DINARRA (1)

Some material about Dinarra

(Read: DEENARHA)

The dinarra is a microtonal musical instrument invented in the year 1977
by Eduardo Sabat � Garibaldi of Montevideo, Uruguay. The name dinarra
was coined by blending the Spanish nouns �DINamica� and �guitARRA�.

The only difference between the dinarra and conventional guitars
(whether acoustic or electronic) is the quantity of frets, which are 53
per Octave. A total of 75 frets are to be found along the neck of
acoustical guitars and 92 frets in the case of electronic ones.

The dinarra has 6 strings which are tuned in the same fashion as those
of the conventional guitar. If the frets are correctly positioned, the
tuning by the use of harmonics should be identical to the tuning by
positions. This represents an improvement on the conventional guitars,
which can be tuned either by positions or alternatively by harmonics,
but not both simultaneously.

The first dinarra was made in June 1977 by an Italian luthier named
Germano Banchetti, born in Arezzo, Italy.

The acoustical dinarra has a �lid tuner� which is patented. It is a very
light item which allows for extremely fine tuning of the instrument, by
varying the length of the strings, without altering their sound.

A book on the theory and practice of the dinarra called � Principios de
la Gama Din�mica� (�Principles of the Dynamic Gamut� ) written in the
Spanish language was published by its inventor in June 1994 (no
translations into other languages have as yet been made).

The �First Dinarra Concert� took place in November 1998 at the Cabildo
(Old Municipal Building) of Montevideo. Dinarra players were Alejandro
S�nchez and Johannes Stenger. The program of this Concert included
Modern and Jazz music, executed in the two types of dinarras above
described.

Eduardo

--
Eduardo Sabat-Garibaldi
Simon Bolivar 1260
11300 Montevideo
Uruguay
Phone: (598)(2) 7080952
Webpage (Spanish): http://www.geocities.com/dinarra2000/dinarra.html

(IFIS): www.invention-ifia.ch/ifis/sectiong/g0101/g0101.htm

Hello, Eduardo!

Very good to hear from you. I believe you sent me the November 1998
concert on video tape. It was great!

-Carl

>Some material about Dinarra
>
>(Read: DEENARHA)
>
>The dinarra is a microtonal musical instrument invented in the year 1977
>by Eduardo Sabat – Garibaldi of Montevideo, Uruguay. The name dinarra was
>coined by blending the Spanish nouns "DINamica" and "guitARRA".
>
>The only difference between the dinarra and conventional guitars (whether
>acoustic or electronic) is the quantity of frets, which are 53 per Octave.
>A total of 75 frets are to be found along the neck of acoustical guitars
>and 92 frets in the case of electronic ones.
>
>The dinarra has 6 strings which are tuned in the same fashion as those
>of the conventional guitar. If the frets are correctly positioned, the
>tuning by the use of harmonics should be identical to the tuning by
>positions. This represents an improvement on the conventional guitars,
>which can be tuned either by positions or alternatively by harmonics, but
>not both simultaneously.
>
>The first dinarra was made in June 1977 by an Italian luthier named
>Germano Banchetti, born in Arezzo, Italy.
>
>The acoustical dinarra has a ‘lid tuner’ which is patented. It is a very
>light item which allows for extremely fine tuning of the instrument, by
>varying the length of the strings, without altering their sound.
>
>A book on the theory and practice of the dinarra called ‘Principios de la
>Gama Dinámica’ (‘Principles of the Dynamic Gamut’ ) written in the Spanish
>language was published by its inventor in June 1994 (no translations into
>other languages have as yet been made).
>
>The ‘First Dinarra Concert’ took place in November 1998 at the Cabildo
>(Old Municipal Building) of Montevideo. Dinarra players were Alejandro
>Sánchez and Johannes Stenger. The program of this Concert included Modern
>and Jazz music, executed in the two types of dinarras above described.
>
>--
>Eduardo Sabat-Garibaldi
>Simon Bolivar 1260
>11300 Montevideo
>Uruguay
>Phone: (598)(2) 7080952
>Webpage (Spanish): http://www.geocities.com/dinarra2000/dinarra.html

Eduardo, thanks for reposting this. I've passed it around to a few
hopefully interested forums,etc. BTW, I went to your homepage and
tried the music samples listed there but couldn't get any of then to
work... is this just me? I'd really like to hear these.

dan

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Eduardo Sabat-Garibaldi <ESABAT@A...>
wrote:
>
>
> Some material about Dinarra
>
> (Read: DEENARHA)
>
> The dinarra is a microtonal musical instrument invented in the year
1977
> by Eduardo Sabat – Garibaldi of Montevideo, Uruguay. The name
dinarra
> was coined by blending the Spanish nouns "DINamica" and "guitARRA".
>
> The only difference between the dinarra and conventional guitars
> (whether acoustic or electronic) is the quantity of frets, which
are 53
> per Octave. A total of 75 frets are to be found along the neck of
> acoustical guitars and 92 frets in the case of electronic ones.
>
> The dinarra has 6 strings which are tuned in the same fashion as
those
> of the conventional guitar. If the frets are correctly positioned,
the
> tuning by the use of harmonics should be identical to the tuning by
> positions. This represents an improvement on the conventional
guitars,
> which can be tuned either by positions or alternatively by
harmonics,
> but not both simultaneously.
>
> The first dinarra was made in June 1977 by an Italian luthier named
> Germano Banchetti, born in Arezzo, Italy.
>
> The acoustical dinarra has a `lid tuner' which is patented. It is a
very
> light item which allows for extremely fine tuning of the
instrument, by
> varying the length of the strings, without altering their sound.
>
> A book on the theory and practice of the dinarra called `
Principios de
> la Gama Dinámica' (`Principles of the Dynamic Gamut' ) written in
the
> Spanish language was published by its inventor in June 1994 (no
> translations into other languages have as yet been made).
>
> The `First Dinarra Concert' took place in November 1998 at the
Cabildo
> (Old Municipal Building) of Montevideo. Dinarra players were
Alejandro
> Sánchez and Johannes Stenger. The program of this Concert included
> Modern and Jazz music, executed in the two types of dinarras above
> described.
>
> Eduardo
>
>
>
> --
> Eduardo Sabat-Garibaldi
> Simon Bolivar 1260
> 11300 Montevideo
> Uruguay
> Phone: (598)(2) 7080952
> Webpage (Spanish): http://www.geocities.com/dinarra2000/dinarra.html
>
> (IFIS): www.invention-ifia.ch/ifis/sectiong/g0101/g0101.htm

Hi Carl !!!
At this time I am completing, together with Charles Ayling, the translation of my book "Priciples of the Dynamic Gamut" We have been working on this for the last two years and expect to finish in about a month.
Because of this I have not participated in the Tuning Digest.
I was very glad to learn that the participants of Tuning Digest have now reached over 700 ! .
When I finish the translation I will be glad to join the group again.

All the best
Eduardo

>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:02:56 -0800
> From: Carl Lumma <ekin@lumma.org>
> Subject: Re: DINARRA (1)
>
> Hello, Eduardo!
>
> Very good to hear from you. I believe you sent me the November 1998
> concert on video tape. It was great!
>
> -Carl

Wonderful news!

-Carl

>Hi Carl !!!
>At this time I am completing, together with Charles Ayling, the translation
>of my book "Priciples of the Dynamic Gamut" We have been working on this for
>the last two years and expect to finish in about a month.
>Because of this I have not participated in the Tuning Digest.
>I was very glad to learn that the participants of Tuning Digest have now
>reached over 700 ! .
>When I finish the translation I will be glad to join the group again.
>
>All the best
>Eduardo
>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 19:02:56 -0800
>> From: Carl Lumma <ekin@lumma.org>
>> Subject: Re: DINARRA (1)
>>
>> Hello, Eduardo!
>>
>> Very good to hear from you. I believe you sent me the November 1998
>> concert on video tape. It was great!
>>
>> -Carl

Dear Eduardo, I am very intrigued about this book, can you provide a little abstract for me?

Cordially,
Ozan
----- Original Message -----
From: Eduardo Sabat-Garibaldi
To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 28 Ocak 2005 Cuma 17:27
Subject: [tuning] Re: DINARRA (1)

Hi Carl !!!
At this time I am completing, together with Charles Ayling, the translation of my book "Priciples of the Dynamic Gamut" We have been working on this for the last two years and expect to finish in about a month.
Because of this I have not participated in the Tuning Digest.
I was very glad to learn that the participants of Tuning Digest have now reached over 700 ! .
When I finish the translation I will be glad to join the group again.

All the best
Eduardo