On Jun 30, 2008, at 11:01 PM, David Tayler wrote:
Consider a dual purpose instrument.
An archlute, or a 9 course or 10 course can be dual setup to play
in French tuning, either with double strings (archlute) or single
strings (9 or 10 course) as well as the original tuning.
Sorry, I'm
Alan Hoyle wrote:
As retirement, and subsequent reduction of money to spend on luxuries,
approaches, my wife (or 'wifu', David, but never again 'her indoors')
has informed me that it should be possible for me to buy one last
instrument. Realistically, though, I couldn't really go much beyond
Hi-If you are interested in the baroque lute, you should get one. You just
might find the left hand fingerings easier on the fingers than the ren-lute. As
to the question of how many courses-that should be determined by the music you
want to play. Get a 13 course if you like Weiss and Bach, or
On Jun 30, 2008, at 4:14 PM, sterling price wrote:
You just might find the left hand fingerings easier on the fingers
than the ren-lute.
But be sure your arthritic joints can handle the right-hand
stretches. Imagine a few more courses on your nine-course.
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To get on or off this list
Consider a dual purpose instrument.
An archlute, or a 9 course or 10 course can be
dual setup to play in French tuning, either with
double strings (archlute) or single strings (9 or
10 course) as well as the original tuning.
You can also setup the archlute to play in single
and double, old
