[LUTE] Re: what name is given to this instrument?

2013-12-29 Thread Christopher Stetson
Yes, unless you need Bb, or should that be H? On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Mathias Roesel <[1]mathias.roe...@t-online.de> wrote: >So, i guess that guitar tuning would be the right tuning for the top >six strings, but what about the other four strings? may i suppose

[LUTE] Re: what name is given to this instrument?

2013-12-29 Thread Mathias Rösel
>So, i guess that guitar tuning would be the right tuning for the top >six strings, but what about the other four strings? may i suppose that >the best choice would be D, C, B, A? >Regards. Yes, that's how I for one have tuned my wandervogel lute. Mathias To get on or off this

[LUTE] Re: what name is given to this instrument?

2013-12-29 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 29/12/13 7:03 PM, Christopher Stetson wrote: And it looks to be an especially nice example. I've also seen similar instruments referred to as "Swedish guitar", but I don't know what the differences are... The only time I ever saw one of these was in the window of a music store

[LUTE] Re: what name is given to this instrument?

2013-12-29 Thread Christopher Stetson
And it looks to be an especially nice example. I've also seen similar instruments referred to as "Swedish guitar", but I don't know what the differences are... Happy New Year, Chris. 2013/12/29 David Morales <[1]dmorale...@cuerdaspulsadas.com> Thanks your kind answers..

[LUTE] Re: what name is given to this instrument?

2013-12-29 Thread David Morales
Thanks your kind answers... i have learned a lot following your clues. Collected useful links during the google search: [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/wandervogel/ (great!) [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lute_guitar [3]http://www.logophile.org/Music/LuteGuitar [4]http:/

[LUTE] Re: what name is given to this instrument?

2013-12-29 Thread Mathias Rösel
Why, it's a 10string lute guitar, aka wandervogel lute. Probably flat-backed. Mathias > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of > David Morales > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 6:11 PM > To: List LUTELIST > Subject: [LUTE] wh

[LUTE] Re: what name is given to this instrument?

2013-12-29 Thread Alexandros Tzimeros
Maybe "Bad Lutar"? - Original Message - From: "David Morales" To: "List LUTELIST" Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 7:10 PM Subject: [LUTE] what name is given to this instrument? Does anybody know any info about this instrument? [1]http://es.tinypic.com/r/2ez46e0/5 -- Refere