Comments on: Arriving in Dijon https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2022/06/17/arriving-in-dijon/ Highway Cello Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:49:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kenneth Wilson https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2022/06/17/arriving-in-dijon/#comment-35 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:49:43 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=1495#comment-35 In reply to Robert A. Wilson.

Which just goes to show how much more information there can be in a situation than most of us are awre of!!!

]]> By: Robert A. Wilson https://kennethwilsoncello.com/2022/06/17/arriving-in-dijon/#comment-29 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:34:35 +0000 https://kennethwilsoncello.com/?p=1495#comment-29 Bademba seems to have a 22-string kora, if I’ve counted correctly, and observed the bass B flat string over the top of the bridge. Round here I’ve only seen the 21-string version (both of mine are set up with 21 strings, and my teacher also plays 21 strings). I suppose positioning the extra bass string(s) on top of the bridge allows them to be played with either thumb depending on which one is less busy… but I wouldn’t know. I find 21 strings quite enough to deal with, especially when they keep breaking, and tuning with rawhide (konso) rings is as difficult and takes as much (or more) practice as it does for a beginner with cello pegs. No wonder Bademba uses machine heads and most cellists uses adjusters.

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