Thanks for this Sterling. I do recall on a couple of occasions calling my instrument `a Baroque lute' only to be corrected that it is a theorbo. Will the real instrument please stand up?! hehe. When you say you play Weiss C Major Suites with a 14th course, do you mean playing the dominant - G - an octave lower? Gg? I must give this a go. Best regards, Michael Stitt
sterling price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi- I play a 14c baroque-lute. I use the 14th course all time in Weiss where it makes sense-for instance in c major keys. The thing about playing a 14 course baroque lute is the music is designed for 13 courses so having a 14th can be confusing for the thumb when playing a 13c then a 14c like I do. I moved the 14th over so there is a bigger space between 13 and 14. Also-just call it what it is-a baroque lute. The difference in sound is barely noticable. Sterling Price --- Michael Stitt wrote: > Dear all, > > Am I right to assume that Bach's music is the only > music to require that low Gg - fourteeth course? > > The ambiguity and terminology of description for > this lute has always been a bit of problem for me. > When asked what instrument I play and Courses versus > `number of strings', it becomes a mouthful. I am > asked: `What instrument do you play?' I play a 14 > course German theorbo, is usually my reply. But > then explaining that each course has two > `doubled-up' strings but the first two are single, > making a sum total of twenty-six NOT twenty-eight > strings... Then there is `fourteen course??!' - I > thought the Baroque lute has thirteen courses? My > response is: `Yes, a Gg tp play Bach's BWV 995, > 1997, & 1000' Almost finally, but is it really a > theorbo or a Baroque lute? `Yes it is a theorbo > because it has the extra bass pegbox'. Why the > German bit? `It is based on a lute constructed by > JCHoffmann who was German...'. End of breath... > > > I bet a guitarist does not get this, six strings > will do! hehe. > > Regards, > > Michael Stitt > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > -- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 --
