Russian seven-string guitar virtuoso
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Bravissimo Vladimir!
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So relaxing...
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I love it! I really want to get one (7 string). There is one for sale in Boise, ID for $200, bolt on neck, factory built in Russia, but, I'm poor! ... I have a balalaika of similar vintage, and it is one of my favorite friends ... I got it for $65 off ebay, and it doesn't owe me a cent. Great wood for the top and back, sounds so beautiful. I'm good at set-up/fret dressing/etc, so as long as the wood/bracing is nice, I can handle the rest of it. I love Russian folk music! (Violin mostly)
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@t0ilettrader Hey, I teach Russian guitar via skype, you can find me there as otimofeyev.
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I'd heard some really horrible stuff on - presumably - cheap Russian guitars made in the days of the soviets, but once you get used to the peculiar pitch/timbre of the instrument, this is great music..! Very different colors from the six string classical guitar.
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@Timofeyev63 that a weird tuning. Thanks man. By the way, is it hard to play on a russian one?
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Bravo Master!
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WTF 00:42 ?
Can someone tell me the tuning? Is it B E A D G F E?
feverhood 9 months ago
@feverhood
The tuning of the Russian guitar is: D G B d g b d'
Timofeyev63 9 months ago
@Timofeyev63 I'm not sure, since I don't play this instrument, but if it was open tuning, shouldn't it be b-flat, not b, so it would be a chord? It sounds like he was playing in g minor ...
bennyblanko3 1 month ago
@bennyblanko3 That's what one would think –– if you have a minor-chord tuning, all you need to do is to put one finger to make it major, right? But the Russian guitar is always tuned to the pitches of a G-major chord, and yet plays in all keys. That's what we like about it –– every key sounds and feels a little different.
Timofeyev63 1 month ago