That would seem a perfectly logical argument to capo at II, which I don't believe I've ever seen in approaching vihuela music on modern guitar.
Best, Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel F Heiman [mailto:heiman.dan...@juno.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:41 PM > To: kalei...@gmail.com > Cc: vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Hi All > > Here is one additional point -- the modern guitar has 12 frets to the > body/neck joint. Early 6-course lutes have only 8 tied frets. The > resulting enforced change of the left-hand configuration in the high > positions is a fact of life for lutenists, and probably helps most of us > to orient ourselves. Most iconographical evidence seems to indicate 10 > tied frets on historical vihuelas, not 12. Thus in both cases one might > benefit from using the capo to remove some excess neck length if the aim > is eventually to graduate to a real lute or vihuela. > > Daniel > > On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:58:17 +0100 "G. Crona" <kalei...@gmail.com> > writes: > > There is one minor point though - shortening the mensur and thereby > > facilitating difficult stretches... > > > > G. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Monica Hall" <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> > > > > > I can't see any point in using a capo. You can just > > > play it as it is. Might be different if you are accompanying a > > singer. > > > > > > Monica > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
