sal - this is a long shot but cebu is the name of a
town in the philippines famous for producing musical
instruments. it has spanish links (late 1500's) and
i'm told they make beautiful instruments:
http://talk.philmusic.com/board/
there's a small, vihuela-like instrument in the
philippines
Dear Bill,
It's pretty simple really:
The customer tells the vihuela maker, I want a small, 5 course vihuela,
please. The vihuela maker then produces a small, 5 course vihuela. :)
Happy Birthday and a safe journey to you !
Garry
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From: bill kilpatrick
At 08:45 PM 8/18/2005, bill kilpatrick wrote:
do you think it's possible to make a small, 5c. guitar
or vihuela without someone calling it a charango?
Of course, especially in the 17th c. when the name didn't exist. An
instrument is named whatever people are calling it...whether I like it or
At 11:13 AM 8/19/2005, Rob MacKillop wrote:
I've just received a copy of Gordon Ferries 'La Preciosa' - a CD of works by
Gaspar Sanz. Here is the link to the record company:
http://www.delphianrecords.co.uk/
I just listened to the samples. Very enjoyable!
Eugene
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It is my humble opinion (for what it is
worth) that re-entrant stringing was the preferred option for the
guitar
because it worked best in practice with the kind of strings available
until
the end of the 17th century.
What was the problem? Couldn't they use the same strings as
You've sold me. How does Gordon string for this disc? (I found the
octave
g' on Hoppy's disc a little off putting.)
I'm happy to say he does exactly what Sanz says. No octave strings at all.
I haven't heard it yet but I'm sure it will be really good.
Monica
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Whilst on the subject I would like to mention that Doizi de Velasco does
say
that when chords are played rasgado, the wrong inversions are
acceptable.
What he says is And although whichever method of stringing is used,
some
chords will still have a fourth in the bass, these can be made
Monica Hall wrote:
Sorry but that is not what Doizi says - it is playing them rasgado, rather
than playing them punteado that makes them good. They can't be made good
when played punteado - for obvious reasons. Your interpretation implies
that they can't be made good if played otherwise
