Hello all- Just joined the list. My wyar history: Back in the 70's, I built a 9-course orpharion, and was an orpharion student of Lyle Nordstrom. More recently, I played bandora in a consort of 6 that met in Ann Arbor, Michigan. When the lutanist moved away, the consort petered out without attempting to replace him. Most recently I was looking for something else in my library, and found the modern edition of Robinson and the facsimile of the Holborne cittern books instead. I decided to re-string a flat-back mandolin for Italian tuning and see if I liked the music enough to build a real cittern for myself.
My first question: Are there any pleasant-sounding Elizabethan cittern pieces that are relatively easy? I'm hoping for music that doesn't have the big stretches up the fingerboard like the Holborne ones do. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
