[LUTE] Re: string length and Francesco

Dear Rob, This is a very subjective question. Many people say they can't possibly play any of this music on a string length of more than 58cm, and that may be true for them - but I doubt it. Issues of technique and habit feature strongly. I'm sure someone will come up with a FdaM piece

[LUTE] Re: string length and Francesco

@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: string length and Francesco Dear Rob, This is a very subjective question. Many people say they can't possibly play any of this music on a string length of more than 58cm, and that may be true for them - but I doubt it. Issues of technique and habit feature

[LUTE] Re: string length and Francesco

Well, lads, I hope you can make a recording sometime of Francesco plumbing the depths. I'm sure it would sound splendid. The duets would be amazing. We await... Rob -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html