Ed Durbrow wrote: >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." > > >
I stand corrected... still, I seem to recall him making a comment about guitarists and theorbos having to do with the single string or something or other. (Could I be a bit more vague p'haps? ;-) Don't have access to the book right at this moment, but I will have to look later when I do.) Greg-- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
