One of the more popular tunings, which I use, is high to low: e, bb, GG, Dd, aa. Much smaller than the modern guitar, it has 5 double courses, with the high string generally being left single. This guitar was a bridge between the lute, a direct descendent of the Middle Eastern Oud, which wound up in Spain during the Andalusian period (from 711 to 1492) and the modern classical guitar. This unique instrument has a spruce top and Indian rosewood sides and back. This allows me to play Middle Eastern and Indian music on a Western guitar. The open tuning on these strings has been E and A one octave below the 6th and 5th string and B, but I will change these as needed. I had a standard capo modified (see close-up photo) so I am able to capo the 3 bass strings to play in any key. I have removed the 7th string and the 3 lowest strings are still fretted. This formerly fretted "workhorse"classical guitar has been modified to be fretless on the top 6 strings, which are in a DADGAD tuning. The original design for the 10-string came from Narciso Yepes in the early 60's in collaboration with the renowned guitar maker Jose Ramirez. * Julian Bream, David Russell, Eduardo Falu, Rafael Arias and Ralph Towner The Howell (R in photo) has Indian rosewood sides and back and has variable tuning. The O'Leary (M in photo) has Madagascar rosewood sides and back and is tuned C, G, d, e, a, d'. The Giussani (L in photo) has a Brazilian rosewood sides andīack, and at the moment is tuned B, F#, d, f#, b, f'#. These are my three 6-string classical guitars, none of To see how this prototype further developed, go to Fred's website (see "links".) It has five main playing strings with the octave sixth string being the lowest string of the harp section. The latest creation from luthier Fred Carlson is this banjo prototype with a harp section. It is a standard six-string guitar with 12 resonating (sympathetic) strings running through the neck and over their own flat bridge inside the body. This instrument is also built with some of the most beautiful Brazilian rosewood I have ever seen.Īs far as I know, this is the only instrument of its kind.Īnother instrument built by luthier Fred Carlson. The bass strings are custom made and are tuned one octave lower. Todd Green uses an Oud tuning, (low to high, D, G A, d g c).īuilt by luthier Fred Carlson, consisting of a standard classical guitar and a six-string bass classical guitar. It has nine main strings, which are double course on the top three and single course on the lower three. There are also two accent strings, which are hard to see in the picture, alongside the lowest string. There's a harp section on the lower bout, tuned to the scale of the piece. It has five tied-on nylon frets with the rest of the neck fretless. It's a combination of an Indian Swar Mandal, an Oud, a Rabab and a guitar. This is my fourth collaboration with luthier Fred Carlson. Cello or Oud) but are actually mechanical inside (photo on R.) * Todd Green They look and feel like traditional friction tuners (i.e. The main baritone neck has modern "friction" tuners. The L-shaped capos are pushed in and turned, holding the string at that position. The blend of the baritone range and the Gu Zheng strings is just magnificent!Īnother unique feature is the low profile, L-shaped capos (middle photo) that utilize a hole at the intersection of almost every string and fret. The instrument has Brazilian Rosewood sides and back and a cedar top. The strings can be bent in a Gu Zheng-like style by pushing on the string behind the tuner or on the opposite side of the bridge of the string plucked. With the special tuners that Fred designed (photo on L), each string has a tuning range, on either side of the bridge, of about a minor 3rd. This is the latest collaboration/creation with luthier Fred Carlson, which is the culmination of an idea I had to combine a nylon-string baritone guitar neck (tuned low to high B, E, A, D, b, e) with a small Chinese Gu Zheng-type section with 11 strings. Here are the string instruments that Todd performs and records with:Īll instruments can be entered into to see video performances
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