At 07:56 AM 6/7/04, you wrote: > Actually I meant what I said. Without belaboring the point, whether you > think of the tuning of 16c 4 cs guitar tunings (g,c,e,a or a,c,e,a) as > reentrant or not depends on if you think of the bourdon as the primary or > secondary string.
Craig, Can you cite any examples of 16th cent guitar music that uses the bourdon as a secondary string? In light of later guitar practice it is interesting to imagine that 4th course as an octave higher but LeRoy and Morlaye consistently treat it as the lowest note available*. Sometimes they even tuned it down a step for a little more reach. I haven't gone through all the vihuelist books yet so you may know something I don't...and should. And tell me more of this a,c,e,a tuning. Where does this turn up? Sean *admittedly the hurdygurdy-like Branles de Poitou in LeRoy's 3rd book could go either way but would hardly justify restringing the guitar. >Assuming that you are using a one at all. (The practice of using a bourdon >for the low g or a does seem pretty much universal.) > >Craig > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger >-- --
