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The Russian guitar (sometimes referred to as a "Gypsy guitar") is an acoustic seven-string guitar that was developed in Russia toward the end of the 18th century: it shares most of its organological features with the Spanish guitar, although some historians insist on English guitar descent. [1]
"The Guitar Player" by V.A. Tropinin (1823) The Russian guitar or gypsy guitar is a seven-string acoustic guitar tuned to the open G tuning (DGBDGBD), [5] which arrived or was developed early in the 19th century in Russia, possibly as a development of the cittern, the kobza and the torban.
Sychra holds a prominent position within Russia, where he is often referred to as the patriarch of the seven-string guitar, and also as its inventor, disputed though that may be. He was a major force in the development of Russian guitar music and one of its most prolific composers, as well as an important teacher who trained a number of students.
Sergei Dmitrievich Orekhov (sometimes spelled: Sergey Dmitryevich Orehov, (Russian: Сергей Дмитриевич Орехов; 1935–1998 [1]) was a Russian classical guitarist. A virtuoso on both the six- and seven-string guitars, Orekhov was among the most prominent performers and arrangers in the seven-string Russian guitar tradition.
While the invention of the seven-string guitar has sometimes been attributed to Russian guitarist and composer Andrei Sychra, guitar historian Matanya Ophee has found evidence that seven-string classical guitars may have already existed in Europe in the late 18th century, when Sychra was just beginning his career. [1] A seven-string Russian guitar
Since earning his doctorate he has worked for the revival of Russian music played with authentic technique on the seven-string guitar, often in collaboration with other artists, including the Russian Roma guitarist Sasha Kolpakov, the Kolpakov Trio (Timofeyev, Kolpakov Trio and Talisman 2005), and the American guitarist John Schneiderman ...
He plays 7,8 and 9 String Guitars from Legator Guitars with blisteringly fast rhythms and leads. Josh Martin is the guitarist for American progressive-folk band Little Tybee. Playing multiple 8 string guitars, he is famous for developing various tapping techniques as well as furthering Tosin Abasi's "Thump" technique.
For the Russian guitar, the open strings form a G-major chord, which is twice repeated. The following tunings repeat their notes after three strings: Major-thirds tuning, such as E-G ♯-c-e-g ♯-c' and; D ♯-G-B-D ♯-G-B-D ♯, [7] Chord inversion is especially simple in major-thirds tuning. Chords are inverted simply by raising one or two ...