collective lute wisdom,
in his Toccata Prima from Intavolatura di luto (Bolgona 1639) Piccini
goes up to the 20th fret on the first course (bar 37/38):
h-a-r-e-f-h-k-l-n-h-k-l-n-p-r-s-u
Are there lutes with that many frets? Or do you play it on the soundboad
without frets ? Or is this not
Walter Durka wrote:
in his Toccata Prima from Intavolatura di luto (Bolgona 1639) Piccini
goes up to the 20th fret on the first course (bar 37/38):
h-a-r-e-f-h-k-l-n-h-k-l-n-p-r-s-u
Are there lutes with that many frets? Or do you play it on the soundboad
without frets ? Or is this not
Most Lutes before the early 1600s do not appear to have stuck on frets (see
iconography) - the practice was to play on the belly.
Walter Durka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
collective lute wisdom,
in his Toccata Prima from Intavolatura di luto (Bolgona 1639) Piccini
goes up to the 20th fret on
'u' ?! ni! ni! ni! ...
There are lute-like instruments with longer fretboards than the lute, cittern
for
example, some models of which commonly ommit the 18th fret, and should have 20
or
perhaps more. Perhaps an orpharion was made that could handle that. Modern
banjo
has 20 frets, 23 if
