Evert Taube. A swedish folksinger

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Comment by Juan Pablo Pira on April 18, 2011 at 5:11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdsE5JDQ6tE shows something that looks like a G7 chord... maybe it had a tuning similar to a guitar.

Comment by Juan Pablo Pira on April 18, 2011 at 4:58

If you want one just like this, you can ask friendly neighborhood luthier o guitarrero to build one for you with this plans:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/AMALL:@field(DOCID+@lit...

Two sets of guitar machines... twelve... yes TWELVE steel strings! this must be built tonka-tough!

 

Anyone know the tuning?

Comment by Scot Tremblay on April 17, 2011 at 17:05

Thanks for posting that link Stuart. It's an interesting read about an interesting instrument. That's the wonderful thing about this forum, one learns something new every day!

Comment by Stuart Walsh on April 17, 2011 at 16:20

It's a 'Swedish  theorbo', I think.

http://www.tabulatura.com/SWELUTE1.htm

 

These things developed out of the eighteenth century citterns, popular in Britain and France and the Lowlands.

 

I was once talking to  a Swedish person and asked about Bellman. They were very, very insistent that I should/must listen to Evert Taube. I never did  - till now

Comment by Lars Hedelius-Strikkertsen on April 17, 2011 at 7:42

Notice by the way how he also uses his thumb. The first chord he's playing he uses the thumb

Comment by Lars Hedelius-Strikkertsen on April 17, 2011 at 7:40

It is dubbed. In traditionel moviemaking the film is first recorded then afterwards they put the sound on. I know that this singer sang to his own playing. Theres a lot of pictures where he plays this instrument.

Is it a guitarlute or what then as Scot write.

Comment by Scot Tremblay on April 17, 2011 at 6:27

Mel, you are most likely right. I just thought it might be the lag-time with my computer trying to catch up with the video because, to me, most of it looks like his playing is off with the sound.

 

See they had lip-syncing (finger-syncing) way back then...why does everyone get all upset when the pop stars do it today??? It's nothing new!

 

 

Comment by mel on April 17, 2011 at 6:16

Scott:

 

 I think it's dubbed. Notice at 0:17 his hand isn't even on the instrument and yet you hear the plucking of the guitar going on.

Comment by Scot Tremblay on April 17, 2011 at 0:08

Lots of fun. There seems to be quite a few  "guitarlutes" of various types coming out of Germany these days. One sees them on ebay all the time. Some have a very good sound and would be fun to play. I am tempted...