On Nov 15, 2006, at 1:04 PM, Narada wrote: > What fascinates me now is to find out whether the lute has scales > such as > major, minor, Aeolian, Lydian etc and chordal structures.
Sure it does. It has all those things. I know it sounds as though I'm stating the obvious, but you get the chords, scales, modes etc. by simply playing them. ;-) The chordal structures in polyphonic lute music, i.e. the places where the horizontal lines intersect, can easily by seen in the music, and when the music evolves into more vertical forms in the middle to late 16th century, the chords are just like any other chords. By the late 1500's you've got a full harmonic language developed. Take a look at any lute-song accompaniment. Plus the lute was, and is today, used as a continuo instrument, for exactly the same purpose as "comping" in jazz: playing a bass line and supplying appropriate harmonies and harmonic rhythms that fit the music. The lute is perfectly capable of doing these things. David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
