There's a better solution than a lutar for folks interested in Elizabethan re-enactment, especially if they are doing less formal music like broadside ballads: a cittern. Easier to play than a lute, louder, less expensive, and quite authentic for that sort of music.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 9:56 AM Subject: RE: looking for a "lutar" - forwarded > An Elizabethan lutarist? > > Eugene wrote: > > I also understand that the members of a modern Elizabethan reenactment > group might not be inspired to take up a more proper lute out of sole > interest in the lute, which may very well be misguided motivation (not to > mention an expensive investment of both time and money). A modern guitar > in a lute-like shape may be just the tool for this job. > > This is almost how I began, but in a 17th century re-enactment group. I > made my first lute and used it in guitar-tuning, but quickly ran out of > 'authentic music' to play on it. There did not seem to be much > Elizabethan > lute-music transcribed for guitar. > > I then discovered this list and have Rainer adS. to thank for introducing > me to lute-tuning, which then opened the flood-gates to a whole world of > lute-tablature. It took a couple of years to become fluent at playing > from > tablature, but it has been well-worth the effort. > > I think the poster of the original message will soon become disillusioned > using a lutar for re-enactment, mainly because there is little English > Elizabethan music available in printed music-score for guitar. Not to > mention being self-concious to the fact that the lutar will be an inferior > representation of a 16/17th century lute. Re-enactors strive to be > authentic with all their costume and equipment at public displays, as they > often find themselves talking to historians! > > Best Wishes > > Ron (UK) > > > > > >
