> Like you, David, I feel myself moving more towards the archlute, but it > must > be awkward reading tablature with your special tuning.
Not al all. As all (?) renaissance lute players on more than one lute, I read everything below the 6th course as notes. Depending on the instrument at hand I can play a low C as 10th course, some low bass on the archlute (I don't even know which 'number' it is, I just know where the low C is) or not at all on the 6 and 8-course, so rather as open fifth course. Low E is an open course 9th (or first fret depending on tuning) on the 10-course and the first below the low F on the archlute. On the 6th course I'll have to transpose it up, as on the 8-course when I have no finger free to fret course 8. No magic involved, just habit you pick up along the way David ************************************ David van Ooijen Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://www.davidvanooijen.nl ************************************ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
