Author: Duarte Alfonso de la Guitarra

In 2020 I decided to make a replica of a 4 course renaissance guitar. Because I don't have much woodworking experience and no access to a lot of the tools I would need to make one from scratch I decided to buy a cheap baritone sized ukulele and add more strings to it myself. I… Continue reading Making a cheap Replica of a renaissance guitar →

Welcome to my guide on how to read renaissance tablature! It is very similar to modern Ukulele tablature, except better (in my opinion anyways). Each line corresponds to a string or course (two strings), with the top line representing the highest string (except with Alonso Mudarra's tablature where the top line represents the lowest string.… Continue reading How to read renaissance Tablature →

Hello! This is my first blog post. I hope to get this blog thing working, but if I don't then oh well. Enjoy!