Some pieces played on the Lute Society's bandora which I have on hire
for a bit longer. It's a nice instrument; it has a smokey sound and
feels satisfying to play. I still haven't mastered tuning. I reckon
that with an instrument like this - with wire strings, peg tuners,
non-equal temperament, fixed frets, fan frets - that tuning is going to
be a bit of a compromise. And I'm not sure where the best compromises are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcuAM4f8FoA
These pieces are from Cambridge MSS, transcribed by Donald Gill (and
thanks to Peter Forrester):
Grimstock - Bony sweet Boy - A Toy.
It must have been a bit odd then, just as now, to play little ditties
like this on a bass instrument?
Stuart
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