Sergei Dmitrievich Orekhov (sometimes spelled: Sergey Dmitrievich Orehov) (in Russian: Сергей Дмитриевич Орехов) (1935–1998) was a Russia

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Classical guitar

The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...

ist. A virtuoso on both the six- and seven-string guitars, Orekhov was among the most prominent performers and arrangers in the seven-string Russian guitar tradition.

Recordings

• Гитара семиструнная - Seven-Stringed Guitar with Sergei Orekhov and Alexei Perfiliev (Алексей Перфильев); (1985, Мелодия
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Guitars used by Orekhov

Among the guitars used by Orekhov, one finds

• Johann Gottfried Scherzer 1861
  The guitar has a detachable neck: Its original neck has a configuration for 10 strings. Orekhov used a neck with the Russian 7-string configuration.

External links

• Biography (encyclopaedia-music.narod.ru)
• Biography (www.ozon.ru)
• Biography (www.abc-guitars.com)
• Biography (www.romansy.ru)
• Audio Files (mp3)