Dear Luca,
take a look into the music of Pietro Paolo Raimondo's Libro de Sonate
diverse 1601, e.g. (a Ms. in Como, published in facsimile in 1980).
Courses 7 and 8 come in diverse tunings in this book - as is the case
with other Italian lute manuscripts around and after 1600 - which makes
it a
On Aug 17, 2006, at 4:37 AM, Luca Manassero wrote:
I own a splendid 8-course lute made by Stephen Barber and Sandi
Harris and
suddenly started wondering why I *ever* bought an 8 course lute.
In fact, I
either stumble on pure 6-course lute tablatures or on a
Baroque repertoire
Hi,
Am I wrong thinking that 8 courses is for having both F and D in the
bass register, using one_or_the other in a given piece, but rarely_both_?
What is the string length of your 8-course lute, Luca?
Saludos from Barcelona,
Manolo Laguillo
Luca Manassero wrote:
Dear all,
as an
Hi all
Just one idea on 8-coursers (I've wrote about it earlier, too, but perhaps
there are new members in the List):
In my 8-courser in G I have the 7th course in D and 8th course in F - so
it is contrary to the common order. It is nice to be able to finger the
chromatics on the low D and it
In a message dated 8/17/2006 4:38:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Dear all,
as an amateur lute player studying in Italy I tend to spend most of my time
playing Italian lute music from the XVI century. Well, I guess this happens
to everybody, anyway... ;-)
I own a
Dear Luca and All:
I have a one-word answer for you:
Dowland.
True, most of Dowland can be played on a seven-course lute, but that eighth
course really comes in handy on a few of the fantasias.
Cheers,
Jim
p.s. Don't sell the lute! Or better still, sell it to me! 8^)
--
To get on or off
The music of Laurencini di Roma is another high point of 7 - 8 course
Italian repertoire. Much of his music is in Besarde's Thesaurus Harmonicus,
but
there is a good modern edition of his music published by the Lute Society:
Thirty Pieces for the Lute by Laurencini
