Post by martinrowe on Apr 3, 2021 20:55:51 GMT
I sorted out the strings for the Cittern - tuned in octaves. Just in case you're ever on the hunt for any obscure classical related stuff these people were really helpful: London Guitar Studio
I needed a couple of Contrabass strings, a D and a G, to try and get the same sound that Ale Carr gets on the Cittern. The shop above sold me two G's for £7.50 (no D in stock - that arrives from thomann on Tuesday.) Bearing in mind that a full set of contrabass strings are £55.00 this was a good deal.
This was my first introduction to contrabass strings. No doubt some of you will have come across them before but this was new to me, so if it is to you here's a couple of videos explaining the concept. Contrabass strings are similar to normal guitar strings except that they are an Octave lower - similar to Baritone guitar but different.
I found a couple of examples - there may be more.
Savarez strings do a low E and A that you can put on a normal guitar to give you a lower bass - a bit like a bass and guitar strung together except the you only have an E and an A an octave lower in the bass - still, you can do a lot with that. Here's the video: Savaraz contrabass brings example
Hannebach do a full set of Contrabass strings (as said £55.00) but for these I think you need a special guitar. Still, the strings are EADGBE so i suppose you can effectively become a bass player by transferring all the normal fingerings across. If you have a second guitar that hardly gets used (old Aria anyone) the Savarez may give a variation in colour.
Here's a youtube video of some Bach played on a Contrabass guitar (the guitar shop mentioned at the top of the post has a contrabass guitar for sale - £1500)
Hannebach full set contabass strings example
This was all new to me and was the rabbit hole that I went down to track down the low strings for the Cittern. Another piece of the jigsaw completed I think. If it's new to you then I think it's an interesting area.
Martin
I needed a couple of Contrabass strings, a D and a G, to try and get the same sound that Ale Carr gets on the Cittern. The shop above sold me two G's for £7.50 (no D in stock - that arrives from thomann on Tuesday.) Bearing in mind that a full set of contrabass strings are £55.00 this was a good deal.
This was my first introduction to contrabass strings. No doubt some of you will have come across them before but this was new to me, so if it is to you here's a couple of videos explaining the concept. Contrabass strings are similar to normal guitar strings except that they are an Octave lower - similar to Baritone guitar but different.
I found a couple of examples - there may be more.
Savarez strings do a low E and A that you can put on a normal guitar to give you a lower bass - a bit like a bass and guitar strung together except the you only have an E and an A an octave lower in the bass - still, you can do a lot with that. Here's the video: Savaraz contrabass brings example
Hannebach do a full set of Contrabass strings (as said £55.00) but for these I think you need a special guitar. Still, the strings are EADGBE so i suppose you can effectively become a bass player by transferring all the normal fingerings across. If you have a second guitar that hardly gets used (old Aria anyone) the Savarez may give a variation in colour.
Here's a youtube video of some Bach played on a Contrabass guitar (the guitar shop mentioned at the top of the post has a contrabass guitar for sale - £1500)
Hannebach full set contabass strings example
This was all new to me and was the rabbit hole that I went down to track down the low strings for the Cittern. Another piece of the jigsaw completed I think. If it's new to you then I think it's an interesting area.
Martin