----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2005 5:33 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: New Boy wants lute
> On the other hand, it is probably easier to switch from guitar to > renaissance lute because of the tuning (fourths and a third). > Better yet, > if New Boy is interested in playing in ensembles either > professionally or > not, he should consider getting a theorbo. It shares many of the easy > technical features of the baroque lute, and has the added > advantage of > being single strung and tuned almost exactly like a guitar. Michel Cardin makes this same case, but theorbo ordinarily constitutes a much more substantial monetary investment than any renaissance lute. I'm not sure any newish guitarist having never played any breed of lute before would be well advised to leap right in with commitment to the theorbo. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
