It is pretty clear that certain composers did not write for the guitar, and that there was among some church musicians a recognition that the guitar is going to make more bad counterpoint--chords versus line--than most other instruments. We have a large enough statistical base to form some ideas about that, for example, Vivaldi did not as far as I know write anything for guitar, but he scored for everything else including the kitchen sink. That is thousands of pieces.
However, this does raise an interesting point, that if counterpoint were the main reason, most modern players do not observe the rules of parallels (some are unavoidable, but most are not). So even if the guitar were not used, if it was this particular issue, it would not have mattered which conitnuo instrument was used if the result was similar. If there was a subtle class distinction, the playing might not have been as important as the image--what a modern concept! Certainly the best guitarists avoided the most obvious parallels. Some composers published works of a popular sort, and these of course were played on guitars and other instruments. I say, wiki wiki! dt At 11:49 PM 12/18/2009, you wrote: > Reading all this debate, I better understand why "God" (any kind of...) is >the main reason why people are making wars... >Wish you a merry end of the year, whatever religion you beleive or not ;-) >V. > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
