> --- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi??> >>> 16th century five- > and six-course instruments >> were >>>>> called "vihuelas"; four-course instruments were >>>> called >>>>> "guitars". During the late 1570s and early 1580s >> a >>>>> "new" instrument was developed: the five-course >>>>> instrument we call "baroque guitar", which was >>>> called >>>>> "guitarra espa??". >>>> But didn't this appellido come from outside of >> the >>>> country, while locals had >>>> biguela? >> A proposed solution: Batov renames his instrument a >> BIGUELA rather than >> vihuela, so Antonio could get on with his life. As >> we say in Russian "wolves >> sated and sheep intact". >> RT >> ______________ >> Roman M. Turovsky >> http://polyhymnion.org/swv > > > Not a bad idea altogether. Batov renames his > instrument a five-course viguela/vihuela/biguela (and > there are further variations on the spelling), and > makes it as a five course instrument and we can all > get on with our lives; Roman as well. Not quite. BIGUELA UNIVERSAL as opposed to ORDINARIA. Any number of courses he sees fit, as he is a practitioner rather than a methodologist. RT
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