>>>> 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. >> I am not convinced. It seems to me that chitarra >> alla spagnola is simply a >> vihuela/viola-da-mano simplified for proletarian >> usage (and chitarra >> all'italiana a lute simplified for proletarian >> usage). >> RT > Suit yourself, > best wishes > Antonio We are all suiting ourselves. Anyone's notion of vihuela is legitimate, regardless of the fact that it is based on wishful thinking, given the "profusion" of tangible vihuela evidence. Some of this wishful thinking is exceptionally good when translated into lutherie, Cezar Mateus' for example. I haven't heard Sasha Batov's vihuelas yet, but I am looking forward to a possibility. In short, "vihuela" is fair game, like in an old joke about an Armenian and his purple horse. Asked how come his horse was purple, the Armenian answered: "It is mine, and I paint it any color I choose." RT
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