> 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
This is quite a miss leeding statement, your mixing apples and oranges,
concerning what Weiss did. Weiss said himself that he invented a new
instrument the same size as a therobo, but it had a different tuning.
Clearly not a 13 course lute.
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lutelist"
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Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: Continuo
> >>> 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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