Hello all,
Indeed, even regarding gut strings, it all seems so complicated.
I am in principle really happy with the Larson strings on my 11 course, but
at 392 the basses of course work less well than at 415,
although everything really stays in tune quite well (in my home) actually
even better than
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
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.
Please note a change in my e-mail address:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards,
Leonard Williams
To get on or off this list see list information at
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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.
From my homepage (under 'docs tab') you can download a pdf copy of my
dissertation about the chitarrone and the continuo in
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 for
Diego wrote:
..
From my homepage (under 'docs tab') you can download a pdf copy of my
dissertation about the chitarrone and the continuo in Italy.
..
Here's the link:
www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf
Mille grazie Diego! Molto interessante!
Ciao,
Arto
To get on or off this list see list
