EN A short story about how the Arpeggione Today project won its 1st grant from the state. It’s a great day. As an introduction. It’s always difficult for a creative person. Whether it’s an artist, a musician, a poet. All of these people create a product that is often difficult to monetize. Fancy word but […]
Here is a fragment from the Russian TV programme “Kultura” about the history of the musical instrument Arpeggione and the fate of the master who invented it. My video and audio was used for this programme. Do not forget to include subtitles and translation.
Calculation of an alternative fret position, taking into account the additional tension appearing in the string when it is pressed to the fret. This calculation is considered in this work, for the musical instrument “arpeggione”. The data obtained in this work can be adapted to any musical instrument with the equal temperament scale. […]
As you already know, one of the first arpeggione was made by the Viennese guitar maker Johann Stauffer for the experimental guitarist, Vincent Schuster. This is a well-known story. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpeggione ) After that some more similar instruments were made. They differed somewhat in shape and size. For a while the new instrument was popular. But […]
This summer, a dream that I have been dreaming for a whole year has come true.⠀But let’s take it in order.⠀About these days a year ago, we were walking in this forest, and I was wondering what direction in life to go next.⠀And then in the forest I asked my inner voice. What would I […]