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Playing Since: 2009
Experience Level: Purty Good
tomberghan has made 53 recent additions to Banjo Hangout 
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Occupation: Professional Musician until age 37, now I am an Engineer
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Age: 60
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1) Chuck Lee - Vintage Ovilla made in 2008, 12" hardrock maple rim, Kat Eyz bridge - Old Maple and Purpleheart, W.D. Miller Vellum Calfskin head
2) Banjo d'Amore (Orpheus) - Dan Knowles, 2011
3) 1929 Gibson TB-2, four string
4) 5-string Buck Creek - Arthur Hatfield, 2012
5) Gold Tone Fretless Bass Banjo BB-400 Custom, bass tuning EADG, 2010
6) Soprano 4-string - Gold Tone, custom 2011
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I like the "old stuff." I admire many of today's younger "progressive" artists, but I have always enjoyed collecting records from the 1920s through to the early 1960s. That fifty year period of American music is my favorite: Bluegrass, Old Time, Blues, Hokum, Rags, Swing, Hillbilly, Country, & Rockabilly. That's for me!
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Size: 3,200kb, uploaded 1/4/2010 10:40:53 PM
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Tom Berghan The tiorba is a very old and obscure Italian instrument in the lute family. It has 14 single strings made of gut. It was popular in the 17th century. Like a banjo, the tiorba has a reentrant tuning, and I think it has a sonority somewhat similar to an open back banjo.
The piece is a dance called a Ciaccona. It was composed by a famous tiorba player named Johannes Kapsberger. His name is German but he lived and worked in Italy.
There is a photo of my tiorba on my home page (Also known as theorbe, or theorbo)
11 comments
on “Ciaccona, played on the tiorba”
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ELWOOD Says:
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 @7:39:41 AM
We ,liked this |
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BrittDLD1 Says:
Thursday, January 21, 2010 @7:52:38 AM
Hrmmph... mutter, mutter, mutter....
Needa find someone to break dis guy's fingas..
mutter, mutter.... He's tooo good.
;-)
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Frailblazer Says:
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @10:39:06 AM
Tom,
Beautifully played. I don't know if you've heard of the archguitar or not. Check out Peter Blanchette www.archguitar.com. I think you'll enjoy his music and specifically the instrument he plays.
- Ric |
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tomberghan Says:
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @12:22:24 PM
Thanks Ric! I enjoyed looking at Peter's site. There are several instruments in the world that go under the name "Arch Guitar," but they all have lots of strings! And, I am from Seattle and the Pacific Northwest where the "Harp Guitar" was invented by Knutsen over a hundered years ago . . . and here in the Northwest the Harp Guitar has made a small comeback. If it has strings (few or many), a fingerboard, and is plucked with the fingers in some manner (up or down), then I love it!
Thanks again,
Tom
PS . . . you can find more of my lute and theorbo recordings at
www.cs.dartmouth.edu/berghan
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jbalch Says:
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @5:03:46 PM
MAGNIFICENT! WOW...Thanks for posting it! |
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brokenstrings Says:
Thursday, March 11, 2010 @8:33:43 PM
Very beautiful. Tiorba, not theorbo? |
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tomberghan Says:
Friday, March 12, 2010 @4:11:07 PM
Hi Jessica, "A rose by any other name smells just as sweet"
Tiorba is Italian. Theorbe is French, Theorbo is German. Take your pick! ;-)
Today most people in America do tend call it by its German name. But I tend to favor the Italian and French music myself. This piece is Italian, so I called the instrument by its Italian name. And my instrument is constructed in the Italian fashion. |
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jimh269b Says:
Monday, June 07, 2010 @5:31:12 PM
i think you could make music on a grapevine tom,just great |
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DanKnowles Says:
Friday, January 21, 2011 @5:49:09 PM
Tom
Thanks for reminding to look here... this is so very nice! |
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DEmery Says:
Friday, January 21, 2011 @6:04:33 PM
Absolutely beautiful Tom. David E. |
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mwc9725e Says:
Saturday, May 14, 2011 @8:15:07 AM
A lovely piece, and a lovely-sounding instrument played extremely well. Sounds much like a classical guitar to me. |
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