And 6x2 in the petit jeu, normally... Andreas
Am 14.08.2014 um 18:39 schrieb BENJAMIN NARVEY <luthi...@gmail.com>: > Dear Luters, > > I notice that almost everyone keeps the seventh course of their Italian > theorboes as a stopped string on the first pegbox, mind all the sources > I know point to having only 6 on the stopped strings, and 8 diapasons. > What source (if any) gives the disposition 7 + 7 for an Italian > theorbo? I assume this predilection is a modern tradition. Are there > any historical sources for having 8 short and 6 long on Italian > theorboes? > > Obviously Weiss and Baron, et al., had 7 stopped stringsA since they > were in baroque tuning without the top f'. Campion may have had 8 > stopped strings, but then his "theorbo" was in fact a double luth. > > Any thoughts? > > Best, > > Benjamin > > -- > [1]www.luthiste.com > t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 > p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.luthiste.com/ > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Andreas Schlegel Eckstr. 6 CH-5737 Menziken +41 (0)62 771 47 07 lute.cor...@sunrise.ch --