Hi: What's the tuning and scale lenght of this thing? Brad Peter Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: on 19/8/07 6:58 pm, Frank Nordberg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I know some of you are on the frettedfriends maillist too and have > already seen this question but does anybody here know of a Spanish three > course, nine.stringed cittern called simply a "citara"? > > I came across one in a 1922 Telesforo Julve catalog and have been unable > to find any reference to anything like it elsewhere. Here's the > illustration from Julve: > http://www.pictures-clipart-graphics.com/files/ju/julve1922-00h-a.jpg > > > > Frank Nordberg > http://www.musicaviva.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > Not the same, but may be relevant: Juan José Rey and Antonio Navarro. "Los Instrumentos de pua en España", p 78 (in the chapter 'El siglo XIX') has a four-course, twelve string instrument called citara. My Spanish is now non-existent, but there seem to be also two six-course tunings for the same instrument called 'citara moderna'. Peter Forrester --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. --
