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  1. Re: String Gauges For Cittern, changing Unisons to Octaves

    Try this one: http://chordgen.rattree.co.uk/tensiontool.php#
  2. Everything you wanted to know about the Irish bouzouki...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izY5LwxCtUs

    Nigel
    https://www.nkforsterguitars.com/instruments/irish-bouzouki/
  3. Re: String Gauges For Cittern, changing Unisons to Octaves

    Tuning? I am guessing DGDAE?
  4. Re: String Gauges For Cittern, changing Unisons to Octaves

    I have used the 2:1 or halve the diameter for the octave string thumb rule on many instruments for the past 13 years. Works fine, no issues.
  5. Re: String Gauges For Cittern, changing Unisons to Octaves

    To get an idea of the diameter ratios of octave pairs of strings, I looked at a standard set of strings (Daddario's EJ38) for a 12-string guitar. It seems like as the courses get lower, the ratio...
  6. Re: String Gauges For Cittern, changing Unisons to Octaves

    I spent a while playing around with tension calculators for my cittern strings, and I ended up with plain octave strings being close to half the gauge of the lower string, but just one or two steps...
  7. Re: String Gauges For Cittern, changing Unisons to Octaves

    The general rule of thumb is 1/2 the gauge of the lower string, but this can be a little tricky when mixing wound and plain strings. The best approach is to find a string that is the same tension as...
  8. Re: String Gauges For Cittern, changing Unisons to Octaves

    I’d start by asking Nigel.

    In the meantime, some of the bouzouki players here who use octave pairs could give you recommendations for the G and D strings. Scale length will be a consideration,...
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    Re: Fret Markers?

    Gee, how did Doc Watson ever manage?
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    fare-thee-well

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPmZIKP-2Aw&feature=youtu.be

    :mandosmiley:
  11. Thread: ill fly away

    by diptanshu
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    ill fly away

    https://youtu.be/vqPFy_juTE4

    No Strings Attached, all the way from kolkata, india:mandosmiley:
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    Re: Sobell Bouzouki-Worth it??

    I have been friends with Stefan Sobell for 27 years, I took a number of the photos on his website, and, according to Stefan, up until last year, I owned more Sobell instruments than anyone else. I...
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    Something medieval with an OM

    Me an my band playing a combined arrangement of two medieval songs.
    Maybe someone here likes it.

    gbBWU7EQv0M]Ahi Amours / Mich mac der tôt (Conon de Béthune / Albrecht von Johansdorf)...
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