Martyn Hodgson wrote: > I'm interested that you refer to the instrument as a lute (as does > Spring) whereas I had always supposed it was written for the theorbo > with only the first course an octave down from normal. This from > internal evidence of the tablatures (including the song > accompaniements) which show a marked aversion to using the first > course.
It's more complicated than that. Look at the eighth measure in #9, Ms page 5. HP To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
