Early Guitars and Vihuela
Chris Despopoulos
Male
United States
Profile Information:
- About me:
- Amateur musician residing in New York City. I finally have a nice Baroque guitar by Carlos Gonzalez. The instrument has a simple appearance, plays very well, and I believe the sound is superb.
I was introduced to the joys of playing Baroque music at la Semana de Musica Antigua, held annually in Gijon, Spain.
I'm a rank amateur, but I like to play and I like to share my music (for what it's worth). In that vein, I'm posting recordings as I manage to make them (between work, family, and other necessities of life).
For the Sanz pieces, I'm using no bordones -- as suggested by the illustrious G. Sanz, and strongly seconded by a number of people on this site. It's a learning experience for me, which is a good thing. So far, very few pieces of his present me with insurmountable difficulties in having the G (Sol) as the lowest course. I'm sure a better musician would find no insurmountable problems.
I also have a mandore, which is a tiny 5-string lute that's sometimes considered a precursor to the mandolin. I'm working on the tablatures by Francois de Chancy.
You can hear a few recordings that I posted on my web site. - Website:
- http://cudspan.net/baroque/
Alikalael
Hi Chris thanks for accepting my request. I met Gerardo a few years here in Mexico City, He's a very good teacher, by the way Gerardo will offer a course in november in the Cenidim, I dont know the topics or the accurate date yet.
Your guitar looks very nice, I have played two guitars constructed by Carlos Gonzalez, their instruments has a very good sound. I hope one day to buy instruments of Francisco Hérvas, those are excellent too, do you know his work?
About my recordings in Myspace I need to make a new ones, those are old; in the next days I will hear your recordings.
Greetings
May 5, 2011
Alexandros Zervas
Thank you Chris.
Greetings.
Alexandros.
May 24, 2011
John Underhill
Sep 30, 2011