8/10/2023 0 Comments 3 string russian guitar↳ Search for classical guitar sheet music.↳ Use of nails in playing the classical guitar.↳ Archives of Public Space and its subforums.↳ How to Participate in the Delcamp Classical Guitar Forum.Viennese nine string guitar by Gabriel Lemböck Viennese six string guitar by Anton Fischer Russian seven string guitar by Krasnoschiokov I attatch a (poor quality) photo of three guitars from my collection to illustrate the similarities between the Viennese and the Russian guitars. There were definitely great guitars made in Russia (namely by Ivan Krasnoschiokov, who was called the Stradivarius of the Russian Guitar) but we know that Sychra played a Lacote, adjusted for seven strings and Alexandrov a Scherzer (the very same guitar that Orekhov played and was bought by Matanya Ophee). Throughout the 19th century and for a good part of the 20th, the Russian guitars always had the Stauffer style adjustable neck. But in fact, the Russians always went one step further one example is of course that they had seven strings instead of six, other examples is that when the Austrians started composing for and making terz guitars, the Russians made quart guitars, when the Viennese made ten string guitars, the Russians made eleven stringers etc. You are absolutely right in that the Russian guitars followed the Viennese trends. Whatever the history this Doff sounds above it's 300 price tag. I could be wrong but I just see a lot of that larger model romantic guitar in them. It certainly wouldn't surprise me if they were ladder braced. I just wonder how many of the Russian guitars were actually produced in that area. The guitars were heavily influenced by the Viennese model, some with the Stauffer clock key mechanism. Originally a cottage industry that produced countless thousands of (mainly) violins but guitars were also made. The golden triangle is the name some violin makers/dealers give to the area around the German, Austrian and Czech border. I know very little of these Russian 7 string guitars but the few older ones that I've come across all seemed to have that 'golden triangle' look about them. wrote: ↑ Thursday 22 November 2018, 16:40 pm Here's my review, with first of all a performance of a piece from the Method by Morkov. I didn't expect much from a 300 Euro guitar, and it does have some issues, but overall it works, sounds okay, if quiet, and allows me to dip my toe in the water, before deciding if I want to buy a better-quality instrument. That is, until Mårten Falk informed me of the Doff RGV, which I purchased. So, for one reason and another, not least cost, I kept putting it off. But I always have a pile of projects to explore, and finding a good Russian guitar was not an easy task. I was very tempted, and at numerous stages since that meeting I almost made the plunge. He suggested I should buy a Russian guitar, and explore this extensive repertoire. Oleg informed me that guitar’s tuning was related to the 18th-century wire-strung guitar, which I was familiar with, though at a different pitch, and with one extra bass string. ![]() After introducing myself, I found I was bunked next to Oleg Timofeyev, the foremost authority on the Russian guitar. I was sitting in my room, when I heard the most beautiful guitar playing coming from next door. My first encounter with the Russian guitar came almost thirty years ago, at a guitar conference in the German city of Michaelstein, where I had been invited to deliver an academic talk/paper on the guitar in Scotland. It’s high time we took a closer look at this treasure, much of which is available for free and legal download online. The repertoire which survives from this period is of the highest quality, equaling and sometimes bettering the compositions we are more familiar with. If there is a gaping hole in the classical guitar repertoire, it must surely be filled by the unjustly neglected 19th and early 20th-century Russian school. I have no connection with the Doff company from St Petersburg, and provide no link, but you could find them easily enough.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |