And here is the sad tune the king plays on his 3 course 3 fretted lute:
| 2.3 1 2.3 1 2.3 1 1 2.3 1 2.3 1 1 2
|_c_a_c_d_c_d_a___a_d___c_a_a___c__
Hi,
in case you'll travel to Vienna in a VERY near future, do NOT miss the
Resonanzen festival (17-27 January) and especially the attached Early
Music instruments makers exhibition (17-18 January) at the Konzerthaus.
Further details on http://konzerthaus.at/hoehepunkte/resonanzen
Thanks Chris,
It does have six strings and six tuning pegs, a carved rose, and what looks
like a tie-on bridge with carved ears much like an early 19th. c. guitar.
There are three (!) low, apparently wooden frets, widely spaced, and glued
or tacked onto the rather long neck. Perhaps the Kingdom
Although I'm primarily interested in Ren music, I haven't been able to
resist the temptation to dabble in continuo a bit (we have a continuo
group in Seattle, loosely modeled on Pat's Continuo collective). I'm
afraid that I might have finally taken complete leave of my senses, as
I
Guy,
If you have any guitar experience, you already know the chords. From
the second string (E) down to the A string, you have the top five
strings of the guitar (albeit reentrantly tuned because the top E is
an octave lower.) The next four strings represent the diatonic scale
from the guitar's
I say start relearning. And start enjoying D major and minor and A major
and minor as easy chords/tonic home bases. Also, it's good to get used
to playing g minor on the theorbo as there is plenty of it (even Caccini
and Peri on an A instrument). I think also it's more of an adjustment
to use
On Jan 5, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Guy Smith wrote:
I'm
afraid that I might have finally taken complete leave of my
senses, as
I am now in possession of one of those overly large lutes with
too many
strings (on loan, but...).
How long is it? If that's not too personal a question...
On 1/5/2009, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote:
If you're doing Vivaldi in E major, A tuning makes life easier.
And it will still be difficult! ;-)
Arto
PS I recommend theorbo in A; many more manageable keys than in G. But
some that are easy in G are horrible in A! The more flats
It's relatively small, 140/75 cm (FWIW, it's by Bob Lundberg, but I don't
know just when it was made).
I have played guitar, albeit not recently, so I do remember at least the
more common chords. Maybe making the jump to A tuning is the best bet (it
would also simplify some of the details of the
On Jan 5, 2009, at 3:20 PM, Guy Smith wrote:
I plan to seek professional assistance soon, but in the interim, a
tuning question. The instrument is currently in A. I could
retune it to
G, so I could more easily transfer my experience with the G
lute, or I
could leave it in A and
Wow! Nice work.
Do you have any screen shots of the Fourier analysis?
On Jan 2, 2009, at 7:01 AM, Herbert Ward wrote:
Using computerized Fourier analysis, I measured spectra
of lute sound, using all strings in courses 1-6, plucked
with good tone.
Several unexpected features cropped up.
1.
On Monday 05 January 2009, Luca Manassero rattled on the keyboard:
Hi,
in case you'll travel to Vienna in a VERY near future, do NOT miss the
Resonanzen festival (17-27 January) and especially the attached Early
Music instruments makers exhibition (17-18 January) at the Konzerthaus.
Further
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