Re: Mudarra's bordon

Dear Michael, Ed has explained the "split" third course very nicely in his mailing so I don't need to mention that. If you look closely at some of the early 16c. tablatures you will find that the upper octave of the 4th course is sometimes forming part of the melody line. Marco Dall'Aquila uses thi

New Santa Fe perfomace space

I just found out about a new performance space in Santa Fe, something we desperately need in these here parts. Though it might be of interest to some of you all who might be in the area. GiG is a small, elegant state-of-the-art performance space presenting events 4-5 nights a week. Each week f

Re: Antwort: Re: CD reviews

These two CDs also are available in Europe on http://www.jpc.de for EUR 13,99. Best Markus [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > > >Hi Eugene! > >his duet partner is Oleg Timofeyev who has already performed here in >Frankfurt (then on lute) and has produced some very fine CDs with russian >music for t

Antwort: Re: Mudarra's bordon

Hi Michael, actually italian tab is quite easy. Just imagine to look *through* your lute and you'll see the numbers just on the right position. Only the 8th - 14th course sometimes have odd signs one might need to get used to. I found most italian facsimiles easier to read than english facsim

Antwort: Re: CD reviews

Hi Eugene! his duet partner is Oleg Timofeyev who has already performed here in Frankfurt (then on lute) and has produced some very fine CDs with russian music for the 7-string guitar. I also enjoyed Oleg's "Wandring lutenist"-CD .. Best wishes Thomas "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: CD reviews

Thank you, Thomas. I'll watch for these. John will also be performing in Columbus, OH,November 2005, this time on Russian 7-string guitar in duo as "The Czar's Guitars:" . I'm looking forward to it...and to buying stacks of his CDs at the tic

Re: Mudarra's bordon

> Paul then started to demonstrate many examples of the advantages of an >octave on the 4th course. One of the examples was the Padoana by Capriola, >which if I remember correctly he only played the octave at certain times, of >the fourth course? Is this what is meant as splitting a course?

Re: Mudarra's bordon

Sean, Thanks for the encouragement, I was hopping someone with experience with Italian Tab. would find it attainable with a little effort, and spur me on. I much prefer to read from facsimiles. I bit the bullet a few months ago, and got the facsimiles of both the London, and Dresden