Ponderings over the pond: Snapshot: Hairdo

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Some music calls for certain hairdos...

/O.K.

LS said...: I guess you don't need to see anything, just feel the music?; September 25, 2007 at 8:54 AM
EH said...: Why is it 2 necks on the guitar? Whats the second for?; September 25, 2007 at 4:42 PM
O.K. said...: Fortunately the blindness is only temporal...; September 25, 2007 at 4:44 PM
O.K. said...: So his fingers can race neck-to-neck! :)
Actually the upper one is 12-stringed.; September 25, 2007 at 4:48 PM
LS said...: Does he have 4 arms too, so he can play both necks? And extra eyes in the neck, so he can see anything at all?; September 25, 2007 at 8:48 PM
EH said...: So I suppose the upper one gives a different sound? I don´t know so much about guitars, but I think they 12-stringed guitars in Spain, correct?

You´ll have to educate me, OK!; September 26, 2007 at 2:10 AM
O.K. said...: Yes, the strings sits in pairs so you pick two of them, tuned in unison or an octave apart depending on position, to play a note. It gives a fuller tone that way. I don't know anything about its origin but lutes have had this arrangement for at least 500 years.; September 26, 2007 at 12:12 PM
O.K. said...: Haha, I found a great quote about lutes, which can have up to 35 strings.

"If a lute-player has lived eighty years, he has surely spent sixty years tuning."; September 26, 2007 at 4:16 PM
AREA said...: Mmm, nice

One of my fav singers plays with a 2 neck guitar...; September 29, 2007 at 7:15 PM

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