Like I said, limited experience and limited repertoire. No, I don't.
i doubt I would try de Visee without the so-called French tuning. I
simply take issue with characterizing the playing without bordones as
an inherent sacrifice. It is not. It is simply different.
Look, using an instrument to play music is limiting by definition. So
is applying any form whatsoever to the music. It's the limits that
transform sound into music. Bordones impose their limits, and fully
re-entrant tuning imposes limts as well. Assuming one limit or another
is not a sacrifice, it's a different perspective. That's all.
__________________________________________________________________
From: Lex Eisenhardt <eisenha...@planet.nl>
To: Vihuelalist <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tue, February 8, 2011 5:30:03 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: The stringing of the baroque guitar - again
Chris, do you also play Bartolotti, Guerau or de Visee without
bourdons?
Lex
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Despopoulos"
<[1]despopoulos_chr...@yahoo.com>
To: "Vihuelalist" <[2]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:26 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: The stringing of the baroque guitar - again
>
> Well, I can only say, from my own experience and study (such as it
is)
> that it is not a "sacrifice" to play without bordones. It's
different,
> but no less rich, and certainly no sacrifice... in *my* experience.
> In fact, it has opened up musical possibilities, as well as
technical
> possibilities I haven't enjoyed before, and that were only hinted at
by
> my experience with the ukulele. This is the experience of somebody
who
> has played the guitar and other plucked instruments in a variety of
> styles over a period of decades -- but not the experience of a
> scholar. Nonetheless, I can't emphasize enough that is it no
sacrifice
> to play without bordones, any more than it's a sacrifice to play on
six
> rather than 11 or 13 courses... in my experience. My addmittedly
> limited experience with an admittedly limited exposure to the
> repertoire.
> DISCLAIMER: I'm not taking sides here. I'm just relating my
> experience.
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