Sorry Gary
Wires have got crossed here I think!
What I said (I hope!) was that Guerau's music doesn't work very well without
low octave strings or bordones on the fourth and fifth courses. He is one
of the very few baroque guitarists whose music does work on classical
guitar without any amendments for this reason.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "gary digman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 9:45 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Guerau on "modern" guitar
Dear Monica;
In a recent exhange I pointed out that aside from the octaves on the
4th and 5th courses on a baroque guitar tuned to play Francisco
Guerau's music the tuning was identical to the first five strings on a
modern guitar and hardly reentrant. I'm sorry, I do not remember your
exact words, but I believe the gist was that without the octaves on the
4th and 5th courses Guerau's music would be unplayable or
incomprehensible. I finally got around to playing a few passacalles on
a modern guitar and found the result to be most pleasant and musically
coherent, albeit different than the same pieces played on a baroque
guitar.
Gary.
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