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Originally Posted by pholy
A giant indeed! And what is that marvelous ten string guitar really called? It's wonderful.
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Hi Pholy
In 1964, Yepes performed the
Concierto de Aranjuez with the
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, premièring the
ten-string guitar, which he invented in collaboration with the renowned guitar maker
José Ramírez III[5].
Yepes' 10-string guitar tuning
The instrument made it possible to transcribe works originally written for baroque
lute without deleterious
transposition of the bass notes. However, the main reason for the invention of this instrument was the addition of string
resonators tuned to C, A#, G#, F#, which resulted in the first guitar with truly chromatic string
resonance - similar to that of the piano with its sustain/pedal mechanism.
After 1964, Yepes used the
ten-string guitar exclusively, touring all six inhabited continents, performing in recitals as well as with the world's leading orchestras, giving an average of 130 performances each year.
Wikipedia which calls it Yepes 10-string guitar