Are you suggesting that my research and conclusions about the vihuela are based on wishful thinking?
Not nice ... not nice Antonio --- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�: > >>>> 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 > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Informaci�n de Estados Unidos y Am�rica Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Vis�tanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
