At 03:24 AM 12/9/2004, Ed Durbrow wrote:
> >New to the list here...
> >
> >I'm a classical guitarist in love with lute music, and am transcribing
> >a song by MacFarlane. I recorded it, raised it an octave, and then am
> >playing it back at 50% speed to help in getting an accurate
> >transcription....
> >
> >My question is this: Do all lutes have two-string courses on the
> >treble-most strings? I'm listening to this MacFarlane piece ("John
> >Come Kiss Me Now") and I'd swear that he's plucking single strings...
> >
> >Can anyone educate me on this?
>
>These days, almost all Renaissance lutes have single top courses.
>Almost all Baroque lutes have the top two courses single. BTW, I
>think a video of Ronn playing is available. I don't know about the
>scores. Was this one of his original pieces you were transcribing?
>cheers,
>--
>Ed Durbrow
>Saitama, Japan
>http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
These particular scores are already transcribed for guitar (and lute
tablature) by Mel Bay and as widely available as Mel Bay products are.
Best,
Eugene
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