suturalis’s eight comments

I have a short scale Hora bouzouki from Romania. Once set up correctly and with ‘better’ strings it really sounds quite good. more…

I have a 584mm scale length Cittern tuned to GDADG, all unison strung with 40, 28, 16, 11, 9 (actually haven’t got around to doubling the high D & G yet so they are single at the moment) . more…

Thanks niallanderson, matt and others! That makes sense. I didn’t think of that Em/G association (not being a capo user to date). I obviously got the open tuning pitches wrong on the Donal video. more…

I’ve noticed two of my favorite bouzouki players use a capo on the 2nd fret with FCGC tuning, Effectively returning the tuning to ‘normal’ GDAD. e.g. see: more…

I was wondering if anyone had a copy of the BBC documentary from the Ceird An Cheoil series on the Flute “Examining the popularity of the flute in Northern Ireland. FIRST BROADCAST: 03 Jun 2008” more…

I also recommend Clare the FM trad archives. I also listen to the weekly 1 hour show presented by Robbie Hannan called Culan on more…

I have a Walt Sweet Shannon Flute (delrin) and am finding it great. Took a a little while to get used to it but that was probably just me. more…

2nd Edition of Timber: The Flute Tutor? I was keen to order this from more…