Dear Stewart,
It was Gaspar Sanz who tells us why he preferred to play without bourdons on
his guitar. But others did different:
Granata wrote campanela sections for his 'chitarra atiorbata' in the Soavi
Concenti 1659 on p. 98
Bartolotti, who probably was the campanela champion of his time, most likely
stringed his guitar with bourdons.
The 'funny buzzy noise' can be avoided. We don't know if anyone ever tried
to avoid it in the 17th c.
Sometimes the notes have double functions, like Thomas said.
A question comes to mind: The Damiani hypothesis is only valid for theorboes
strung in courses. So what to do on a single strung instrument?
Hartelijke groeten,
Lex
It
> reminds me a little of the sound you hear on a baroque guitar, if
> you play campanellas with bourdons on the 4th and 5th courses.
> There's a funny buzzy noise (i.e. bourdon), coming from the bass,
> which helps one understand why baroque guitarists should have wanted
> to get rid of their bourdons. I don't know how this bourdon effect
> would affect Damiani's hypothesis with regard to Melii.
>
> All the best,
>
> Stewart.
