At 21:19 19-09-2005 +0300, Arto Wikla wrote: > >Dear lutenists, > >some time ago here was the idea of trying the gallichon music by >a normal, at least 7 course lute in renaissance tuning - just by >forgetting the highest string and reading directly the gallichon >tabulature. Just occured in mind: why not do the same to the >baroque guitar music: just forget the highest string f the lute >and play the 5 course guitar tabulature! Of course it is different, >but but anyhow possible. And when I went through some de Visee and >Sanz pieces playing my 6 course lute with 3 basses having octave >strins, I even could try to imitate also the re-entrant tuning(s) >of baroque guitar - and kind of had an octave also in "guitars 3rd >course". So why not try? I think some "puntaedo" music could actually >work well by lute - at least better than by a modern guitar. And by >the way, the lute's high string could help you avoid some high >positions of baroque guitar... :-) > >All the best, > >Arto
Yes, this must work. In need of a bass lute, I have sometimes modified the F course to E, and, hey presto! - there's a bass lute, with a "slave string" at the top! Greetings, Arne. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
