[VIHUELA] Re: Re-entrant tuning

[Monica Hall]

I was playing my guitar again today, with a bourdon on the fourth (a
very corny, half-baked concept):

Not sure what you are referring to as being a very corny, half-baked 
concept!   It is a compromise and in the real world compromises are often 
better.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTAOV49TSKM

and I feel I just have to - in this music - really, really try to make the 
fourth mainly a bass course.

The Hertzenberg ms. is relatively late and I would think that bourdons on 
both the 4th and 5th would be appropriate although some of the arrangements 
may be earlier - I am not terribly familiar with it.

But the reverse stringing i.e. treble string on the thumb side is very well 
documented in late 18th century (French) sources - more so than in any 17th 
century ones.

I hesitate to say this but there shouldn't really be a problem making the 
bourdons sound clearly if you are playing them with the thumb - and how 
else.

I'm glad you liked the cartoon.   I understand that for some reason the 
baroque guitar has been mentioned a lot on a lunchtime programme on BBC4 - 
but I seldom listen to the radio so have missed the details.

Monica


References

   1. http://www.earlyguitar.ning.com/


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