Just a remark: These "bass guitars" have a weak point: they don't play chromatic bass lines. Also true for Costes Heptachorde. That one has a low D, but it wont give you a D#, as it's not a fingered string. Sor didn't approve, the Décacorde came in for some stick. Paul Pleijsier
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <early-guitar@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 7:45 PM Subject: [EARLY-GUIT] Decacorde > Have any of you experience with ten-string guitars? I was wondering: why > buy > a Decacorde (tuning from treble to bass: EBGDA GFEDC) as used by Carulli, > when you could have a Scherzer 10-string (EBGDAE DCBA)? Carulli doesn't > seem > to have published any music for it apart from his Decacorde tutor > (musically > negligible), whereas there are many pieces for the Scherzer style. > > Did anyone compose music for Carulli's tuning? > > [I note that it is impossible to use one instrument for both tunings > without > changing strings - impossible mid-concert...] > > Rob MacKillop > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
