Dear Guy and All:
I agree with everything except the "less expensive" part.
Jim
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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.
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From: "Ron Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> An Elizabethan lutarist?
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> Eugene wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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)
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