I had a chance to play a mandora\gallichon for the first time last summer at the lute making workshop with David Van Edwards. Of course, I also had a hand in making it too:) It was fun to play and Martyn was kind enough to send over some mandora music for us to try out on the instrument. Not sure-is there a difference between a mandora and gallichon? Are gallichons usually bigger than mandoras? Sterling
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Bach's bass lines Despite what the Barbarous Barber might say, Martyn is a very talented man - he made his own gallichon, and is also a leading scholar in the world of the gallichon, and although I've never heard him play, I'm told he is a fine performer too. Maybe he would make you one, Dale? If not, I'm sure most luthiers would like to try. The questions are: what pitch, string length, single or double courses, and how many courses? It does seem to have been overlooked my most of us as a very useful continuo instrument. High Baroque bass lines do tend to get very chromatic, and the gallichon does seem to be the only instrument of the lute family which could play them. Rob On 21/02/2008, Dale Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Martyn, > I want one! Who built yours? Dale > -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
