here you go ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR1u17K-vx0
plink-plonk - bill --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In einer eMail vom 06.03.2007 16:00:54 > Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > I like the statement on the RQ site that calls the > cittern the > > Renaissance banjo. Both are wire strung (except > for the gut strung > > banjos), the 4-course Italian has a re-entrant > tuning based around a > > g-chord, and seems to play in G all the time. And > both get a certain > > amount of disrespect. There's even a plectrum > banjo, to complete the > > similarity. > > > > Yes, a nice analogy! I suppose the banjo is to the > guitar today what the > cittern was to the lute back then. Easier to play, > but more limited in the choice > of keys. > > A few years ago, tired of playing 3-chord > accompaniments on my 5-string > banjo, I got into classic finger-style playing. A > couple of my instrumental party > pieces are arrangements of Elizabethan or Jacobean > songs. Playford's "All in a > Garden Greene" in the key of C, for instance, goes > very well on the banjo, > making good use of the short 5th string. > > The timbre of the nylon-strung classic banjo is > actually more lute-like, but > I also have a zither-banjo, which is conventionally > strung with a wire 1st, > 2nd and 5th and nylon (formerly gut) 3rd and 4th, > and this does sound more > cittern-like. > > Cheers, > John > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > ____________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com/
