> At 21:47 22-03-2004 -0500, Roman Turovsky wrote: >>> I was wondering if the Baroque Lute D minor tuning is/was ever used for > Bass >>> Continuo playing? >>> Tim Mills >> A number of people do it, including myself, although I don't like the idea. >> RT > Sounds strange. Please explain. > Arne. IMO: Baroque Lute is ill-suited to any group endeavor, excepted accompanying a single voice singing maximum at mezza voce. It is destined to be a PRIVATE instrument, like clavichord, as I said elsewhere. Existence of fine chamber music with Baroque Lute does not disprove this, for it makes for a painful listening experience. Instruments smother the lute, making audible only wrong/sour notes, or rhythmic mistakes. Anyway such chamber music is not for public either, it is still possible to hear a lute in a trio facing each other in a small room, but the audience won't hear a thing except the mistakes. RT
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