[LUTE] Re: Continuo (defined)
Let's say: Bass line and chords played by guitars or keyboards. I hate to see Stage Pianos excluded from the continuo gig :) On 12.09.19 23:28, Howard Posner wrote: The rhythm guitar and bass Sent from my iPhone On Sep 12, 2019, at 14:02, Leonard Williams wrote: If one is trying to explain the concept of continuo on theorbo to a non-early music person, would it be safe to compare it to the rhythm guitarist in a modern band? Leonard Williams -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Continuo (defined)
The rhythm guitar and bass Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 12, 2019, at 14:02, Leonard Williams > wrote: > > If one is trying to explain the concept of continuo on theorbo to a > non-early music person, would it be safe to compare it to the rhythm > guitarist in a modern band? > Leonard Williams > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Continuo (defined)
If one is trying to explain the concept of continuo on theorbo to a non-early music person, would it be safe to compare it to the rhythm guitarist in a modern band? Leonard Williams -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Continuo in D (renaissance tuning)?
Dear Jorg, I play continuo on theorbo and other plucked instruments and also employ the mandora/gallichon in nominal D tuning with a string length of 75cm (and also the large calchedon in nominal A tuning with sl 98cm) where the instrument is appropriate - ie mostly second to last quarter of the 18thC. There are quite a lot of songs and concerted instrumental works from the mid-18thC for the smaller instrument as obbligato with fully written out accompaniments and these provide good sources for the suitable style of continuo realisations on this instrument. Of course, the repertoire where the smaller gallichon/mandora (ie D or later E nominal) is most appropriate is not really the baroque period but the pre-classical with its longer harmonic lines and where things like measured arpeggios etc are increasingly employed. Indeed, much like some early five/six string/course guitar sources of the late 18th/early 19th C (eg Porro, Scheidler, De Call, Molitor, et als). As you remark, the instrument can be quite loud and thus provides a good continuo instrument for this later period (especially for works from German-speaking lands - but not exclusively). Incidentally, the usual intervals are not the same as on the renaissance lute (with a third between the fourth and third course) but as on the guitar (with the third between the third and second course). regards Martyn On Thursday, 12 September 2019, 08:17:00 BST, Jörg Hilbert wrote: Dear all, I have got a big Mandora in D (renaissance tuning, NOT d-minor, NOT theorobo). I may try to play some continuo with it as it's quite sonorous. Has anybody experiences with this? Thanks Jörg 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
[LUTE] Re: Continuo in D (renaissance tuning)?
I do on occasion. I have a huge 10-course in D 78cm or something similar). Sometimes I chicken out and play transposed parts. If the D-lute stint is a bit longer I bite the bullet and play at pitch. Not so difficult (but I play easy continuo on it: early Italian music), no complicated high baroque. David On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 at 09:16, Jörg Hilbert <[1]hilbert.jo...@t-online.de> wrote: Dear all, I have got a big Mandora in D (renaissance tuning, NOT d-minor, NOT theorobo). I may try to play some continuo with it as it's quite sonorous. Has anybody experiences with this? Thanks Jörg To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- *** David van Ooijen [3]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [4]www.davidvanooijen.nl *** -- References 1. mailto:hilbert.jo...@t-online.de 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 3. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 4. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/
[LUTE] Continuo in D (renaissance tuning)?
Dear all, I have got a big Mandora in D (renaissance tuning, NOT d-minor, NOT theorobo). I may try to play some continuo with it as it’s quite sonorous. Has anybody experiences with this? Thanks Jörg To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
