i asked the same question, several times. i gave up.
the difference seems to be in tuning and style of strumming - "guitar" and "vihuela" being interchangeable terms. all the same, it was a revealing correspondence. - bill --- Vance Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear List: > > I have been following this string on the > Vihuela/Guitar and have become > puzzled. Does anyone really know for sure what a > Vihuela is. It seems to > me that one man's Vihuela is another's > ________(insert preference here). > From what I have been reading it seems that all we > really have to go on is > one academic's opinion as opposed to another > academic's opinion, not > pointing fingers at anyone in case someone thinks > that I am. There seems to > be no real clear choice or definition. Am I wrong > in assuming that there is > no real "Genuine Vihuela" still in existence? I > keep hearing this credible > source sighted and quoted and that credible source > sighted and quoted, both > disagree with each other. When it comes down to > arguments about the number > of courses it seems the argument is desperate and > perhaps rhetorical, > understanding there is no correct answer attainable > with the information we > now have. > > > VW > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Antonio Corona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 5:07 PM > Subject: Re: vihuela vs guitar > > > > > > >>> 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 > > > > > Go ahead, be practical and create your own > categories, > > > as long as you donīt pretend they are based on > > > historical fact there is no objection. > > > AC > > Why? Mainstream scholars of history do it all the > time, with relative > > impunity. > > RT > > > > ______________ > > Roman M. Turovsky > > http://polyhymnion.org/swv > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
