never seen or heard this instrument a TIPLE..
If you think you seen or know a lot of instruments,,,,,,,,,,,,how many strings???
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Willem
Strange sound of that almost like a harpsichord don't you think ?
I had never heard of a Tiple.... but that's no surprise !! :ohmy:
Here's the definition I came across......
DEFINITION
In Spain, Colombia, Puerto Rico, etc., a small type of guitar; 12 metal strings in four courses. Also refers to treble pitched (F) double reeded woodwind instruments in catalunya. (Tiple means treble in Spanish, and is therefore applied to various types of instrument)
INTRODUCTION
The Tiple is like a ukelele but with double strings top and bottom, and triple strings on the middle 2 courses.
The Martin Tiple
http://martintiple.blogspot.co.uk/
c.1925 Bruno "Maxitone" Tiple
Heres a close up of the string arrangement.
Here's tunings taken from the Martin site above....
Tunings and Strings
Martin & north American Tiple tuning :
10 strings 4 courses.
Tuned as a ukulele : Gg cCc eEe aa (G3 G4 • C4 C3 C4 • E4 E3 E4 • A3 A3 ) or one note higher Aa dDd f#F#f# bb (A3 A4 • D4 D3 D4 • F#4 F#3 F#4 • B3 B3 )
As a guitar :
Dd gGg bBb ee (D2 D3 • G3 G2 G3 • B3 B2 B3 • E4 E4 )
All strings are unwound except for strings 4, 7, and 10, which are bronze wound.
You can find dedicated tiple strings sets from GHS or LaBella
You can also use acoustic guitar strings, string gauges (from an UMGF paulkris post )
Strange sound of that almost like a harpsichord don't you think ?
I had never heard of a Tiple.... but that's no surprise !! :ohmy:
Here's the definition I came across......
DEFINITION
In Spain, Colombia, Puerto Rico, etc., a small type of guitar; 12 metal strings in four courses. Also refers to treble pitched (F) double reeded woodwind instruments in catalunya. (Tiple means treble in Spanish, and is therefore applied to various types of instrument)
INTRODUCTION
The Tiple is like a ukelele but with double strings top and bottom, and triple strings on the middle 2 courses.
The Martin Tiple
http://martintiple.blogspot.co.uk/
c.1925 Bruno "Maxitone" Tiple
Heres a close up of the string arrangement.
Here's tunings taken from the Martin site above....
Tunings and Strings
Martin & north American Tiple tuning :
10 strings 4 courses.
Tuned as a ukulele : Gg cCc eEe aa (G3 G4 • C4 C3 C4 • E4 E3 E4 • A3 A3 ) or one note higher Aa dDd f#F#f# bb (A3 A4 • D4 D3 D4 • F#4 F#3 F#4 • B3 B3 )
As a guitar :
Dd gGg bBb ee (D2 D3 • G3 G2 G3 • B3 B2 B3 • E4 E4 )
All strings are unwound except for strings 4, 7, and 10, which are bronze wound.
You can find dedicated tiple strings sets from GHS or LaBella
You can also use acoustic guitar strings, string gauges (from an UMGF paulkris post )