Dear Collective Wisdom
I wonder if those of you who have a copy of John Ward's "Sprightly &
cheerful musick" (Lute Society Journal XXI, 1979-80) and have time on
your hands could look at p. 203 where you will see an example in French
tablature - presumably as Ward says - for 5-cour
VERY astute observation!
'On 8/21/2014 6:47 AM, Joshua Burkholder wrote: "But I feel that
lutenists are a bit to obsessed with counting courses, perhaps because
the music is in tablature which enhances the perception of these sorts
of distinctions, otherwise we would would just see t
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Johann Anton Losy: Music for Baroque Guitar
Manuscript CZ-NLobkowitz Kk77, edited by Michael Treder
Possibly not all of these charming guitar pieces are composed by Losy.
Nontheless this
I have a strong preference for 7 courses, but always keep the seventh
course turned to F. I tried it for a while tuned to D, but found it
difficult to be always fretting the Fs, which seemed to be by far the
most common basses in the music I play. Any other bass notes I play up
the octave.
"others can't understand why anyone would spend so much money on 6c 7c
and 10c lutes when they can just play everything on an 8c,"
This pretty much sums up how I feel, if you can only own one lute, an
8c makes sense to me. I do miss the low C from when I used to own a
10c, only becau
I also prefer the 7c; and only being able to have one lute (for now), I
wouldn't trade it for anything else. But it's a tough question for the
beginner, as I suspect this is sort of preference is something you can develop
only after you've played the lute for a little while, and gotten to know t
For what it's worth, I much prefer the 7 course, I never have the urge for
more.
Allan
http://www.guitarandlute.com
> Hi All,
>
> As Georges says, having the D on the 7th course gives you a 7c lute
> with an optional F on the 8th, which is handy for playing those pieces
> where the 7th course
Hi All,
As Georges says, having the D on the 7th course gives you a 7c lute with
an optional F on the 8th, which is handy for playing those pieces where
the 7th course is fingered (some of Dowland's difficult solos, and
Danyel's lute songs come to mind). No use for Molinaro, of course.
Many
TREE EDITIONNEW September 2014
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Johann Anton Losy: Music for Baroque Guitar
Manuscript CZ-NLobkowitz Kk77, edited by Michael Treder
Possibly not all of these charming guitar pieces are composed by Losy.
Nontheless this
Not exactly that subject but related to : I was told by lutenist Hugh
Sandilands to put the lowest string (D or C) as the 7th c., and the F
in the 8th position as an option.
It was easier to stop notes on the lowest when necessary, close to the
6th course. On the F you only have to p
While it's true that most 8-course music is playable on a 7-course lute, by
stopping the low F or retuning, and the choice between the two largely comes
down to personal preference (some 7c pieces become harder on an 8c, but some
become easier; often there's not much difference), it seems to me
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