Classical guitar with additional strings

A Multi-string classical guitar is a musical instrument with more than 6 strings, usually between 7 and 10.

History

Makers:

• René Lacôte

Players:

• Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806-1856)
• Napoléon Coste (June 27, 1805 – February 17, 1883), French guitarist and composer.

Seven-string classical guitar

Its invention is attributed to Andrei Sychra, who also wrote a method for the guitar, as well as over one thousand compositions, seventy-five of which were republished in the 1840s by Stellovsky, then again in the 1880s by Gutheil. Some of these were published again in the Soviet Union in 1926.

Eight-string classical guitar

Players:

• Raphaëlla Smits

Ten-string classical guitar

Players:

• Narciso Yepes

Composers:

• Maurice Ohana

Harp classical guitar

The harp (classical) guitar is a guitar combining features found in the guitar and the harp. The Harp style strings are used as Bass or Drone strings, and add to the harmonic texture.

See also

• Seven-string guitar
• Harp guitar
• Russian guitar

Bibliography

• [1] The State of the 7-String Guitar in 2006 by Stephen Rekas.

• [2] Creating the DeCava Ten-String Classical Guitar by James R. DeCava

External links

• [3] Cathedralguitar.com, home of the Multi-String Guitar
• [4] The Lacôte Harp Guitars by Gregg Miner
• [5] Harpguitars.net
• [6] Tenstringguitar.com
• [7] George Montalvo