>From the deep and faded, dusty vaults of my memory, I seem to recall reading that Kuhnau bought two Gallichon's for St Thomas's in Leipzig, which were still there when Bach took the post. Is that right, or am I drifting helplessly towards senility?
Interesting point about the similarity of tuning, Martin. I never thought of that. Rob www.rmguitar.info _____ From: Martyn Hodgson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 November 2007 16:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'baroque Lutelist' Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Dm continuo - Narvey article online Note that the top three courses of the D tuned Gallichon/Mandora are the same as this 'german' theorbo in Dm. Coincidence? - maybe, since the large A tuned Gallichon (string length c 95cm) seems to have been the usual professional continuo instrument of this family with the smaller instruments (say mid 60s - mid 70s) being amateur instruments. Advantage of the G/M is, of course, a fully chromatic stopped (ie no over-ringing) bass from D (or A, for the large instrument). Kuhnau thought they were ideal, especially for ensuring the bowed basses entered on the beat................. MH Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Jurek. It seems that a few players use dm tuning for continuo. I once saw Imamura accompanying singers on a 13c lute. It sounded great. But so far I haven't seen anyone perform in dm without the chanterelle, as mentioned by Baron. Apart from Tim Burris and now Benjamin Narvey, who else does? Rob www.rmguitar.info -----Original Message----- From: Jerzy Zak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 November 2007 00:58 To: baroque Lutelist Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Dm continuo - Narvey article online > Thanks to Benjamin for such an interesting article. Hopefully it will > stimulate discussion here. Does anyone play continuo on baroque lute? If it's not strictly Italian (and sometimes even then) I play continuo on d-m more often then on any other lute. For German music seems the most obvious, for an ''archlute music'' the sound efect is almost the same -- just personal choice (and joy). Jurek ___________ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html _____ Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Try <http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTEydmViNG02BF9TAzIxMTQ3MTcxOTAEc2VjA 21haWwEc2xrA3RhZ2xpbmU> it now. --
