Hei! On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Frank Nordberg wrote:
> Hi all, > > sorry I'm late replying. Been out playing gigs this weekend. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > I think I've finally got it to work - except in Netscape. But it works in > > Opera, Avant and IE. Pages 1-3 is the section on the sister. The next two > > pages are an inventory of sistere in Norway. The last page is from the > > section on the lutter. The painting on this page depicts an instrument that > > is a bit like one that Bellman is seen playing (in a picture sent to me by > > FRank Nordberg). > > I got it to work just fine in Netscape and I'll translate the rest of > the pages too - unless Are wants to have a go at it. I got it to work last night, and I can have go at it. But right now I'am off for holiday, so it will have to wait until the weekend. > Right now I got side-tracked into something even more interesting though. > So, can anybody think of an instrument that'll fit this description: > + Six courses > + Played with a plectrum or possibly a bow > + Music notated in French tablature > + Regularly tuned in a major chord (GCGCEG if we assume C major > tuning, but that's just a wild guess) but the lower courses tuned > down a note or two quite often > > A six course bell cittern like the one Bellman had should fit the > description perfectly, but there a catch: this manuscript I've got here > (well, photocopies of it at least) is *supposed* to date back to 1679! > Does anybody have an idea what kind of instrument this could be? I guess you are talking about the Peder Bang manuscript. That is supposed to be written for a lyra viol. > Frank Nordberg > http://www.musicaviva.com mvh Are Vidar Hansen To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
