[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

2008-04-08 Thread Monica Hall
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?! Check out this little page from Appalachian State University (Dr. Douglas James' program): http://www.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/gtrlst.html Which is a bit inaccurate. The music in Barberiis is not for a 7-course guitar, but for a

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

2008-04-08 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 12:45 PM 4/8/2008, Monica Hall wrote: Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?! Check out this little page from Appalachian State University (Dr. Douglas James' program): http://www.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/gtrlst.html Which is a bit inaccurate. The music in Barberiis is not

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

2008-04-08 Thread Monica Hall
http://www.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/gtrlst.html Which is a bit inaccurate. The music in Barberiis is not for a 7-course guitar, but for a 4-course instrument (7 strings - 3 courses doubled, the 1st single). It is probably not for guitar either - but that's another story.

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

2008-04-08 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 01:17 PM 4/8/2008, Monica Hall wrote: The moral of this tale - never rely on what anyone else says - always check the original - if you can. Always seems prudent. This kind of stuff makes me glad I'm a biologist on the day job. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

2008-04-08 Thread Arthur Ness
- Original Message - From: Eugene C. Braig IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Monica Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:00 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?! | At 12:45 PM 4/8/2008, Monica Hall wrote: | Subject:

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

2008-04-08 Thread Monica Hall
Well - as a librarian I can assure you that it is impossible to compile a bibliography or catalogue which is 100% accurate - or even 99%. (I've tried). The point about Howard Brown's book is that it was first published in 1965 - over 40 years ago and is somewhat out of date. It would help if

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

2008-04-08 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 02:45 PM 4/8/2008, Stuart Walsh wrote: Lots of music was published for for the five-course guitar. There is a fair amount online too. Wouldn't a five-course be more promising than a four-course guitar? Bear in mind that the little four-course guitar is very unlike a modern classical guitar.

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

2008-04-08 Thread Monica Hall
Didn't get Stuart's message. But most 5-course music isn't suitable for classical guitar because of the octave stringing and re-entrant tuning - at least as notated. 4-course guitar music doesn't actually give any information about right-hand technique at all.However, the 4-part chords may

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

2008-04-08 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 04:09 PM 4/8/2008, Monica Hall wrote: Didn't get Stuart's message. But most 5-course music isn't suitable for classical guitar because of the octave stringing and re-entrant tuning - at least as notated. Of course, I wouldn't want to imply otherwise, although much 5-course music is workable

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

2008-04-08 Thread Arthur Ness
Yes, that list has traveled around. If it is the same one. It was really straight out of Brown. And not even the update materials are complete. I am now on my THIRD copy of Brown, the earlier copies were so torn apart from use I have retired them. So I am quite aware of where there are