Baroque and Renaissance Guitars, Vihuela - Gittern - Pre-Torres Classical Guitar

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At 7:14pm on December 10, 2009, Martin McDowell said…: It's very pink here Jelma! ... rather nice... I'm intrigued by the 1759 Sanguino, but I hesitate to ask on the Lute site :~) what else was happening that I never knew about before? Were there 6 course guitars by this time as well? That 'here' trick for reaching other sites is very clever....

At 6:45am on December 3, 2009, Jamie Philp said…: Hi Jelma
Thank you so much for the link to the Renaissance guitar music and the information about the French Lute Society's book.
Very nice of you.
Jamie

At 12:12am on November 16, 2009, Martin McDowell said…: Thank you Jelma, glad you approve of my painting - not finished it yet though... I'm sure I'll come up with an excuse for another photo and use it again as a background when it is all completed!

At 5:03pm on November 15, 2009, Bram Dourleijn said…: Hoi Jelma, complimenten voor je website en al die prachtige muziek!! Ik ben hier terecht gekomen via YouTube (video van Matthew mc Allister) groetjes Bram

At 12:07am on November 8, 2009, Dubois Jean-Bernard said…: Hello . Sorry for my scholary English . This view is coming from The Cité de la Musique , in Paris , and it is a Bandora ( Barok Guitar bass , 10-strings , tuning ???) one of the three in France ( 2 in the same place , and 1 in Le musée des Arts Décoratifs , also in Paris ). I asked for looking them in August 2005( may be) at Joel Dugot , director , and I see in december (+/-) . The tuning is in an English book for Tr.viol , flute , tenor lute , cittern, bandora , and bass of viol . Copyright 1977 by The Musica Britannica Trust ,"Pieces from the Walsingham Consort Book ( 1588 ) " and " Rosseter's lessons for consort ( 1609 )"( modern notation , the tuning -6 curses- is also written at the beginning, in french tabulature ) . Double metallic strings :1° A3 , and you go down like a guitar . So 5° D1 , and down tune by tune 10° F ( but F-zero does-it exist ??? ) . If I can tell you more ....JBD

At 12:03am on October 29, 2009, Chris Despopoulos said…: Thanks for the complement (re the instruments). I enjoyed your new song and other music as well...

At 11:56pm on September 18, 2009, Martin McDowell said…: now wondering - guilty of what? ... being the cause of the lack of a good night's rest? .... or is it something else...

At 8:19pm on September 18, 2009, Kernoa Patrig said…: Interesting piece, who wrote it?
I write a bit longer later, tot ziens, Patrig

At 7:48pm on September 18, 2009, Martin McDowell said…: Beautiful as always Jelma! Pray tell, what are the lyrics about?

At 8:32pm on September 5, 2009, Frits Sandkuijl said…: Wat een fraaie begeleiding 'O Rampspoed - De Klagende Nimf'!!
Groeten,
Frits

At 5:56am on September 1, 2009, Valéry Sauvage said…: O Rampspoed - De Klagende Nimf : beautiful song ! thanks
Val

At 12:00pm on August 30, 2009, Jan van Cappelle said…: Beste Jelma,

Leuk dat er ook nederlanders op deze nieuwsgroep zitten.

De kleine luit is boven alle verwachtingen uitgekomen. Het was vooral een project om luitbouw te leren, iets leuks voor aan de muur. Het bovenbladje was van lage kwaliteit (een gerecupereerd stuk waarop eigenlijk het inleggen van rozetten voor het eerste jaar geoefend zou worden) en de duigen zijn restjes van de grote luit.
Toch viel bij het besnaren de hele klas stil. De klank is erg luid en de luit projecteert fantastisch. Heb hem in een volle kerk zonder versterking gebruikt, en toch was het op de achterste rij te horen.

Op het nederlandse forum is er een wedstrijd uitgeschreven voor de volgende meeting. Deze houdt in dat er mini-gitaartjes met een maximale mensuur van 18" gebouwd worden. Gezien mijn voorliefde voor kleine instrumentjes (heb ook twee octaafgitaartjes gebouwd) is dit een mooi excuus eens een mini barokgitaar te bouwen. Het wordt een Voboammodel, maar dan gebouwd op 2/3e van z'n originele grootte. De mensuur wordt zo'n 44 cm. Dit komt aardig overeen met het kleine gedeelte van de dubbele Voboam.
Ik speel nog met het idee de rug in duigen te gaan doen, dat zou historisch niet geheel kloppen, maar is wel erg leuk om te bouwen.

Groetjes,

Jan

At 8:26pm on July 15, 2009, Martin McDowell said…: Hi Jelma. I found the spanish base of the re-formed Renaissance workshop co... guitar kit is there -( www.renwks.com ), if you hadn't asked me about it I'd never have found out that it is still thriving!

At 2:43am on July 11, 2009, Jose Verdi said…: Helo, Jelma:
have video with early romantic guitar?
Best Regards
José Verdi
PD. Add new video in my

At 3:40am on July 9, 2009, Jose Verdi said…: Perdón pero quise decir "Gracias , Amiga"

At 5:24pm on February 15, 2009, Aarón García Ruiz said…: Yes I do. You can see these guitar in Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nHnt6DKyAs&feature=channel_page

Best regards.
Aarón García

At 12:11am on October 27, 2008, Michael Fink said…: Hello Jelma,
Thanks for asking! That is my 4-course Renaissance guitar built 2 years ago by Lucio Nunez in San Antonio, Texas (http://www.lucionunezguitars.com/). I named it "El Alamito", since the peg head top has the "Alamo" silhouette so ubiquitous in that region. String length is 54 cm., and Olav Chris Henriksen (Boston Catlines) designed a nice set of strings for it as an "A" instrument. I have it tuned to A=415, which gives it a nice combination of tone and feel.
When arriving at specs for the instrument, I wanted to get away from the "plinky" quality of so many Renaissance guitars, so I had Lucio build the depth to 7 cm. This extra air gives the instrument some extra fullness and considerable projection!

Regards, Michael