I assume that the mandora is tuned like the lute with the 3rd between the 3rd and 4th courses rather than the 2nd and 3rd. This would make it more difficult to play all the standard guitar chords. They would all have to be re-fingered. Also at least some of the dissonance is perhaps more practical on the guitar than the mandora.

Just a thought.

Monica




----- Original Message ----- From: "WALSH STUART" <s.wa...@ntlworld.com>
To: "Chris Despopoulos" <despopoulos_chr...@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Martyn Hodgson" <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>; "Monica Hall" <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>; "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 9:20 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Losy (Logi) sarabande?


  No, not to be confused with a tiny mandore. Of  course it's possible to
  strum a mandora (big lute!) but I don't think it was ever typically
  played liked that. So the Sarabande, as it exists, wouldn't work as a
  typical piece for mandora. Or so, I think, but Martyn knows much more
  about mandoras and mandora music.
  Is this a reasonable generalisation?... Baroque guitar music often has
  full chords and sometimes very rich chords. But Baroque lute and
  mandora music is typically bass and treble parts with hints of
  harmonies here and there.
  Stuart

  On 6 November 2012 20:40, Chris Despopoulos
  <[1]despopoulos_chr...@yahoo.com> wrote:

  Out of curiosity, how is a mandora to be played such that strumming
  would not work? (Not to be confused with a mandore, right?)
  cud
    __________________________________________________________________

  From: WALSH STUART <[2]s.wa...@ntlworld.com>
  To: Martyn Hodgson <[3]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>
  Cc: Monica Hall <[4]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>; Vihuelalist
  <[5]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
  Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:18 PM
  Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Losy (Logi) sarabande?
    But how do you think the Tombeau, Sarabande and Minuet would  work on
  a
    mandora? There are a lot of strummed chords in the Sarabande. Very
    untypical for a mandora?
    And the stringing arrangement is probably a high fifth course and
    octave on fourth - quite different from low basses of a mandora.
    Isn't the Sarabande looking back to the 17th century, rather than to
    galant style?
    Stuart
    On 6 November 2012 15:18, Martyn Hodgson
  <[1][6]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>
    wrote:
          Yes, I have the Supraphon edition - not at all bad considering
      the
          date.  Alas, some of the transcriptions are incorrect: see, for
          example, No 1 Allemande. This is also the first piece in MsKk
  77
      but
          you'll see that the flags in the first full bar are incorrectly
          transcribed in the Supraphon edition: instead of three quavers
      (down,
          up, down) the editors have them as a quaver (d) and two
      semi-quavers (u
          d). The rest of the piece is similarly incorrectly transcribed.
          This is the worst of all but there are a fair number of such
      scattered
          errors throughout the publication. The one I like the best is
  No
      33
          'Aria' which they transcribe as being in 5/4 time and over
  which
          I tried many different stresses to make it work effectively
      (shades of
          William Shield's predeliction for 5/4) but, alas, when I saw a
      copy of
          the original I saw the scribe marks it simply as a 3 time and,
      although
          some flags are missing and barring is often nonsensical, it
  plays
      as a
          triple time piece - what a shame - I rather liked the idea of a
      5/4
          guitar work in the early 18th century. The page before has a
      'Menuet'
          which is similarly poorly barred in the original but as a
  menuet
      can be
          easily rebarred (interestingly the Supraphon editors exclude it
          altogether, perhaps for such bamng reasons - so No 32 isn't in
      the
          publication...).  But hats off to Supraphon for publishing such
  a
      work
          at that date - so the  'communist' state at the time was not
  all
          bad......
          You'll see the editors also made a list of sources and include
      another
          one for mandora with works by Losy: Brno, Mopravian Museum A
  3329
          The Losy rondeau I mentioned as being probably for mandora is
  on
      page
          31 of the Supraphon edition. In Brno Ms D189 it has 'Rondeau  /
      C
          Loeschi'  which the editors thought, I think correctly, is
  Losy.
      This
          particular piece does, in fact, appear as a Dm lute piece
  (can't
      find
          it off-hand but I have it somewhere) as well as in  D189 for a
  6
      string
          instrument in a known mandora tuning.  We've discussed D189
      before -
          it contains instructions how to tune the gallichon/mandora ( f.
  3
          'Calledono accord') and the guitar (f.48 ' Fundementa
  Chytarra')
      and,
          interestingly, on f.48v has 'Accordo Chytarra et Mandora
      indicating
          either instrument is possible. And from f. 48v it has pieces
  for
      an
          instrument with six courses in a known mandora tuning with the
      sixth
          course just a tone below the fifth - presumably a guitarist
  would
          simply play the open third course. On 51v is our rondeau
  showing
      quite
          clearly 6 courses - and in this piece putting the sixth course
  up
      an
          octave would spoil the melodic effect (see last system bars 3
      through
          to 6). Odd that the editors make no mention of a sixth course
      being
          required. The piece also fits very easily on the mandora so
      perhaps, as
          suggested earlier, it was conceived for the mandora by Losy
      rather than
          guitar or Dm lute. And so, in an indirect way, perhaps Losy was
      able to
          play the guitar - but in mandora form.................
          I also find Deisel works better on the mandora than guitar ( to
      do with
          having low basses and on the outside) as also discussed before.
          rgds
          Martyn
        --- On Tue, 6/11/12, Monica Hall <[2][7]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>
  wrote:
          From: Monica Hall <[3][8]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>
            Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Losy (Logi) sarabande?
            To: "Martyn Hodgson" <[4][9]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>
            Cc: "Vihuelalist" <[5][10]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
            Date: Tuesday, 6 November, 2012, 13:19
        Well - I hadn't thought about the mandora or indeed what kind of
    lute
        the
        music might originally have been for.
        In fact there is a rather better edition of all of Losy's
  "guitar"
        music
        originally edited by Jan Racek, revised by Jaroslav Pohanka and
        published by
        Supraphon in 1979 in the series "Musica Antiqua Bohemica".
        It includes both the Tombeau and the Sarabande.  They seem to me
  to
    be
        very
        idiomatically conceived for the guitar.  The chord shapes are
    typical
        alfabeto.
        Monica
        ----- Original Message -----
        From: "Martyn Hodgson" <[1][6][11]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>
        To: "Monica Hall" <[2][7][12]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>
        Cc: "Vihuelalist" <[3][8][13]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
        Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 9:18 AM
        Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Losy (Logi) sarabande?
        >
        >  When you say 'arrangements of lute music' do you include
  mandora
    as
        a
        >  lute or have you just the 11 course Dm instrument in mind (as
    most
        >  people still do)?  One of Losy's guitar pieces (rondeau in
  Brno
        >  D189) is extant in a mandora tablature (usually mistaken for
    guitar
        >  tablature!).  Maybe this tombeau was conceived for
        mandora..........
        >
        >  The Karl Scheidt publication was, I recall, aimed at
  beginners,
        >  and contains mostly facile Losy works - some from the first Ms
    in
        the
        >  Lobkowicz Ms volume (OLIM Prague II Ms Kk 77) in which Losy is
        >  identified as the composer (' Pieces Composee/ Par le
    Comte/Losy').
        It
        >  also contains slightly more challenging works - tho' not as
  much
    so
        as
        >  the second volume in the binding which looks to me to be in a
        different
        >  hand and different (later?) style and shouldn't be linked to
    Losy.
        >
        >  M.
        >
          >  --- On Tue, 6/11/12, Monica Hall
      <[4][9][14]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
          >
          >    From: Monica Hall <[5][10][15]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>
        >    Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Losy (Logi) sarabande?
          >    To: "WALSH STUART" <[6][11][16]s.wa...@ntlworld.com>
          >    Cc: "Vihuelalist" <[7][12][17]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
        >    Date: Tuesday, 6 November, 2012, 8:56
        >
        >  I found it now.  It is not actually attributed to Losi,  Losi
        seems
        >  to be
        >  a bit of a mystery.  These pieces are supposed to be
    arrangements
        of
        >  lute
        >  music but none of the pieces survive in versions for the lute.
        >  Anyway - it is really nice to have a chance to hear you play
  it
    -
        not
        >  easy.
        >  I shall have a go myself later.
        >  Monica
        >  ----- Original Message -----
        >  From: "WALSH STUART" <[1][8][13][18]s.wa...@ntlworld.com>
        >  To: "vl" <[2][9][14][19]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
        >  Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 10:14 PM
        >  Subject: [VIHUELA] Losy (Logi) sarabande?
        >  >  I've also sent this to the Baroque lute list. It's an
    attempt
        at a
        >  very
        >  >  striking sarabande, possibly by J.A. Losy, but sounding
    nothing
        >  like
        >  >  the more familiar guitar pieces.
        >  >  I incautiously included the music - to show what it looks
    like,
        >  and, of
        >  >  course, showing errors to boot. A fine piece though.
          >  >
  [1][3][10][15][20]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws44iAjdTco
          >  >  Stuart
          >  >  --
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          >  >
          >  >  1.
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        >  >
        >  > To get on or off this list see list information at
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