Early Romantic Guitar (105)

Does anybody know what painting this is?

Started by Bill Brettschneider

Tertz guitar recordings of Porro

Dear guitarists, I've just added two recordings I've made on a terz guitar in French 19th century style, strung in gut, made by Martin de W…

Started by Jelma van Amersfoort

Stopping basses in Sor

Please excuse me if this has already been discussed here. Does Sor say in his method exactly how he stops basses for rests or articulation?…

Started by Robert Barto

Lute to Romantic Guitar

To my stable of lutes and baroque guitar I've finally added a Romantic Guitar. Lovely Stauffer Legnani model by Scot Tremblay. Really just…

Started by Daniel Shoskes

Types of frets on the eighteenth century Spanish six course guitar

All the comments I've read about the frets of these instruments assume that they had metal inset frets from the start (ie c. 1750-60). Ho…

Started by Martyn Hodgson

Capo use in public performance 1790-1860

This is a bit of a stretch but I'm looking for evidence of capo/cejilla use (ca. 1790 - 1860) in _public performances_. Was its use confine…

Started by Dominic Wan

Pierre Lagarde 1764 score

Searching in Gallica for something else I found this: http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9058456x 'Brunettes' by Lagarde for voice, guit…

Started by Jelma van Amersfoort

Preferred Saddle Spacing?

Just curious, for those who play their Romantic guitars without nails, if you have a preferred string spacing at the saddle? With small han…

Started by Italo Borsalino

An award to attend a conference

This may be of interest to some of you, but also please pass it on to people you may know? A society of scholars and guitar players devote…

Started by James Westbrook