Early six course Spanish guitar: fretting and stringing - Early Guitars and Vihuela2024-03-29T08:06:19Zhttp://earlyguitar.ning.com/forum/topics/early-six-course-spanish-guitar-fretting-and-stringing?commentId=2111060%3AComment%3A78439&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMany thanks Monica,
I had in…tag:earlyguitar.ning.com,2019-01-14:2111060:Comment:784392019-01-14T09:30:13.541ZMartyn Hodgsonhttp://earlyguitar.ning.com/profile/MartynHodgson
<p>Many thanks Monica,</p>
<p>I had in mind Spanish six course instruments instruments from about the 1760/70s through to the end of the century - the peak, based on extant musical sources and instruments made, seems to be the 1780/90s. </p>
<p>Regarding my particular query about fretting: thank you for the reference to<span> Vargas y Guzman</span>, this is certainly apposite and suggests fixed metal frets were by then (1773) becoming common but that tied frets continued to be employed…</p>
<p>Many thanks Monica,</p>
<p>I had in mind Spanish six course instruments instruments from about the 1760/70s through to the end of the century - the peak, based on extant musical sources and instruments made, seems to be the 1780/90s. </p>
<p>Regarding my particular query about fretting: thank you for the reference to<span> Vargas y Guzman</span>, this is certainly apposite and suggests fixed metal frets were by then (1773) becoming common but that tied frets continued to be employed too.</p>
<p>Martyn</p> Not sure precisely what instr…tag:earlyguitar.ning.com,2019-01-13:2111060:Comment:784362019-01-13T16:38:59.225ZMonica Hallhttp://earlyguitar.ning.com/profile/MonicaHall
<p>Not sure precisely what instruments you are referring to or the precise date but in 1773 Vargas y Guzman says that although guitars usually have wire frets he has included information about how to place moveable frets in case any aficionado needs to know how to do this. He refers to bordones in the plural as entorchados and gives some details as to how the gauges of the different courses match those of the violin. </p>
<p>Not sure precisely what instruments you are referring to or the precise date but in 1773 Vargas y Guzman says that although guitars usually have wire frets he has included information about how to place moveable frets in case any aficionado needs to know how to do this. He refers to bordones in the plural as entorchados and gives some details as to how the gauges of the different courses match those of the violin. </p>