[LUTE] Re: Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord Strings in F Minor

2014-08-20 Thread Helen Atkinson
I imagine it would work particularly well as a lute duet... Helen On 20 August 2014 05:38, Edward C. Yong [1]edward.y...@gmail.com wrote: I, for one, would love an arrangement for 7-course or archlute! Edward Chrysogonus Yong [2]edward.y...@gmail.com On 19 Aug, 2014, at

[LUTE] Re: Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord Strings in F Minor

2014-08-20 Thread r.turov...@gmail.com
By popular demand - an archlute version: http://polyhymnion.org/swv/music/bach5arc.pdf Enjoy. Amities, RT On 8/20/2014 12:38 AM, Edward C. Yong wrote: I, for one, would love an arrangement for 7-course or archlute! Edward Chrysogonus Yong edward.y...@gmail.com On 19 Aug, 2014, at 11:24

[LUTE] Re: Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord Strings in F Minor

2014-08-20 Thread Helen Atkinson
How about aA 7-courseA version from someone?A ThatA would be popular! Helen On Wednesday, 20 August 2014, [1]r.turov...@gmail.com [2]r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: By popular demand - an archlute version: [3]http://polyhymnion.org/swv/music/bach5arc.pdf Enjoy.

[LUTE] Re: Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord Strings in F Minor

2014-08-20 Thread r.turov...@gmail.com
It would be too far out of character for the instrument, especially for those with unequal fretting. RT On 8/20/2014 8:38 AM, Helen Atkinson wrote: How about a 7-course version from someone? That would be popular! Helen On Wednesday, 20 August 2014,

[LUTE] Re: Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord Strings in F Minor

2014-08-20 Thread Taco Walstra
On 08/20/2014 02:42 PM, r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: But those people can easily change their 7 course fretting into well-tempered, not? ;-) (someone asked me once to tune my theorbo into 'Valotti' for Monteverdi... Ehh, didn't work very well..) Taco It would be too far out of

[LUTE] Re: Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord Strings in F Minor

2014-08-20 Thread r.turov...@gmail.com
Just for one piece, how many hours with a calculator, and shifting them frets back and forth, loosening them? That would redefine masochism. RT On 8/20/2014 8:55 AM, Taco Walstra wrote: On 08/20/2014 02:42 PM, r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: But those people can easily change their 7 course

[LUTE] Re: Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord Strings in F Minor

2014-08-20 Thread Dan Winheld
The archlute version is, for most intents purposes, your 7 (pref. low D) course version. Just play with your low octave bass notes; there are not so many of them as to constitute a linear, melodically independent bass line that would be degraded by octave transpositions. Having said that, I

[LUTE] Re: Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord Strings in F Minor

2014-08-20 Thread howard posner
On Aug 20, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Dan Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net wrote: Having said that, I must agree with Roman- out of character for the instrument, at least for performance. Given that it’s an oboe solo that Bach arranged for harpsichord, probably for didactic purposes, I’m not sure it makes

[LUTE] Re: Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord Strings in F Minor

2014-08-19 Thread r.turov...@gmail.com
You can also play that movement on a 13course, without any piano: http://polyhymnion.org/swv/images/bach5.pdf RT On 8/19/2014 8:13 AM, Helen Atkinson wrote: Hello - I've had such great help from this forum that I can't resist asking for more. I'm in long-shot mode again, and

[LUTE] Re: Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord Strings in F Minor

2014-08-19 Thread Dan Winheld
Roman- beautifully done, very nice. That movement has always been a small favorite of mine. Thank you! Dan On 8/19/2014 6:59 AM, r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: You can also play that movement on a 13course, without any piano: http://polyhymnion.org/swv/images/bach5.pdf RT On 8/19/2014 8:13

[LUTE] Re: Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord Strings in F Minor

2014-08-19 Thread Edward C. Yong
I, for one, would love an arrangement for 7-course or archlute! Edward Chrysogonus Yong edward.y...@gmail.com On 19 Aug, 2014, at 11:24 PM, Dan Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net wrote: Roman- beautifully done, very nice. That movement has always been a small favorite of mine. Thank you! Dan