Chitarra Italiana is a LUTE SHAPED, as opposed to spanish *8*, from 3course up. Related to Kuitra. There is a fair amount of iconography. RT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lex Eisenhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: [Viols] "cello" - Italian >> > So violone is a big viola, as chitarrone is a big (ancient Greek) > cithara, >> Actually not. Chitarrone is a big CHITARRA ITALIANA. > > > Any idea what that might be? > > In Millioni 1631 it reads: > > Chi volesse ancor'imparare à far le lettere per sonar' il Chitarrino, > overo > Chitarra Italiana per via di numeri, e linee, si servi delli medesimi > numeri, e linee, lasciando però la quinta corda, & osservi la medesima > regola. > > 'If you wish to use the letters [of the alfabeto] to sound the chitarrino, > or the chitarra Italiana, by numbers and lines [of his tablature examples > of > alfabeto chords], you can use the same numbers and lines and leave out the > fifth course & keep the same rules.' > > This is Millioni's way to say that we can play from alfabeto on the > chitarra > Italiana by omitting all that is on the fifth string. So this instrument > must have had a guitar tuning, with an interval of a fourth between the > 4th > and 3rd course, unlike the one in 'conserto vago' or other small > lute-shaped > instruments (like in Kircher), that probably had the interval of a fifth. > > I've read Renato Meucci's article on the chitarra Italiana, but Millioni > leaves me in doubt. Would he have meant a four-course instrument with the > shape of a lute and the tuning of a guitar? > > Lex > > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
