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. They are set up in pairs tuned to the same note to produce a harmonizing effect similar to the mandolin.I have no connection with the Doff company from St Petersburg, and provide no link, but you could find them easily enough. A 6 stringed prima balalaika would be tune to EE-EE-AA. For example a 3 stringed prima balalaika is tuned to E-E-A. The difference with 6 string balalaikas is that they have two strings for each one on a regular. There are some six string balalaikas, which are basically tuned the same fashion that 3 stringed balalaikas are tuned. They are tuned to EAD: (1st string: D in minor octave) - (2nd string: A in major octave) - (3rd string: E in major octave) The Bass and Contrabass Balalaika are tuned in the same fashion, just the Contrabass is bigger. The Alto Balalaika is tuned to EEA: (1st string: A in minor octave) - (2nd string: E in minor octave) - (3rd string: E in minor octave) The 2nd and the 3rd string are tuned to the same pitch.īass Balalaika: tuning: E2 A2 E4 and Contrabass Balalaika: E1 A1 D2 The Secunda Balalaika is tuned to AAD: (1st string: D in first octave) - (2nd string: A in minor octave) - (3rd string A in minor octave) The 2nd and 3rd string are tuned to the same note. Sometimes the balalaika is tuned "guitar style" to GBD (mimicking the three highest strings of the Russian guitar), making it a little bit easier to play for Russian guitarists, although balalaika purists frown on this tuning. The most common balalaika is the prima, which is tuned to EEA (The 2nd and 3rd string are tuned to the same note). Information for alternative Balalaika’s and Tuning. Hora Prima Balalaika - 3 String Russian Modelįor more details about this or any other instrument, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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