Hi Ed:
Most Renaissance Lutes have doubled strings on all but the first course and
some even have those (mine does). This is a common problem in playing the
Lute, many players only hit one of the two strings, or their technique is so
accurate that it sounds like they are only hitting one string, at least this
is what they will tell you when in fact many of them are not doing what they
say. There is a distinct sound to the timber of a doubled course.
Vance Wood.
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From: "Ed Durbrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 3:24 AM
Subject: Re: question about lute courses/strings
> >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/
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