Post by Wags on Oct 2, 2008 6:10:48 GMT
Hey there,
I've just purchased a pipa recently, and while I am unfamiliar with the instrument, I do believe my strings are bad.
Now, as I said, I've no experience with eastern instruments.. but as a guitar player, I can tell you that I am not THAT bad at tuning. I can tune strings fine without breaking them, even light high e strings don't give me much trouble.. but I've just broken TWO (that's right, 2) strings on my pipa trying to tune it on the first day.
The first string was a lesson quickly learned that this instrument is NOT like tuning a guitar, and it requires much less streching of the string to get the desired note. However, I then broke yet ANOTHER string. These things seem rotten, and while I am not familiar with pipa strings.. they just seem like they're old and wore out.
At any rate.. can someone give me a 101 on pipa strings and tuning experiences? I also seem to have a problem with locking my strings in tune.. my pegs slide back.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks.
I've just purchased a pipa recently, and while I am unfamiliar with the instrument, I do believe my strings are bad.
Now, as I said, I've no experience with eastern instruments.. but as a guitar player, I can tell you that I am not THAT bad at tuning. I can tune strings fine without breaking them, even light high e strings don't give me much trouble.. but I've just broken TWO (that's right, 2) strings on my pipa trying to tune it on the first day.
The first string was a lesson quickly learned that this instrument is NOT like tuning a guitar, and it requires much less streching of the string to get the desired note. However, I then broke yet ANOTHER string. These things seem rotten, and while I am not familiar with pipa strings.. they just seem like they're old and wore out.
At any rate.. can someone give me a 101 on pipa strings and tuning experiences? I also seem to have a problem with locking my strings in tune.. my pegs slide back.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks.
