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:'''''Ten-string classical guitar''' redirects here. For the romantic ten-string [[harp guitar]] or [[decacorde]] see [[Ten-string guitar#Ten-string harp guitars]].''
:'''''Ten-string classical guitar''' redirects here. For the romantic ten-string [[harp guitar]] or [[decacorde]] see [[Ten-string guitar#Ten-string harp guitars]].''


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==Invention==


The concept of the modern ten-string guitar was conceived in 1963<ref>The first compositions for this instrument date from 1963: Ohana, Maurice. 1963. ''Si le jour paraît...'', nos. 1-7. Gérard Billaudot: Paris.</ref> by [[Narciso Yepes]], who "ordered the guitar from [[José Ramírez III|José Ramírez [III]]]"<ref>Yepes, quoted in: Snitzler, Larry. 1978. "The 10-String Guitar: Overcoming the Limitations of Six Strings". ''[[Guitar Player]]'' 12(3): p. 26.</ref>. It is sometimes referred to as the "modern" 10-string guitar<ref>There is no record of Yepes himself using this term, though it is used by the [http://www.labella.com/ LaBella Company] to differentiate string sets intended for Yepes' standard tuning and another string set that the company produces, called "Romantic", which is based on the tuning of certain 10-stringed harp guitars of the Romantic period. (See LaBella's [http://www.labella.com/catalog.pdf catalogue], p. 10.)</ref> (or the "Yepes guitar"<ref>Sensier, Peter. 1975. "Narciso Yepes and the ten-string guitar". ''Guitar'' iii(9): p. 27. ISSN: 03017214</ref>) to differentiate it from ten-stringed harp guitars of the 19th century. These are "[n]ot exactly the same, because the tuning that [Yepes used] is also for the resonance"<ref>Narciso Yepes, quoted in: Schneider, John. 1983. "Conversation with Narciso Yepes". ''Soundboard'', Spring: p. 67.</ref>
The concept of the modern ten-string guitar was conceived in 1963<ref>The first compositions for this instrument date from 1963: Ohana, Maurice. 1963. ''Si le jour paraît...'', nos. 1-7. Gérard Billaudot: Paris.</ref> by [[Narciso Yepes]], who "ordered the guitar from [[José Ramírez III|José Ramírez [III]]]"<ref>Yepes, quoted in: Snitzler, Larry. 1978. "The 10-String Guitar: Overcoming the Limitations of Six Strings". ''[[Guitar Player]]'' 12(3): p. 26.</ref>. It is sometimes referred to as the "modern" 10-string guitar<ref>There is no record of Yepes himself using this term, though it is used by the [http://www.labella.com/ LaBella Company] to differentiate string sets intended for Yepes' standard tuning and another string set that the company produces, called "Romantic", which is based on the tuning of certain 10-stringed harp guitars of the Romantic period. (See LaBella's [http://www.labella.com/catalog.pdf catalogue], p. 10.)</ref> (or the "Yepes guitar"<ref>Sensier, Peter. 1975. "Narciso Yepes and the ten-string guitar". ''Guitar'' iii(9): p. 27. ISSN: 03017214</ref>) to differentiate it from ten-stringed harp guitars of the 19th century. These are "[n]ot exactly the same, because the tuning that [Yepes used] is also for the resonance"<ref>Narciso Yepes, quoted in: Schneider, John. 1983. "Conversation with Narciso Yepes". ''Soundboard'', Spring: p. 67.</ref>
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In ''Ser Instrumento''<ref>Yepes, N. 1989. "Ser Instrumento" {To Be an Instrument}. Speech of Ingression into the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, delivered on 30 April.</ref>, Yepes states that the reasons that lead him to carry out the "design" (''diseño'')<ref>Yepes, N. 1989. "Ser Instrumento" {To Be an Instrument}. Speech of Ingression into the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, delivered on 30 April: p. 15.</ref>, of his instrument were acoustic/physical ("''físicas''") and musical ("''musicales''")<ref>Yepes, N. 1989. "Ser Instrumento" {To Be an Instrument}. Speech of Ingression into the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, delivered on 30 April: p. 15.</ref>. After some "initial protest"<ref>Sensier, Peter. 1975. "Narciso Yepes and the ten-string guitar". ''Guitar'' iii(9): p. 27. ISSN: 03017214</ref> that the 10-string guitar envisioned by Yepes was "impossible"<ref>Yepes, quoted in: Snitzler, Larry. 1978. "The 10-String Guitar: Overcoming the Limitations of Six Strings". ''[[Guitar Player]]'' 12(3): p. 26.</ref> to construct, Ramírez completed the first of these instruments in March 1964<ref>Kozinn, Allan. 1981. "Narciso Yepes and His 10-String Guitar". ''The New York Times'', Nov. 22: p. D22</ref>.
In ''Ser Instrumento''<ref>Yepes, N. 1989. "Ser Instrumento" {To Be an Instrument}. Speech of Ingression into the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, delivered on 30 April.</ref>, Yepes states that the reasons that lead him to carry out the "design" (''diseño'')<ref>Yepes, N. 1989. "Ser Instrumento" {To Be an Instrument}. Speech of Ingression into the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, delivered on 30 April: p. 15.</ref>, of his instrument were acoustic/physical ("''físicas''") and musical ("''musicales''")<ref>Yepes, N. 1989. "Ser Instrumento" {To Be an Instrument}. Speech of Ingression into the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, delivered on 30 April: p. 15.</ref>. After some "initial protest"<ref>Sensier, Peter. 1975. "Narciso Yepes and the ten-string guitar". ''Guitar'' iii(9): p. 27. ISSN: 03017214</ref> that the 10-string guitar envisioned by Yepes was "impossible"<ref>Yepes, quoted in: Snitzler, Larry. 1978. "The 10-String Guitar: Overcoming the Limitations of Six Strings". ''[[Guitar Player]]'' 12(3): p. 26.</ref> to construct, Ramírez completed the first of these instruments in March 1964<ref>Kozinn, Allan. 1981. "Narciso Yepes and His 10-String Guitar". ''The New York Times'', Nov. 22: p. D22</ref>.



It has since been adopted by a number of classical guitarists, using both Yepes' tuning and others.

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==Invention==

In the early 1960s, luthier José Ramírez III considered adding [[sympathetic strings]] to the classical guitar. He sought advice from the leading classical guitarists of the time, notably [[Andrés Segovia]] and Narciso Yepes, both of them players of Ramírez six-string guitars. Eventually they came up with a ten string guitar. <ref>Ramírez, José. 1994. "The Ten-String Guitar". In: ''Things About the Guitar''. Bold Strummer. pp. 137-140. ISBN 9788487969409</ref>

Today, ten-string instruments to Ramírez' original design remain available from the [[Ramírez Company]]<ref>See [http://www.guitarrasramirez.com/english/guitarrasDeProfesionalEn.html Professional guitars] in the current Ramírez Guitars catalog. The ''Traditional Classic'' ten string is as designed by José Ramírez III, while the ''Special Classic'' ten string is a later design by his son José Ramírez IV.</ref>, and similar instruments in a variety of designs are available both from the Ramírez Company and other luthiers, notably from [[Paulino Bernabe Senior]].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 05:00, 19 March 2009

Ten-string extended-range classical guitar
String instrument
Classification string
Hornbostel–Sachs classification321.322-5
(Composite chordophone sounded by the bare fingers)
Developed1963 by Narciso Yepes in collaboration with José Ramírez III from the classical guitar
Related instruments
Ten-string guitar
Musicians
Narciso Yepes Perfecto de Castro
Builders
Ramírez Guitars Paulino Bernabe Senior
Ten-string classical guitar redirects here. For the romantic ten-string harp guitar or decacorde see Ten-string guitar#Ten-string harp guitars.


Invention

The concept of the modern ten-string guitar was conceived in 1963[1] by Narciso Yepes, who "ordered the guitar from José Ramírez [III]"[2]. It is sometimes referred to as the "modern" 10-string guitar[3] (or the "Yepes guitar"[4]) to differentiate it from ten-stringed harp guitars of the 19th century. These are "[n]ot exactly the same, because the tuning that [Yepes used] is also for the resonance"[5]

In Ser Instrumento[6], Yepes states that the reasons that lead him to carry out the "design" (diseño)[7], of his instrument were acoustic/physical ("físicas") and musical ("musicales")[8]. After some "initial protest"[9] that the 10-string guitar envisioned by Yepes was "impossible"[10] to construct, Ramírez completed the first of these instruments in March 1964[11].


See also

References

  1. ^ The first compositions for this instrument date from 1963: Ohana, Maurice. 1963. Si le jour paraît..., nos. 1-7. Gérard Billaudot: Paris.
  2. ^ Yepes, quoted in: Snitzler, Larry. 1978. "The 10-String Guitar: Overcoming the Limitations of Six Strings". Guitar Player 12(3): p. 26.
  3. ^ There is no record of Yepes himself using this term, though it is used by the LaBella Company to differentiate string sets intended for Yepes' standard tuning and another string set that the company produces, called "Romantic", which is based on the tuning of certain 10-stringed harp guitars of the Romantic period. (See LaBella's catalogue, p. 10.)
  4. ^ Sensier, Peter. 1975. "Narciso Yepes and the ten-string guitar". Guitar iii(9): p. 27. ISSN: 03017214
  5. ^ Narciso Yepes, quoted in: Schneider, John. 1983. "Conversation with Narciso Yepes". Soundboard, Spring: p. 67.
  6. ^ Yepes, N. 1989. "Ser Instrumento" {To Be an Instrument}. Speech of Ingression into the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, delivered on 30 April.
  7. ^ Yepes, N. 1989. "Ser Instrumento" {To Be an Instrument}. Speech of Ingression into the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, delivered on 30 April: p. 15.
  8. ^ Yepes, N. 1989. "Ser Instrumento" {To Be an Instrument}. Speech of Ingression into the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, delivered on 30 April: p. 15.
  9. ^ Sensier, Peter. 1975. "Narciso Yepes and the ten-string guitar". Guitar iii(9): p. 27. ISSN: 03017214
  10. ^ Yepes, quoted in: Snitzler, Larry. 1978. "The 10-String Guitar: Overcoming the Limitations of Six Strings". Guitar Player 12(3): p. 26.
  11. ^ Kozinn, Allan. 1981. "Narciso Yepes and His 10-String Guitar". The New York Times, Nov. 22: p. D22

Further reading

  • Ramírez, José. 1994. The Ten-String Guitar in Things About the Guitar. Bold Strummer. pp. 137-140. ISBN 9788487969409
  • Yepes, Narciso. 1978. The 10-String Guitar: Overcoming the Limitations of Six Strings. Interview by Larry Snitzler. Guitar Player 12(3): pp. 26, 42, 46, 48, 52.
  • Yepes, Narciso. 1981. Narciso Yepes and His 10-String Guitar. Interview-Article by Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, November 22, 1981, Section 2, Page 21, Column 6.
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