>> be that the lute in question here actually is a 10/11-corse liuto >> attiorbato? > > If that means, 1st and 2nd courses normal (like on the lute), the answer > is no. All pieces of Libro prima require 1st and 2nd courses down the > octave. (Nevertheless, one might want to discuss one or another > toccata.)
Ops, I was thinking about the Libro primo for lute, not the Libro primo for chitarrone. The recordings I know of the music from that book is played on a regular french 10-course lute, but I have wondered if Kapsberger might have had a liuto attiorbato in mind, not the least because I have heard that the music actually requires an 11-course instrument in a few places. Are To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
