> > Taco, > We are discussing about the lute not the theorbo, you can't compare a 59 cm renaissance lute with a 90 cm italian theorbo... Actually, isn't because of this that the lute dropped out of favor to acompany songs or to play continuo?
> > > Benigne de Bacilly wrote in his standard vocal tutor that neither > harpsichord > nor bass viol had the theorbo's grace in accompanying the voice..... Such a > statement is hard to combine with an instrument without dynamics. > Taco > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
