Hi-I play 997 in d-minor which works quite well. You do need 14 frets though. I play 996 in e-minor. I think most people just assume that it won't work in e-minor without even trying it. E-minor is a great key for the Baroque-lute. I use a version by Michihiko Okazawa that is very well done. I have tried other versions in different keys and e-minor works the best for me. Sterling Price
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm wondering which keys are favored these days for > the Bach "lute" works, and which > editions are commonly used. > I played around with PFA in F, D and Eb the last > two days and I think Eb is still the > most reasonable key, although the Praeludium (and > only the Praeludium...) is a piece > of cake in D. Am I right in assuming that in Eb the > sixth course is also lowered to Ab? > (I seem to remember a historic example for this, but > what is it?) > 995 is very nice in Am, and 996 seems to be a > nightmare in any other key than Gm (I > haven't tried Fm yet, but it certainly looks > horrible: > http://www.utorpheus.com/misc/pagine_musica/sds004.pdf). > I would very much appreciate your views and > thoughts. > > Regards, > > Stephan > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
