Dear Monica As I understand this CS2 is from the late 17th c. It is hard to tell if -and how- the mutual influence from cittern and guitar has worked out. It certainly could be a subject where we guitarists could learn some.
>> I wanted to ask you if you played your wire string guitar with a plecturm? My battente is strung very lightly and is well 'strummable' with the fingers. A Cd is going to be released a few weeks from now, on which I use this instrument (by Sebastian Nunez) for song-accompaniment. Venetian songs (1620-1640) and some Foscarini (on the Chitarra Spagnuola, of course). > > I don't think that campanellas are really an issue here. It seems to be a > common mis-conception re-entrant tunings have something to do with > campanellas. I could not agree more. A whole generation of scholars and players have been following the wrong star. L. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
