This isn't just restricted to the lute...there aren't many pieces for bowed
strings in c#m, and not many for keyboard either. While there may be some
exceptional works here and there, the majority of string writing remains in
the idiomatic keys for those instruments. In manuscript collections we
sometimes see the progression of entries go from d-minor to its nearby keys,
raising and lowering diapasons incrementally. Barbe goes through the
following progression of keys:
Series Key
1 d minor
2 a minor
3 F
4 C
5 G
6 D
7 f# minor
8 A
9 e minor
10 b minor
11 c minor
12 Bb
13 g minor
JT
On 9/22/06 3:17 PM, "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Daniel Shoskes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
>> Is the lack of these keys in the germal literature perhaps
>> a rebellion against the "old fashioned" keys popular in France?
>
> Perhaps, this issue is a bit more simple. There are certain home keys to
> the D minor lute:
>
> F major / D minor,
> G major/minor,
> A minor / C major
>
> Keys like E minor or B minor oftentimes imply 11th course = B, and
> entail a number of not exactly comfortable chords.
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