Dear Bob, dear Arto, dear list, Arto is perfectly right, and: it's all over the earlier repertoire for the six-course lute that you need the octaves, at least occasionally, ;)
The overall sound of the instrument also profits a lot from the octave strings. Sometimes I have heard people say that would be a problem with octave jumps when playing thumb under on the lower courses, but it think this only occurs when one has not (yet) developed a proper right-hand technique. You can even choose to stress either the bass, or the octave, regardless of plucking "in su" or "in giu". Best, Joachim -----Original-Nachricht----- Betreff: [LUTE] Re: A Lute of Six Courses Datum: 2015-12-30T00:04:48+0100 Von: "Arto Wikla" <wi...@cs.dartmouth.edu> An: "Robert Purrenhage" <pastimesmu...@yahoo.com>, "sterling price" <spiffys84...@yahoo.com>, "Lutelist Net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> To a 6 courser I would definitely suggest octave on the 4th, 5th and 6th. There really are some good reasons here and there in F. da Milano (don't ask where... ;-) ), and the idea of vihuela having unisons is unbiased, probably just invented by 20th century guitarists. Those poor guys having just singles... ;-) And 6 courser just sounds much better with those 3 octaves! :-) Best, Arto On 30/12/15 00:50, Robert Purrenhage wrote:> My preference is for unisons throughout, especially 4th course,> especially if playing with a plectrum (only happened once).> May you enjoy your new lute in the new year!> Bob Purrenhage> __________________________________________________________________>> From: sterling price <spiffys84...@cs.dartmouth.edu>> To: Lutelist Net <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 5:04 PM> Subject: [LUTE] A Lute of Six Courses> Dear list--> Yesterday I got a new six course lute. This is the first time I have> really played one.> Question--is there an octave generally on the fourth course? Say for> Milano and such. But I also plan to play vihuela music on this, so> then> no octaves?> Sterling> --> To get on or off this list see list information at> [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html>> -->> References>> ! 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html>
