[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

[Monica Hall]

Well - I'd agree with most of what you say.

But actually no-one has mentioned vihuela music which can be played on the 
classical guitar just as it is if you tune the 3rd string down to F#.

But perhaps someone did before I joined this discussion.....


Monica
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Monica Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>; 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 9:32 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!


At 04:09 PM 4/8/2008, Monica Hall wrote:
Didn't get Stuart's message.

But most 5-course music isn't suitable for classical guitar because of the
octave stringing and re-entrant tuning - at least as notated.

Of course, I wouldn't want to imply otherwise, although much 5-course 
music
is workable on 6-string guitar with a little thoughtful effort and much
more becomes workable if approached almost as transcription.

In my original reply, I was pointing out only that the bulk of 4-course
guitar music looks very different to me than the bulk of 5-course guitar
music, which in turn tends to be different from music for 6-string
guitar.  Given the general agreement of our points, I humbly submit that 
an
opening conjunction other than "but" might be better suited.  If anything,
given the lack of obvious campanella effects and obviously notated
rasgueado, 4-course guitar music might be better suited to 6-string 
guitars
than much of the baroque repertoire...assuming you are willing to relegate
your A and E to ornamental status.

Best,
Eugene



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