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I always had this idea about doing some art work cats and lutes for a while and, finally, I was lucky to found Nathan Nun and his awesome work at Etsy. Most of the public illustrations made by Nathan are human-characterized cats playing different roles, even some of them were already related to music. […]
One of the first own projects that we launched in Cuerdas Pulsadas was the tablature search engine , that we introduced about five years ago and that basically has the tablature collection of Sarge Gerbode , although I always thought of expanding it by adding other similar collections to this search engine. The truth […]
(English version below) Queridos amigos: Seguimos aquí un año más, y ya suman siete, fieles a nuestros dos principales valores: ofreceros siempre el trato que nos gustaría recibir a nosotros mismos y con el propósito también de servir a la Cuerda Pulsada a través de todas las iniciativas en las que podemos sumarnos como […]
The specific Aquila Corde sets for special tunings of classical guitar are now available in Cuerdas Pulsadas (65 -66 cm vibrating length): High G, High A, Low A, Low E and Russian tuning. The three treble strings are made of polished, rounded monofilament from ByoNylon, the first eco-friendly synthetic string (discovered by Aquila Corde), which […]
Synthetic “CD loaded” bass strings manufactured by Aquila Corde are now available again in Cuerdas Pulsadas. We have a first batch that includes all gauges between 0.75 and 2.20, which we were able to pick up by hand during the Vihuela Society meeting in Madrid, thanks to the kindness of Mimmo Peruffo. […]
We are proud to announce that CD loaded synthetic gauges below 1.10 are now available on Cuerdas Pulsadas. The CD bass lute strings are smooth synthetic loaded strings characterized by a high, standardized specific weight, achieved by a loading extruding process with very thin metallic copper powder made in the range of 115 CD till […]
This time we have an interview with Jota Martínez, one of the leading specialists in Spain on medieval instruments, in connection with his latest project: an anthology of musical instruments in the Western Middle Ages that consists of a book and more 130 minutes of music where you can find out the details […]
Currently, the study of the basso continuo is greatly hampered by the scarce material published for purely didactic purposes. Of the few existing methods, none really effectively combines the theoretical and practical part of performing accompaniment. On the one hand, the modern compendia that include the theory of the most important treaties of the […]
Gerolamo Gallo, musico della Cappella Ducale di Genova Luciano Borzone (Genova, 1590 – Genova, 1645) (source) Some time ago I rediscovered the excellent research work made by Anne Marie Dragosits about one of the most famous lutenists and theorbo composers of all times, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger. The thesis is extremely interesting not only […]
We have on this occasion the opportunity to help in the dissemination of the V meeting of Madrid plucked string conservatories with an interview by its promoters: Ramiro Morales, Jesús Sánchez and Pablo Zapico. I remember looking forward to the first event that was held and, although I could not personally attend all of […]
