Can't afford a lautenwerk :)
No room eitherhad one for a while and it was really in the way.
Also tuning was very strange. You really have to tune from the middle
out in both directions because it goes out of tune before you reach the end.
I think a a baroque lute, D mi theorbo, gallichon
At 03:28 PM 12/23/2007, David Tayler wrote:
When getting an archlute, get one that can be either double or single
strung, and have different divisions, e.g. 6+8, 7+7
8+6, etc. 8+6 is great for Bach (low F and F sharp; C and C sharp).
6+8 great for earlier repertory.
More holes; less poles.
After
That's because Bach didn't have the same hands-on exactness for
idiosyncratic playability that Piccinini Weiss had with lutes. He
hit an approximate range, texture, and either figured a real lute
player could work it out, or he really composed (at least some of it)
for his Lautenwork (sp?)
And speaking from experience- I have an ancient Bob Lundberg original
13 course bass rider Baroque lute. Wanting to play Piccinini
specifically and explore the archlute/Italian Baroque lute generally,
I re-strung tuned the Lundberg. Very, very clumsy and ineffective
for that repertoire.
Re chitarrone theorbo--
Skip the label.
Early on, some modern scholars decided to conflate the theorbo and
the chitarrone.
Historically, that is not the case. Historically, many of these terms
meant different things to different people at different times.
There may have been a Chitarrone bass
When getting an archlute, get one that can be either double or single
strung, and have different divisions, e.g. 6+8, 7+7
8+6, etc. 8+6 is great for Bach (low F and F sharp; C and C sharp).
6+8 great for earlier repertory.
More holes; less poles.
Or buy 6 archlutes.
dt
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Still laughing.
On Dec 23, 2007 3:28 PM, David Tayler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or buy 6 archlutes.
dt
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Priceless; archlute advice for the ages- from one who has paid his dues.
More holes; less poles!
-But I still will not touch Sting's CD with a ten foot theorbo (yes
I've heard it). The late Lorraine Hunt is another matter entirely.
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