--- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�: > > Perhaps a clue would be if the hole were the > correct size to hold a peg, > > presumably, though not necessarily, it would be > the same size as the other > > peg holes. Also, the hole would be slightly > conical to accommodate the > > shape of the peg. There might also be a residue > of chalk, soap or whatever > > was used to dope pegs back then. > > > > To me that might seem most likely to indicate an > early experiment with 6 > > courses on a guitar. Would that make more sense > historically? > Isn't the guitar simply "a vihuela missing 1st and > 6th courses" in some > vihuelist's words? > RT > ______________ > Roman M. Turovsky > http://polyhymnion.org/swv > No, that is a simplistic and literal interpretation of a discussion about tuning and stringing. What Bermudo (who was not a vihuelist) meant is that the tuning of the guitar has the same intervals as the four inner courses of the vihuela.
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