One more:
Emanual Adriaensen: Novum Pratum Musicum Longe amoenissimum 1592.
The 8th course (D) has an extended horizontal line through it whereas
the 7th (F) has a short line. This seems to predate the diagonal slash.
Not much harmonic material is given to the 8th course and it is usually
a
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006, Manolo Laguillo [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
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_?
some willtune the 7th course to C, giving other options.
If you go outside the
Thank you, Kenneth.
between the authors you mention Santini Garsi da Parma is really new to me.
Do you have any example and/or better reference?
Regards,
Luca
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 17/08/2006 22.54 wrote:
Luca:
It is fine to play 6-course tablature repertoire on a 7 or 8 course
Fun music: lots of cross rhythms/hemiola etc.
There's an edition form the German Magazine Gitarre Laute:
G + L 148
Santino Garsi da Parma
Lautenwerke
Facsimile and modern transcritpion in guitar notation.
All the mss. sources combined into one book. Nice edition.
Before that there were
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
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