About Guitaresque

Guitaresque is a Singapore-based non-professional classical guitar quartet. All our members are full-time working professionals but have come together because of our shared passion for guitar music.

We are alumni members of the NUS Guitar Ensemble (GENUS), the premier Niibori-styled guitar orchestra in Singapore, founded by Mr Alex Abisheganaden.

Guitaresque won the first prize and second prize (ensemble) in the 2004 and 2001 Singapore Guitar Festival Competition respectively.



Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Guitalele GL-1

Strictly speaking, this post should belong to my other blog - as it pertains to my little one, for whom I have bought this instrument. But since it IS about a guitar, I thought it'd fit well here too.

I paid a visit to the Yamaha shop at Plaza Singapura yesterday and brought home a new addition to my guitar collection: a Yamaha GL-1, also known as the Guitalele.



It is basically a 1/4 size classical guitar, similarly sized like a Ukelele, but unlike the latter which has only 4 strings, it has the full set of 6. Its tuning however is A-E-C-G-D-A, which is a fourth higher than the standard (Prime) guitar. Thus, it essentially is a requinto guitar pitching, though I suspect it is actually much smaller than a requinto (I have not seen/played a requinto guitar before, so I'm just hazarding a guess...)
Anyway, I thought it'd be cool for JK to have his own guitar - and something that fits his little frame (oh, he's just 2 years old! =P ) - so that he can start strumming and whacking those strings.
* and also so he'd not harass me whenever I take out my Kohno to practise! hahaha*