> From: Frank Nordberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:13:26 +0200 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Andrade Portuguese guitarra > > Roger E. Blumberg wrote:
>> The general playing position is common to viols of >> course, and also a few violins in late 16th early 17th centuries (complete >> with being rested on top of a table-top while bowed. > Ummm... no... not unless there's something I've completely missed about > old viol playing techniques. My description may have been a bit unclear. > You place the Streichzither flat on its back on the table - something > like a steel guitar. It even has little feet attached to the back of the > body and possibly head. oh, now I see. That playing position wouldn't have occurred to me -- flat on it's back. > This must have resulted in a seriously awkward position for the bowing > hand but they were quite popular all the same. indeed, weird Roger To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
