[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Narvey article online/Dm continuo in Italy

2007-11-27 Thread Jerzy Zak
Dear Taco, On 2007-11-27, at 13:12, Taco Walstra wrote: On Monday 26 November 2007 21:23, Jerzy Zak rattled on the keyboard: On 2007-11-26, at 20:06, Roland Hayes wrote: What about the Francesco Conti ms. - songs with instruments and d minor lute in tab (?) Could this be a theorbo in d

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Narvey article online/Dm continuo in Italy

2007-11-26 Thread Rob
Hi Benjamin. Good to see you contributing to this discussion. I was interested in your comments in your article regarding Klaus Jackobsen's thought that the very large Schelle theorbo might have had the first two strings displaced because of its long string length. Is this the tuning you use on

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Narvey article online/Dm continuo in Italy

2007-11-26 Thread Martyn Hodgson
The large Schelle theorbo is not, in fact that large in terms of string length (NB original bridge position is higher than at present and gives an original string length of only 85/86cm). Because it has a neck for 8 frets (rather than the 9 or 10 some people go for these days) it does,

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Narvey article online/Dm continuo in Italy

2007-11-26 Thread Rob
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 November 2007 15:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Narvey article online/Dm continuo in Italy The large Schelle theorbo is not, in fact that large in terms of string length (NB original bridge position is higher than

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Narvey article online/Dm continuo in Italy

2007-11-26 Thread Pfarrer Markus Lutz
Hello Benjamin and others, there are many sources for ensemble playing with 11-course lute before and after 1700 (Bohemian-Austrian repertoire: Weichenberger, von Radolt, et others). For continuo there are not that many direct sources, but I want to remind of Fundamenta der Lauten Musique und