>>> Also, short of having written tablature accompaniment for the d-min > lute (such as you have >>> for your lieder), is it at all common for people to read bass > figures with a d-min lute? >>> No, although some do, with historical precedent. I find the idea > preposterous and out of >>> character for the axe in question. RT > > well, first, there are the Fundamenta der Lautenmusique which is a tutor > (written around 1700) for continuo playing on an 11c baroque lute, > republished by the German Lute Society. > > http://www.lautengesellschaft.de/DLG/Buecher/Index.htm > > Second, one might name Mr Weiss who did it and was famous for doing it > (Baron suggests that Weiss had a D-minor-tuning on his theorbo). > Mathias Well, expediency is often an overriding factor... We do many less-than-ideal things for Geld. RT ps. SLW might have tuned his theorbo in d-minor, but that does not imply de-rigeur misuse of baroque lutes as continuo instruments. RT
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