essentially the same result as a capo at the third fret of a conventional guitar, so...
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At my university all of us playing Alto-Guitar used Savarez Alliance, normal tension (which is much harder than "normal" normal tension) for the first 6...
Hey all, I saw the wonderful photos of Master Luthier R. Cocculleli 11-alto guitars in the link in another message posted in the forum, and I thought that...
Hi Ray and everyone, Thanks for the info on strings. I Just received my Asturias 11-string from the luthier. It was cracked when I buoght it for a very low...
Thank you for the advice on strings. I am always interested to know what others have tried and what works. I would like to know if anyone has tried the...
Hi all people: I am a new member of this group, and take this moment to include a more detailed information about the photos of my instrument just posted in...
