Baroque Guitar (218)

Ideal String Length

a cursory inspection of makers' websites and historical instruments reveals that the string length for baroque guitars appears to vary from…

Started by Edward C. Yong

Baroque guitar left hand technique

I am new to the baroque guitar, using a strap to keep it in a comfortable playing position. The instrument is quite light (compared to cont…

Started by Beth Alexander

Unidentified painting of Biagio Marini?

In my file of illustrations I have one just labelled "Biagio Marini".   Can anyone identify this?   Who is the artists? Is it really Marini…

Started by Monica Hall

Allemande La Royalle by Visée

Does anyone have a copy of the guitar version of Allemande La Royalle by Robert de Visée? Or any references in which manuscript could be fo…

Started by Zoltán Kárpáti

Making sense of tab

I am new to baroque guitar, finding deciphering tab and the various symbols used a bit confusing, at best. That said, I'd like to pose a s…

Started by Beth Alexander

My newly received baroque guitar from TiendasLatinas and Martin Zalapa!

Started by Harry Jess

10 pegs but 9 strings?

Hello forum people!  I joined so I could post a question that has been perplexing me for some time.  Current thinking seems to be that the…

Started by Bev Ross

Xacona

Hi all, I was looking for the manuscript for the piece Xacona as played on Alfred Fernández's CD Ad Hunc Modum, track 8 https://itunes.app…

Started by Andrew White

Pre-classical/"Galante" style music for guitar

Hello,Since I became interested in classical guitar music, I always had the belief that music for Baroque guitar ended with Santiago de Mur…

Started by Gregory Moberg