I'm not a theorbist, so I can't speak from experience, however could some
analogy shed some light on this?
There are extent Italian theorbos, some with string lengths in the mid to late
70s some in the mid 80s and some in the 90s
Similarly there are extent Italian 'renaissance' lutes with a rang
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:28:30 -0700 (PDT), Christopher Wilke wrote
> Howard,
>
> --- On Thu, 8/11/11, howard posner wrote:
> >
> > BTW, I recently saw "Toy Story 3" with my family, and
> > heartily recommend it.
> > --
>
> I too saw "Toy Story 3" and enjoyed it. There were no theorbos in
> the
Howard,
--- On Thu, 8/11/11, howard posner wrote:
>
> BTW, I recently saw "Toy Story 3" with my family, and
> heartily recommend it.
> --
I too saw "Toy Story 3" and enjoyed it. There were no theorbos in the movie,
but if there were, only a fool would disagree that they would certainly have
Well, dear Howard, I think we know your own view from much earlier
exchanges. Is it that any size of theorbo would have had the top two
courses an octave down since there was a wide range of Church pitches
at the time? Thus somehow justifying modern theorboes in A with a
string len
On Aug 11, 2011, at 6:04 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
> this
> matter of theorbo sizes still seems to be an area of misunderstanding.
True, but we like you anyway.
BTW, I recently saw "Toy Story 3" with my family, and heartily recommend it.
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Dear Taco,
Thank you for this: I hope you will not mind me continuing since this
matter of theorbo sizes still seems to be an area of misunderstanding.
Incidentally, I'd be interested to know what I said which is 'not very
logical' as you put it.
.
I raised the question of th
On 08/11/2011 12:24 PM, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
There are non-English sources which describe theorbos with only the
first course an octave down - see the late Bob Spencer's paper in Early
Music: still probably the best summary of the instrument and its
tuning.
Yes I know that ex
From: Martyn Hodgson
Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo
To: "Taco Walstra"
Date: Thursday, 11 August, 2011, 11:16
There are non-English sources which describe theorbos with only the
first course an octave down - see the late Bob Spencer's paper
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Much depends on your technique and whether you play close to the bridge
(as the Old Ones generally seemed to have done) or up to the rose.
However whatever tension you decide upon, with such a small instrument
why don't you follow historical practice and only lower the first
course
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