on 20/8/07 1:44 pm, Brad McEwen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. > -- > The 3 tunings given in Rey/Navarro are (bass->treble):
d', a, e', b' (triple string courses) G, d, g, b, d', a' (double string courses) d sharp/d sharp, G sharp/g sharp, c'sharp/c" sharp, f'/f', b'/b', e"/e" Peter
