Dear Martin and all, in 1995 I wrote a small "net article" on V. Galilei's remarks on tastini, see http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/fronimo.html
Best, Arto On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:11:33 +0100, Martin Shepherd <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> wrote: > Er - it cost me at least twice that much, from that source. But worth > it, I think. There is much in what Galilei says which has been > overlooked, for instance the details of his remarks on temperaments and > tastini are worth grappling with. > > Off to Nice tommorrow morning.... > > Martin > > On 19/08/2011 17:26, A. J. Ness wrote: >> The McClintock translation is available from A-R Editions, agents for >> the publisher, American Institute of Musicology (a private >> organization, not the AMS). See their website. The price has >> apparenty not been raised since the book appeared in the 1960s. It's >> still about $25. Quite a bargain. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: <dwinh...@comcast.net> >> To: "Martin Shepherd" <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> >> Cc: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 12:04 PM >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: [Le_luth] Dedillo >> >> >>> "...the way the 7 course vihuela players did it was strictly >>> mental- by >>> tuning the 4th course down from f to e, and just "thinking" of it as G >>> instrument with a "high" treble course..." >>> I have personally done this in situations requiring a D bass lute, >>> (lute duets/ensemble, bass singers, playing a bass viol part) -but >>> having only a 7-course tenor G lute available. It's a really fun >>> mental >>> kick when you finally fool yourself into feeling that your 1st course >>> actually is a high 7th course. >>> Dan >>> __________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >>
