Most Lutes before the early 1600s do not appear to have stuck on frets (see iconography) - the practice was to play on the belly.
Walter Durka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: collective lute wisdom, in his Toccata Prima from Intavolatura di luto (Bolgona 1639) Piccini goes up to the 20th fret on the first course (bar 37/38): h-a-r-e-f-h-k-l-n-h-k-l-n-p-r-s-u Are there lutes with that many frets? Or do you play it on the soundboad without frets ? Or is this not intended to be played practically but only theory? Does anyone play this piece? Do you play an alternative line? Walter -- *** please note my new email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Dr. Walter Durka UFZ - Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle GmbH Department Biozoenoseforschung Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4 06120 Halle (Saale) Tel: (0345) 558-5314 Fax:(0345) 558-5329 [EMAIL PROTECTED] UFZ - Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle Dept. of Community Ecology Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4 06120 Halle (Saale) Germany phone: +49-345-558 5314 fax: +49-345-558-5329 [EMAIL PROTECTED] home: http://www.hdg.ufz.de/index.php?en=798 INVASIONS: http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=2773 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com --
