Monica Hall
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:18:29 -0700
<http://www.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/gtrlst.html>Which is a bit inaccurate. The music in Barberiis is not for a 7-course guitar, but for a 4-course instrument (7 strings - 3 courses doubled, the 1st single). It is probably not for guitar either - but that's another story."7-course"!? That must be a typo.
No - I think he just copied the information from Howard Mayer Brown's book which says the music is for 7 course guitar.
The original Italian reads "sopra la Chitara de sette corde". i.e. 7-strings. The devil is in the detail.The moral of this tale - never rely on what anyone else says - always check the original - if you can.
Yours ever cynical Monica
Amat's book was first printed in 1596 and is for 5-course guitar. It doesn't include any music apart from a few musical examples..The Appalachian State University page isn't specifically for sources of 4-course guitar music, but sources of guitar music printed in the 16th c. Not 4-course, but the first appearance of Amat's book certainly is appropriate to that condition, even if the date they give it is also subject to typographic error.Best,Eugene
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