> > RT wrote: > > > > "Vihuela is too soft to be used in ensembles..." > > > > What are the known historic parameters of the vihuela that determine that it > > MUST be soft? > > > > David Cameron > So far the vihuela industry has not produced a loud variety. So the > situations remains as it is, until this happens. > RT
The vihuela industry most certainly has! Norwegian lutenist Thomas Boysen plays a vihuela by Lourdes Uncilla-Moreno which is actually louder than his theorbo, and his theorbo is certainly not soft... You can listen to two examples here: http://www.thomasboysen.de/i_arbeid.html mvh Are Vidar Hansen To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
