Hi Stephan,
actually I think the positions are not that far away from each other. My
A-Lute was built by David van Edwards. A big thank you to him for making
this marvelous instrument!
It is a great experience to have a smaller lute and many pieces which seemed
impossible to play because of
Hi all,
Thomas Schall wrote:
It is a great experience to have a smaller lute and many pieces which seemed
impossible to play because of large stretches are now well within reach. I
have choosen a 7-course variant to avoid the retuning for certain pieces in
the repertoire which ask for a
Hello Thomas,
you wrote:
Dear Stephan,
the term A-Lute seems to be misleading this time because it suggests a
absolute pitch.
Right.
Actually my position is that the common lutes were smaller in the first
half of the 16th century than they were at the end of the 16th century.
This may be
There were several printed publicatinos that called for ensembles of lutes in
different sizes. The ones whose front material I have had a chance to review
generally specify an intervalic relationship rather than specific pitches.
This
is most easily understood when one considers the desire
There was an interesting article by Eric Walter Hill in Early Music a few
years (1993 I think) that addresses the issue of Florentine manuscripts
contining
intabulated continuo accompaniments to late 16th and early 17th century
monody.
If i am not mistaken (I am still in Denver playing
Dear Stephan,
the term A-Lute seems to be misleading this time because it suggests a
absolute pitch.
Actually my position is that the common lutes were smaller in the first
half of the 16th century than they were at the end of the 16th century.
The pitch doesn't play any role regarding the
