Am 22 Jun 2006 um 18:45 hat Rob MacKillop geschrieben: > Have any of you experience with ten-string guitars? I was wondering: > why buy a Decacorde (tuning from treble to bass: EBGDA GFEDC) as used > by Carulli, when you could have a Scherzer 10-string (EBGDAE DCBA)?
Perhaps because Carullis tuning is basically a mandora tuning with extended bass. Regards, Stephan > Carulli doesn't seem to have published any music for it apart from his > Decacorde tutor (musically negligible), whereas there are many pieces > for the Scherzer style. > > Did anyone compose music for Carulli's tuning? > > [I note that it is impossible to use one instrument for both tunings > without changing strings - impossible mid-concert...] > > Rob MacKillop > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
