> Roman, all is forgiven. I love this piece (I think, I just made a quick shot > at playing the first six bars). > >> For the REALLY adventurous: >> a 7-course intabulation of a folk-song that uses parallel 5ths- >> Sarmatica 16 at >> http://polyhymnion.org/torban/torban4.html >> Enjoy, >> RT > > I couldn't resist printing this as I have a constitutional love of parallel > fifths. I was going to ask if it was standard lute tuning as you speak of > kobza, etc. But I played it and it works. One question. You speak of a seven > course intabulation but in the next to last bar there is a "/a" - may I > assume that is standard also and that I down tune my 7th course a full tone > and play that open, then fret the following "a" at "c"? Assuming the tuning in G: 7th should be an F, and I think the midi is in error there, will have to check.
> If this is a good example of Ukranian folk music I'm going to have to spend > more time at your site. Yes, it is. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
