Re: Mystery Croatian Instrument
Originally Posted by
Cando
Does anyone have an idea, what strings / string diameter to use to tune a bisernica in fifths?
I also have one and tore a string trying to do so. I guess I got overly zealous.
This site suggests GDAE, which is convenient for mandolin players. I don't know what kind of strings I use. My luthier, who retired recently, had various strings that he sold singly to fit tamburizas. There's a Croatian tamburitza orchestra in town, so he supplied some or all of their musicians. A few years ago I searched the internet for information on prims, but found little available in English. There may be more now. I often find things on the net that I couldn't in the past (such as the page below).
http://learningtambura.byethost6.com/prim.html?i=1
Last edited by Ranald; Nov-27-2022 at 12:42pm.
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