Hi: I think that we are all basically saying the same thing. I was merely pointing out that there was no pan-European standard for most of the instruments that we are calling citteerns and that the same could be said of a lot of others. Brad
Martina Rosenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I'd like to add something to the discussion. The modern Waldzither is still on a standard of hundred years ago and there are various efforts to translate the instrument into modern music. None of the ideas had a "standard" breakthrough yet. It is a process, necessary and natural in all centuries to develop the instruments to match the music it is used for. So in my opinion there is no need of battling about the theory of the English Guittar responsible for producing the Portuguese Guitar for example. I think the modern tuning especially in Portugal shows, that every country has its own musical needs for an instrument. And the Portuguese perhaps happily welcomed the English Guittar because IT WAS ALREADY FAMILIAR, known from a still existing renaissance cittern tradition. It is not a contradiction between theories but an exchange between two root lines. So the seeds of exchange make different flowers given the circumstances. That's natural for human culture, isn't it? Martina -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2ยข/min or less. --
