I am a lutenist who does have a satisfactory
guitar- a 7 string, steel-string instrument that
at least gives a suggestion of Orpharion timbre
and is flexible enough to be re-tuned to Bandora
intervals. Wonderful change of tone color; only
problem is that ET makes it sound "out of tune"
to my re-educated ears.
Dan
I don't know what kind of guitars and guitar
playing lutenists here have been exposed to here
but there is a wide variety of types of guitars
and playing styles. Hauser style guitar guitars
are very good for playing some lute music.
Smallman type guitars are less good for playing
most lute music. To play lute music decently on
guitar takes a certain touch...there are players
that can do it.
The guitar (unamplified) works great great in
ensemble playing e.g Boulez: Le marteau sans
maÆtre: Webern op.18,
Takemitsu: Ring for Lute,flute and guitar...
Best,
Mark Delpriora
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