> > Geminiani's 'Art of Playing the Guitar or Cittra' has pieces in the > > following major keys: C,D,E,F,G, and the following minor keys: > > a,b,c,d,e,f,g. But I agree that it is not common. > > > > > aye, Rob, it's an instructional book... those pieces include what amount > to scale and arpeggio exercises just to get the poor lass* to play in > all those awkward keys! >
> > *Whichever Countess of the Week it was at the time. > > David > Geminiani's book has got to be something of an enigma - unless someone has now explained it. The music is nothing like other guittar music (except, maybe, Marella). Maybe it really was written for some Countess he was particularly smitten with! Does anyone know this facsimile and modern edition (?) for the classical guitar (?) (ed.Carlo Mascigli Migliorini) http://www.lim.it/cataloghi/geminiani002guitar.htm and he recorded them (1996) along with some Marella pieces: http://www.thaipro.com/shop/2u-geminiani%20marella%20art%20playing%20guitar%20compositions-B000001STM.htm Has anyone heard this CD? Does he play the music on a modern guitar or an 18th century guittar? Here�s what a couple of pages from The art of Playing the Guitar or Cittra look like: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/s.walsh ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
