> > >But nevertheless on p.9 of your article there is the following statement: >"By >1591 a five-course vihuela is mentioned alongside a six-course one in the >inventory of the goods left by a lady from Barcelona, which reads: 'there >are three viols, one of nine strings ... one of eleven strings and the other >one bowed' " Don't you think that in this particular context "one of nine >strings" is a guitar, "one of eleven strings" - vihuela and "the other one >bowed" - viola da gamba / violin?
I realize it may be stretching this thread it but Tobias Hume suggests stringing the viol w/ nine strings doubling the 3 bass strings. Sean Smith
