Of course, most early guitars have pegs for a double first course: but
whether they were always strung accordingly is moot. Similarly, I
suspect, for a lute with sufficient pegs .
MH
--- On Sat, 19/11/11, Martin Shepherd <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> wrote:
From: Martin Shepherd <mar...@luteshop.co.uk>
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double 1st string on 6 course lutes?
To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Saturday, 19 November, 2011, 18:45
Hi Arto and All,
I suggest a trawl through the iconography, counting pegs as well as
strings. I have seen at least a couple of 6c lutes with double first -
sorry the references elude me for the moment. But it was very common
to have a double first in the late 16th/17th C, as evidenced by
surviving instruments (including the little treble lute from the Venere
workshop, and most liuti attiorbati) and writings - Dowland, Robinson,
Mace, etc.
Double firsts seem not to be popular these days, presumably because
they are a little difficult to play on (I speak from experience) and
possibly also because they imply a lower pitch than we currently tend
to regard as normal.
Best wishes,
Martin
On 19/11/2011 16:10, wikla wrote:
> Dear collective wisdom,
>
> is there any evidence of using double chanterelle on 6 course lutes?
> (If memory serves, there is at least one liuto attiorbato stringed
so.)
>
> Arto
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