Very good recommendations. Castaldi's _Cappricci a due stromenti cioe tiorba e
tiorbino e per sonar solo varie sorti di balli fantasticarie_ is also
instructive for the songs in it, set for solo voice. The accompaniment is a
bass line, beneath which is a realization in tablature for theorbo. The
tablature gives some idea of style as well as harmonic realization. The book is
a Minkoff Reprint (1981), with ISBN 2-8266-0718-9.
Eric Hansen
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--- On Sat 10/08, Taco Walstra < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
From: Taco Walstra [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 13:43:41 +0200
Subject: [LUTE] Re: continuo
On Saturday 08 October 2005 12:39, you wrote:<br><br>As said before in the 'new
boy's' thread the book by Nigel North is the best <br>starting book. It gives
excellent information with some worked out examples <br>in tablature. In my
opinion the theoretical chapter on music theory is a bit <br>short, when
starting to figure your own unfigured bass part; it's more an <br>outline for
people who already know everything about harmonics, 6, 6/4 <br>inversions etc.
etc. but this can also be found in other books. <br><br>The french lute society
has also some booklet on continuo, but of course in <br>french and not known to
me. <br><br>A very good book is "Traité d'accompagnement pour le théorbe et
le clavessin <br>(Paris, 1690) by Denis Delair, available in facsimile by
Minkoff. The English <br>translation is unfortunately not anymore available,
but can be found in some <br>university libraries.<br><br>Complicated but still
interesting is <br>Arnold, The art of accompaniment from
a thorough bass as practised in the 17th <br>and 18th centuries (Dover
publications, 2 paperbacks). <br><br>Fleury - Methode pour apprendre facilement
a toucher le theorbe sur la <br>basse-continue, 1660. Minkoff facsimile. Lots
of mistakes, generally not <br>recommended, only historically
interesting.<br><br>Agazzari - del sonare sopra 'l basso con tutti li stromenti
e dell' uso loro <br>nel conserto, Sienna 1607. Very interesting essay.
Translation can be found <br>in Arnold but also on internet. It's more for
historical background because <br>of it's early date, not for learning
continuo. <br><br>The 'English songs 1625-1660', Musica Brittanica is a good
starter, because <br>the bass part is worked out in staff, easy songs which fit
very good on <br>theorbo.<br>Taco<br>> Hi folks,<br>><br>> Are there any tutors
for learning continuo on the theorbo?<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>><br>>
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