> But, If a guitarist wants to play Bach or Weiss, he or she shouldn't be > discouraged. I think they should be, by any means possible. Moreover shey should sign an affidavit by which they'd promise not to come within a 100 yard radius of any pre-1800's music. They can do Carculli, Targuado etc.- that's would be between consenting adults. And they should be given mandatory therapy to get them off that G-thing entirely. And don't tell me that G-thing is genetic. It ain't. RT
> The music ultimately transcends the instrument. It may sound > more appropriate on the lute but it's the music that's most important. The > six string guitar is certainly limited, but one can get instruments with > more strings, 8 being quite common. Some luthiers are building 11 and 13 > string guitars. For example Michael Thames is building a 13 string "swan" > type head guitar - http://www.thamesclassicalguitars.com/sub13.htm - For > a > dedicated classical guitarist unwilling to make the jump to the Baroque > lute, something like this seems like a reasonable alternative. > > Ken Brodkey > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roman Turovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 5:40 AM > To: lutelist; Juan Fco. Prieto > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Baroque lute tuning for Bach "lute"(?) works. > > > The problem with guitar is that its very sound is profoundly inappropriate > for the music, notwithstanding fine efforts of Baltazar Benitez, for > example. > And Eduardo Egüez plays JSB so well that the questions of being idimatic > don't even come to mind. > RT > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer > 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. > Signup at www.doteasy.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
