For playing 6c music on a 10c lute, how about putting a small damper under the 7-10th courses? This would remove the " unwanted" sympathetic resonance.
Any thoughts about this as a solution? Miles Dempster ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alexandre Bonatto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 18:51 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Playing renaissance (7, 8 courses) repertoire in a 10c lute > Dear alexandre, > the 10c lute is a beautiful instrument and the later repertoire for 9/10 > courses is well worth exploring. There are a number of arrangements of > both > french and german baroque music for 10c lute and these often sit as well > on the > 10c renaissance-tuned lute as on the d minor tuned baroque lutes. The 13c > baroque instrument didnt appear until the early 18c. There are some > luthiers > who make a 10c lute that can be easily adapted to a 11 c french baroque > lute > and this might be worth exploring. The 'downside' of a 10c lute is that, > unless > the string length is short it will be tuned with the top course at f# or f > (a==440) and this will make it difficult to play in ensemble with other > 'g' > lutes. It can be done -either by re-arranging the music or by using a > capo. The > width of the finger-board will be wider and this can be more problematic > if you > have small hands. 6c music may not sound so 'clean' as there will be some > element of sympathetic vibration from the diapasons. It is worth looking > around > before you buy and if possible borrow a 10c lute, as well as an 8c, and > see how > it suits. > Best of luck! > Charles > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
