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[LUTE] Re: Dowland's Lutes--the hidden piece

David Tayler
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:35:01 -0700

Rob is correct--there is a very interesting use of the 7th course to 
provide an alternate fingering for the low B Flat for voice leading 
reasons in the third strain.
Quintessential Dowland.
So ideally it could be played on an eight course or a nine course. 
Very intriguing; hat tip to Rob, well spotted.
dt




At 08:19 AM 7/24/2008, you wrote:
>Just catching up with this topic. A 'new' piece by Dowland is clearly of
>great interest. Can you be more specific, David? I looked at the 14th piece
>(thanks for the link to the online facsimile, Valery!) - it seems to be for
>8c. On my 69cms lute, the stretches are at times too much, even with
>my large hands. I'll leave it to someone else to do the World Premier!
>
>Rob
>
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