Re: Continuo - bass lute

This thread started as a question for suitable continuo instrument. I like using my 10-course bass-lute in d' (renaissance tuning): wide range, strong basses, good in many keys. Especially useful when accompanying basses and altos as it is a fourth down from a 10-course or archlute in g'. David

Re: Continuo - bass lute

David, We've had honey and tar, and thoughts from afar, We've had staff, tabulation and forms of notation, The R&B bass hasn't yet shown its face, And thats well as it has no relation. Hell's bells, the specific continuo for a specific piece, to be performed HIP might require a specific instrumen

Re: Continuo - bass lute

"LGS-Europe" schrieb: > This thread started as a question for suitable continuo instrument. I like > using my 10-course bass-lute in d' (renaissance tuning): wide range, strong > basses, good in many keys. Especially useful when accompanying basses and > altos as it i

Re: Continuo - bass lute

> know they actually exist. Is there evidence from 17th century > sourcesabout their use? There are English lute songs (ms sources) with tablatures for d'-lute. David To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

Re: Continuo - bass lute

--On Monday, March 07, 2005 9:52 PM -0500 Jon Murphy wrote: > My complaint with the specifics (call it the HIP if you want) is that it > denigrates those old musicians whom we so worship. It suggests that they > wouldn't have liked to experiment with their own sound, and ensemble. As I view the c

Re: Continuo - bass lute - or rather Colachon

Or even better, why not use the Colachon (various spellings) for which there is real 18thC evidence of usage in Northern Europe. Telleman amongst others specified it (and not tiorba). Martyn LGS-Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This thread started as a question for suitable continuo i