Diego wrote:
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From my homepage (under 'docs & tab') you can download a pdf copy of my
dissertation about the chitarrone and the continuo in Italy.
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Here's the link:
www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf
Mille grazie Diego! Molto interessante!
Ciao,
Arto
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On Jan 15, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Rob wrote:
> ...so why do people choose to tune to G?
> Is it purely because they already think 'in G', or is there another
> reason?
That's the reason I would do it. I spent so long playing renaissance
lute that I "think in G." Also the first methods I found fo
Banchieri in his "Conclusioni nel suono dell'organo" (Bologna 1609), p. 59,
gives a G tuning for the chitarrone, with the
reentrant tuning for the first string only.
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Rob,
I play theorbo more than anything (the only instrument which seems to pay and
you do get a lot of variety) - mine is in A at 93cm.
In fact G is a very strong key (possibly with D the strongest) on the A
theorbo - quite a few open strings and the relative keys are also strong.
H. Theorbo was doubtless much used, but let's not forget that Lambert
just as often accompanied himself on a lute as on a theorbo. Evrard Titon
du Tillet writes that:
"Lambert jouoit tr=E8s bien du Luth et du Tuorbe, dont il accompagnoit les
sons melodieux de sa voix avec un art et gout admi
