I assume that the mandora is tuned like the lute with the 3rd between the
3rd and 4th courses rather than the 2nd and 3rd. This would make it more
difficult to play all the standard guitar chords. They would all have to
be re-fingered. Also at least some of the dissonance is perhaps more
p
No, not to be confused with a tiny mandore. Of course it's possible to
strum a mandora (big lute!) but I don't think it was ever typically
played liked that. So the Sarabande, as it exists, wouldn't work as a
typical piece for mandora. Or so, I think, but Martyn knows much more
abou
Out of curiosity, how is a mandora to be played such that strumming
would not work? (Not to be confused with a mandore, right?)
cud
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From: WALSH STUART
To: Martyn Hodgson
Cc: Monica Hall ; Vihuelalist
But how do you think the Tombeau, Sarabande and Minuet would work on a
mandora? There are a lot of strummed chords in the Sarabande. Very
untypical for a mandora?
And the stringing arrangement is probably a high fifth course and
octave on fourth - quite different from low basses of
That's very helpful and interesting. I just borrowed it from the library
for various reaons but haven't had a lot of time to look at it.
The problem with so many of these early ediitions or even later ones is that
you can't be sure they are reliable. Only the original is reliable - sort
of!
Yes, I have the Supraphon edition - not at all bad considering the
date. Alas, some of the transcriptions are incorrect: see, for
example, No 1 Allemande. This is also the first piece in MsKk 77 but
you'll see that the flags in the first full bar are incorrectly
transcribed in th
Well - I hadn't thought about the mandora or indeed what kind of lute the
music might originally have been for.
In fact there is a rather better edition of all of Losy's "guitar" music
originally edited by Jan Racek, revised by Jaroslav Pohanka and published by
Supraphon in 1979 in the series "
When you say 'arrangements of lute music' do you include mandora as a
lute or have you just the 11 course Dm instrument in mind (as most
people still do)? One of Losy's guitar pieces (rondeau in Brno
D189) is extant in a mandora tablature (usually mistaken for guitar
tablature!).
I found it now. It is not actually attributed to Losi, Losi seems to be
a bit of a mystery. These pieces are supposed to be arrangements of lute
music but none of the pieces survive in versions for the lute.
Anyway - it is really nice to have a chance to hear you play it - not easy.
I sha
Does this follow the Tombeau for his mother. It may be by Corbetta or
deliberately composed in his style.
I can't find it in my copy which has the pages unnumbered. Do you know
what the folio number is?
Monica
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