This whole discussion reminds me just how *old* that section of the web site is -- probably one of the first pages I made.
I really have to do some updating....! -Andrew At 03:41 AM 3/7/2007, bill kilpatrick wrote: >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/
