renaissanceguitar
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Hello all,
I'm dropping by to spread the word of the word about the Renaissance guitar.
As you know, the ukulele descended from the Portuguese cavaquinho.
Which in turn descended from the Renaissance guitar.
The R. guitar is a small, double-course instrument tuned like the soprano uke except in unison pairs. It has tied gut frets, which allows for tempering (long story short, metal frets aren't the greatest for intonation; for more info look up "equal temperament").
Anyway, Renaissance guitars project better than ukes and definitely sound more organic and alive.
I thought the ukulele community would appreciate such a fine instrument and possibly be interested in its sublime repertoire. An excellent performer to look into (he has videos on Youtube) is Hopkinson Smith.
Thanks for reading.
P.S. Has anyone tried the Nylgut strings from aquilausa.com? You can order them at www.juststrings.com. I'm not a uke player (I play the archlute and classical guitar), but I don't have enough good things to say about Nylgut. It's much closer to the sound of gut than nylon, is unaffected by temperature and humidity and, being thinner than nylon, has a springier, livelier sound.
I'm dropping by to spread the word of the word about the Renaissance guitar.
As you know, the ukulele descended from the Portuguese cavaquinho.
Which in turn descended from the Renaissance guitar.
The R. guitar is a small, double-course instrument tuned like the soprano uke except in unison pairs. It has tied gut frets, which allows for tempering (long story short, metal frets aren't the greatest for intonation; for more info look up "equal temperament").
Anyway, Renaissance guitars project better than ukes and definitely sound more organic and alive.
I thought the ukulele community would appreciate such a fine instrument and possibly be interested in its sublime repertoire. An excellent performer to look into (he has videos on Youtube) is Hopkinson Smith.
Thanks for reading.
P.S. Has anyone tried the Nylgut strings from aquilausa.com? You can order them at www.juststrings.com. I'm not a uke player (I play the archlute and classical guitar), but I don't have enough good things to say about Nylgut. It's much closer to the sound of gut than nylon, is unaffected by temperature and humidity and, being thinner than nylon, has a springier, livelier sound.
