..And not to mention into the present in some Latin American folk traditions.
Best, Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Roman Turovsky > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:04 PM > To: Alexander Batov > Cc: Vihuelalist > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar, where to start? > > 5 course/string guitars survived into the 19th century in Ukraine: > http://polyhymnion.org/images/bandurka.jpg ! > > RT > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alexander Batov" <alexander.ba...@vihuelademano.com> > Cc: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 12:59 PM > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar, where to start? > > > >I don't think he ever did (the music just doesn't go lower than the open > A > >string) but I suppose there is a presumption that it was most likely for > a > >5-string (i.e. single strung) guitar. 5-string guitars did certainly > exist > >at the time. Also, some original 5-course guitars were converted to > >5-string ones by changing their original bridges. > > > > Alexander > > > > PS: If I remember it correctly there are also a few arrangements of his > > music for the seven string Russian guitar (supposedly from his period in > > Russia between 1804 - 14). > > > > On 03/02/2011 15:49, Monica Hall wrote: > >>> > >>> [Eugene C. Braig IV] Indeed, at least relatively speaking. However, > the > >>> 6-course instrument was largely a quirk of Spanish-speaking places. > The > >>> rest of Europe seems to have gone to five single strings first (using > >>> the > >>> low octave at d and A, and probably often simply leaving their 5- > course > >>> guitars single strung), then later adding the sixth at E. A fine > >>> example of > >>> 5-string guitar music and on of the earliest known concerti for guitar > >>> is > >>> Lhoyer's, published in Germany in the very early 19th c. > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> Eugene > >>> > >> > >> That's very interesting. Does Lloyer actually specify that his music > is > >> for a single strung 5-course guitar? > >> > >> Monica > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
