Ed, I went to check it just now and saw that I had "corrected" it, too, changing the 'c' to an 'e' for the same reasons of lacking a third that you mention. Misreading a c for an e on the typesetter's part is a little more believable than the intent of an open 3rd course. Also, the stopped string at the 4th fret would have probably been more in tune (esp being a 3rd) w/ the root also nearby.
All the best, Sean At 12:07 AM 9/20/03, you wrote: >Concerning the last piece in Dalza's book, Landato Dio, there was one >chord that always troubled me. I think this topic has come up before. >I went to ftp://ftp.cs.dartmouth.edu/pub/lute/ but there doesn't seem >to be a way to search the archives. In fact, when I clicked on a file >it started to open Stuffit Expander. Most of the files are Zipped. > >Anyway, anyone familiar with the piece probably knows the chord I >mean: fourth line, beginning of 5th measure. I've played it with the >3 on the 2nd course doubling the root instead of on the 4th course. >The lack of a third bothered me, as that would be the only chord >without one. I tried an open 3rd course or 4 on the fourth course, >although that would be harder to rationalize as a printer's error. >Recently, I've been playing the chord as written and it's starting to >sound okay to my ear, a brief dramatic dark spot contrast before >returning to the major tonality. Are my ears getting Dalza-ized? Does >this sound like a mistake or a Dalza-ism. Is there a solution I'm >missing? > >TIA
