Russian guitar Oleg Timofeyev, who has unearthed and recorded works by the composer Matvei Pavlov-Azancheev (1888−1963). Russian guitar The Russian guitar (sometimes referred to as a "Gypsy guitar") is an acoustic seven-string guitar that was developed in Russia toward the end of the 18th century: it shares most of its organological features with the Spanish guitar, although some historians insist on English guitar ascendancy. It is known in Russian as the "semistrunnaya gitara" (семиструнная гитара), or affectionately as the "semistrunka" (семиструнка), which translates to "seven-stringer". These guitars are most commonly tuned to an open G chord as follows: . In classical literature,
Classical guitar magazines of guitarist Dimitri Illarionov. (Russian and English) -Blog and homepage of guitarist Yang Xuefei. (Chinese and English) -Blog and homepage of the guitarist and composer Angelo Gilardino. -Blog of Matanya Ophee, guitarist and founder of the publishing company Editions Orphée. -Blog of guitarist and composer Nikita Koshkin. (Russian) -Blog and article archive of guitarist/composer/writer Julia Crowe. -Blog of the American guitarist Dan Cosley. -Violão Clássico Weblog A Portuguese language Blog featuring articles, interviews and announcements related to the classical guitar in Brazil. -Blog of John Philip Dimick, founder of Guitarist.com. -Archive of Laura Markee blogs, miscellaneous topics on the classical