I agree. What's wrong with the capo? Yes, we're way past any notions of fixed pitch. Technical expedience and audience perceptions aside, the advantage of the capo and reason I encourage students to at least give it a whirl is that it allows the player to temporarily suspend his disbelief. In other words, the point isn't really that it sounds more lute/vihuela-like but rather that it sounds a bit less guitar-like.
My $0.02 worth. Ralph ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob MacKillop <luteplay...@googlemail.com> Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:08 pm Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Hi All To: "G. Crona" <kalei...@gmail.com> Cc: Vihuelalist <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > I would say keep the capo. One advantage for modern > classical guitar > programmes is to make your repertoire from > different periods sound a > little different. There is less resonance but more > transparency with a > capo, and, yes, it does make some passages easier > for the left hand. > But there were vihuelas in E, but I think pitch is > less important than > a clear sound. > > > > Rob MacKillop > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
