Rob -- Thanks for all the Fuenllana TABs. They look great! It seems that very little has been written about the 5c vihuela. I used to think it was the immediate forerunner of the 5c guitar, but I read something that changed my thinking -- and I cannot now remember what it was I read -- maybe Jacobs's intro to his edition of Fuenllana.
Compared to the usual 6c vihuela, the missing course is the 1st (not the 6th), and what I read compared these pieces for 5c vihuela to pieces for the 5c lute. Ostensibly, those were written to be played when one had broken the chanterelle and did not have another one handy. And that may have been Fuenllana's purpose also. I believe it was, since his book is so comprehensive and detailed in other respects. 5c lute pieces are sorta rare, but they do exist. If anyone on the vihuela or lute lists can shed some light on this, and maybe direct us to some 5c lute pieces, it would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Mike ____________________________ Michael Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Rob MacKillop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 4:30 AM To: Vihuela Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Fuenllana 5c vihuela That message got sent before I had finished writing it...Here is the full version: Fuenllana composed and intabulated pieces for the 5c vihuela. How this instrument differed from the 5c guitar with bourdons on the 4th and 5th is a little bit of a mystery. His 6c vihuela seems to have been quite small, judging by the stretches required of the left hand. The 5c tablature seems to be no different. There is frequesnt use of letter f on the first course simultaneoulsy with letter b on the second course. That being the case, how did his 5c differ from his 6c other than having a course missing in the bass? And what modern performer would commission a 5c vihuela when a 6c would cover everything? Perhaps the 5c was re-entrant? Not so, judging by the tablature. Going on the musical style and tablature layout, I see no difference between his 6c and 5c repertoire. Judge for yourself. Here is the tablature for all his 5c pieces - PLAYABLE ON THE 5c BAROQUE GUITAR (at a stretch) - in Italian, French and Milan's 'Guitar-type' tablature: http://www.rmguitar.info/scores.htm Enjoy. Rob MacKillop www.songoftherose.co.uk -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
