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RE: Baritone guitar for sale (in reply to estebanana)
Interesting. In my simple brain, the baritone voice is in the exact range as a normal guitar. So what is a “baritone” guitar?…honestly never heard of it!
RE: Baritone guitar for sale (in reply to Ricardo)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo
Seems a regular guitar can handle just tuning down to C, B, or A. Just curious what this classical guitar is designed for?
For playing the bass part in guitar ensemble arrangements of Bach chorales, por ejemplo or double tracking low register parts over regular guitar on recordings.
Posts: 15418
Joined: Dec. 14 2004
From: Washington DC
RE: Baritone guitar for sale (in reply to estebanana)
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ORIGINAL: estebanana
quote:
ORIGINAL: Ricardo
Seems a regular guitar can handle just tuning down to C, B, or A. Just curious what this classical guitar is designed for?
For playing the bass part in guitar ensemble arrangements of Bach chorales, por ejemplo or double tracking low register parts over regular guitar on recordings.
I meant pitch. Is your guitar designed for drop C, B or A pitch? It seems the instrument needs to be built different than a normal E-E guitar design. If not, then what is wrong with just tuning a normal guitar down using high tension strings?
RE: Baritone guitar for sale (in reply to Ricardo)
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ORIGINAL: Ricardo
quote:
ORIGINAL: estebanana
quote:
ORIGINAL: Ricardo
Seems a regular guitar can handle just tuning down to C, B, or A. Just curious what this classical guitar is designed for?
For playing the bass part in guitar ensemble arrangements of Bach chorales, por ejemplo or double tracking low register parts over regular guitar on recordings.
I meant pitch. Is your guitar designed for drop C, B or A pitch? It seems the instrument needs to be built different than a normal E-E guitar design. If not, then what is wrong with just tuning a normal guitar down using high tension strings?
There’s nothing wrong with tuning a standard normally built guitar into lower register tunings. It’s actually less tension to use larger diameter strings in lower tunings.
What matters is that the bass note string holes on the bridge are enlarged enough to accept the larger diameter wound strings that come with lower end sets. The typical E string we drill the bridge to accept is smaller in diameter than the lower bordones you’ll find in baritone sets.
There is also a tradition in German guitar making to build a bigger scale and body to create a bass classical, and this is used for ensemble work. See Hauser bass classical
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