I would treat anything said on this subject in this book with considerable caution! Quite a lot of what is said about the 4-course guitar isn't accurate and several of the Italian sources, such as Cerreto, Barberiis etc. probably refer to the mandola/mandora.
Antonio will probably have a lot more to say about that. Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: Eugene C. Braig IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:16 PM Subject: Re: vihuela as guitar > Tyler & Sparks (2002) conclusively state that "the guitar and vihuela were > considered as two distinct instruments in 16th-c. Spain." The evolution of > vihuela in Spain and Viola in Italy is usually placed as a subset of proper > lutes. The topic is still touchy and I believe the distinction blurred a > bit as the proper vihuela fell from popularity at the end of the 16th c. > and the guitar gained popularity. > > > At 03:50 AM 9/16/2004, bill kilpatrick wrote: > >a little late in the discussion but: > > > >- wouldn't a definition of vihuela and guitar be > >useful? > > > >- is definition possible? > > > >- weren't the terms synonymus as used in the 16th > >cent.? > > > >what i understand so far is: > > > >- 5c. means vihuela and 6c. guitar. > > > >- the placement of sound hole, bout configuration and > >proportion doesn't seem to matter much in making the > >distinction. > > > >please correct me if i wrong. > > > >cheers - bill > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
