> > >> Yer the boss(es), I don't know. I just happened to come across it the other >> day (and looked it up) because it was listed as being played on one of >> Vittorio Ghielmi's CDs, he playing lyra-voil (scordatura tuned) and his >> partner (who usually plays lute) playing a ceterone. The combination is fab! >> Here's two of those clips, Tracks 5 and 12 . . . >> >> http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1034641/a/Bagpipes+from+Hell+% >> 2F+Vittorio+Ghielmi,+Luca+Pianca.htm >> >> Roger >> >> > > Dear Roger, > > I doubt if the instrument that Luca Pianca plays has been based on an > historical model or historical sources. At least as a lute player he only > plays > "fantasy instruments", single strung mini archlutes and it seems an even > smaller > single strung archlute "thing" for baroque lute music. >
I was looking at a mini archlute in the V&A Museum (London) on Saturday. I didn't pay much attention to it because I was looking at the citterns, so I don't know if it was single or double string. The museum's note with the mini archlute said that these instruments were popular (in the 18th century, I think) as instruments for women and children. It looked cute. Stuart > He plays a "Ceterone" by Ugo Casalonga. I have just had a look at his page > and there is no mention of him making what we might call a ceterone. From the > mp3's I could hear on the net, it sounds as through the cittern does have > more > than 4 courses, but that it is also tuned to an open chord, which I beleive > was > never the case of the cittern, before the English guitar. Luca is probably > playing some sort of modern folk cittern. > > best wishes > Mark > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
