Oh boy, here we go... There is a lot of music that can be played upon it...
When's the last time you fingered a note below the fifth course? ANYWAY, I
retired completely from the guitar world, gave all my instruments and such
to my granddaughter, and left because of burn out on the instrument. A lot
of the burn out was caused by this kind of stuff, which can be tiresome. I
always loved lute, so I got one of the "travel lutes" for a quiet
instrument, and I love the thing! Got out my old Poultan method (written
for a six-course, by the way) and enjoy music again. I can't build a lute
for what it cost to buy, and I have the tools already. I'll be tickled pink
when I can get one of the el-cheapo "thorobo bass lute, medium", because it
sounds great. I call my banjo-y travel lute my "thrown-together" lute, and
it helps a lot to be capable of adjusting actions, etc. myself, because it
required some... But, it PLAYS AND SOUNDS good. Sorry for the caps, I read
that's shouting on the web; I hope your hearing wasn't damaged... :-)
Garry
-----Original Message-----
From: David van Ooijen
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 12:43 PM
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings?
The point is, it has only five courses on the fingerboard. Playing any
kind of lute or theorbo music on it would mean redrilling the bridge
to accomodate six, hazardous enough on a 'decent' instrument, but I'm
not sure this one will be up to it.
David
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