Early Guitars and Vihuela

A network for historic guitars and vihuelas

Renaissance Guitar & Vihuela (39)

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Is the Lucida Vihuela a good beginner guitar?

I previously bought a vihuela online without seeing how well it played and I was very disappointed since the frets weren't set properly and…

Started by Eiko Ishiwata

5 May 3
Reply by Eiko Ishiwata

John M Ward. The vihuela de mano and its music: (1536-1576)

If anyone wants to get a copy of John Milton Ward's dissertation on the vihuela, you can order one at ProQuest: http://disexpress.umi.com/d

Started by Dmitry Medvedev

0 Mar 28

Info about Vihuela Chambure

Good morning to all the members and thank you for letting me join the group. I am from Guatemala, actually  I am a violin maker, I just fin…

Started by Feiga Siedler

1 Dec 7, 2012
Reply by Michael Schreiner

Adrian Le Roy's Guitar books

British Library has launched a webpage with Facsimiles of 300 Volumes with early music - 16th century. Among them Le Roy's 5 books for Renn…

Started by Michael Vesth

13 Oct 15, 2012
Reply by Lisa Koch

Vihuela de Quito technical drawing.

Hello, I have the pleasure to propose the technical drawing of the Quito vihuela, published in parnertship with the Foundation Iglesia de l…

Started by Carlos Gonzalez

1 Aug 11, 2012
Reply by Rodrigo Mateus

strings

i am converting a mexican jarana tercera into a renaisaince guitar i am putting on a new bridge--in addition to other alterations.  it is b…

Started by john laverdure

3 Jun 27, 2012
Reply by Akira Sakamoto

GARBLING - octave on 3rd for renaissance git

Talk of the Phalese 1570 instruction being someways faulty came up recently.  I think it's a worthy topic deserving of further discussion a…

Started by Cogg

51 Apr 22, 2012
Reply by Cogg

Renaissance guitar technique?

I've just refurbished my old 4c renaissance guitar that up until now has been used only for chordal accompaniment. I'm tackling some of the…

Started by Bill Samson

34 Mar 29, 2012
Reply by Cogg

CD-ROM of the collection of Vihuela Music

Hello, folks,   I'm looking at the CD-ROM titled "Libros De Musica Para Vihuela 1536-1576" which contains facsimile data of the seven survi…

Started by Akira Sakamoto

10 Mar 15, 2012
Reply by Robert S. Dollard

Right hand technique on the Vihuela

New to the group, I thought I'd dive in and ask a question that has bothered me for some time.  I love to play early plucked instruments, t…

Started by Robert S. Dollard

12 Feb 20, 2012
Reply by Alexander Batov

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