Stefano Pesori's Galeria Musicale (1648) has both a tuning chart and a
tuning check in tablature. The tuning check says 'in ottava'. If we check
the tuning like that, there must have been low strings on the fifth and
fourth courses. We cannot even be sure if there were also high octaves on
those
Are the illustrations from the copy in the British Library? Not all are
included in the facsimile published by S.P.E.S. Great to have them
reproduced in this way! The music in the two copies varies too. The pieces
are arranged in a different order and the facsimile includes a piece which
P.S. The instrument you suggest is a manocordo looks like a 6-course
cittern. It is being played by Orpheus. The cittern was held in high
esteem in Italy during the Renaissance because of its supposed resemblance
to the classical Kithara.
Monica
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how was the 5c. guitar tuned:
- D D G B E - 4th and 5th D tuned in same octave as
E in re-entrant tuning?
- A D G B E - 5th string one octave lower than 1st
thru 4th?
- A D G B E - same progression as first five of modern
guitar?
thanks - bill
--- Monica Hall [EMAIL
At 09:11 AM 6/17/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
how was the 5c. guitar tuned:
- D D G B E - 4th and 5th D tuned in same octave as
E in re-entrant tuning?
- A D G B E - 5th string one octave lower than 1st
thru 4th?
- A D G B E - same progression as first five of modern
That's very interesting Stuart! Thanks for sharing.
I'd never heard of Pesori. I'm assuming that the tablature piece is actually
(more or less) standard tablature and not some variant?
BTW, the Pegasus looks...ummm...perversely gratified :)
Garry
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thanks for that. i could be wrong - i can't really
see it properly - but the tuning platform on the
drawing of the instrument behind pesori appears to
have 12 tuning pegs (6 bumps on either side) with
five single strings on the tastiera(?).
it's too late to have a go at the sample you've
