So far, the lute has been my favorite "unusual wind instrument" but now I'm curious to take up what he thinks we play.
Sean On Oct 6, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote: > Dear All, > > A little gem from: > http://www.recorderhomepage.net/galilei.html#Ricercares > > "None of this is a problem on the lute, an on > which the notes are generally allowed to sound for as long as possible. > However, to transcribe them for blown (as distinct from plucked) wind > instruments (an obvious undertaking, given the subtitle) one must > discern the order in the mass of notes, grouping them in voices that > progress logically while employing only the notes that are there." > > Well, now we know. > > Martin > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
