That's one of the tunings that Brescianello uses in his sonatas for gallichon. And I really think one needs to look at music for mandoras to find the roots of early guitar music. Even the emphases on opera variations and potpourris is similar. Some of the sources even state "fuer Guitare oder Mandora." My favorite, "2 Arien Aus der Oper Sultan Wampum oder Die Wuensch fuer die Mandora. Arrangiert von Joseph Zink.
Incidentally it's notated on the grand staff. The composer of the opera is F.X.Suessmayr, Mozart's student. ajn ----- Original Message ----- From: Eugene C. Braig IV To: Early Guitar NET Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 11:52 AM Subject: [EARLY-GUIT] Re: Variant 6th string/course tuning At 10:46 AM 9/9/2005, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > >Dunno why this didn't get through - but here it is again. Grateful for any >information (the 6th to F is, of course, also known eg Sor) > >Martyn > > >Martyn Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 11:41:08 +0100 (BST) >From: Martyn Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Variant 6th string/course tuning >To: Early Guitar NET <early-guitar@cs.dartmouth.edu> > > >Other than the two sonatas (c1800) by Scheidler, is anyone aware of other >pieces written for the 6 string/course guitar at end of 18th/early 19thC >with the 6th only a tone down from the open 5th (ie 6th at G if the >instrument tuned in E)? > >MH I'm not, but I'm keen to see if anybody else is. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
