On Oct 7, 2005, at 12:06 AM, Greg M. Silverman wrote: > I > seem to recall a comment made by Nigel North in his book on continuo > playing that theorbo being a very excellent choice for guitarists > coming > over to the world of continuo playing, more so then > renaissance tuned lutes, mass of strings or no. > > So, there seems to be conflicting opinions on this.
On page xii, North says, "I would advise, again from experience, that continuo playing be studied on the lute or archlute first. The theorbo is such a different instrumenbt and has many problems which are best approached by one who is experienced in continuo playin on an easier instrument." Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
