Dear b-lutenists, the Courante by Pinel in ms. Barbe, page 10, is strange:
1) 13 bars in A section. Perhaps I understand the repeat wrongly, but I cannot see any other way. 2) The beginning of section B is melodically strange, a whole bar dissonance to consonance. 3) The "petite reprise" is melodically odd: very large leap to dissonance. 4) Nearly all the piece is in very low register. Just tried to do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2XvZj9adXY http://vimeo.com/30145704 The low harmonies are hard to make to sound well. Even by gut strings. I suppose by synthetics that would be even harder? All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
