[VIHUELA] Re: 4c guitar and uke --- or Cuatro

[Monica Hall]

I also have a question for you all concerning the early "transitional"
six-course early romantic guitars... anyone know the tuning?... What about
string doubling, octaves or unison?

I'm not an expert in this area but the two sources which I have to hand - 
Vargas y Guzman (1773&1776) says that the guitar is double strung and  4th, 
5th and 6th courses tuned in octaves although when accompanying a bass line 
it is better to have them in unison;  and  Ferrandiere (1799) says that only 
the 6th course is tuned in octave.

Presumably the octave stringing of the lower courses was dropped gradually.

Monica





On 5/1/08, bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

    wouldn't touch it with a barge pole, matey ...
   ... an= d somewhat leery of breathing life into the "an instrument is
   called what = it's called because that what it's called" debate again
   ...
   iberian = men
   brought their vihuelas with them
   hola aloha
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   --- On Thu, 1/5/08, Ro= b MacKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
   From: Rob MacKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
   Subject: [VIHUELA] 4c guitar and uke
   To: "Vihuela" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] outh.edu>
   Date: Thursday, 1 May, 2008, 10:51 PM
OK...I ca>
n't believe I'm asking this - it's for someone else,
believe me...
Does anyone play the 4-course guitar repertoire on a ukelele? If so,
  what
tuning, and what octave for the fourth course?

Are double-cours>
e ukes available?
Gut strings?
Go on Bill...enjoy yourself!
Rob MacKillop (the other one)
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