Hi Eugene, Ah, the versatility of the grand staff...
In general Dalla Casa seems to say "mandolino" when he means the instrument with five courses... his tuning chart confirms this. He uses the term "mandola" for only one piece, and the low sixth course would be required for this piece. That said, there is admittedly at least one spot in a "mandolino" piece that I can think of where its not exactly clear which "instrument" should play a line... depending on this interpretation a six-course mandolino could be required. However, I think there's a good chance that the accompanying instrument is instead intended to cover the lower notes in this spot and that he's consistent with his nomenclature. Best, Eric On May 7, 2006, at 9:57 AM, EUGENE BRAIG IV wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Thomas Schall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Saturday, May 6, 2006 3:13 pm > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Old Tuning > >> Dalla Casa could be assumed to be in old tuning, too and this from >> around 1762. > > No assumption required: the book is dedicated to "Suonate di > Cellebre Auttori per l'Arcileuto Francese" and a "Scale per > l'Arcileuto Franceso" is given late in the book. Dalla Casa dated > it "1759." > > Of personal interest, this book includes several works for > "mandolino e Basso del Arcileuto" in two-staff notation that looks > much like the rest of the book. It also gives a "scale" for > mandolino in standard 5-course tuning (b-e'-a'-d"-g"). If one > assumes the top staff of the mandolino works is intended for > mandolino and the bottom staff for basso continuo (there are no > figures), the top staff would occasionally require a 6-course > instrument. 6-course mandolini certainly were common by then. If > he intended such an instrument, why does his tuning chart specify > five courses? Did Dalla Casa intend these to be read as archlute > transcriptions of originally accompanied mandolin works, or as > accompanied mandolin works leaving accompanists to sort out the > continuo? Any thoughts? > > Best, > Eugene > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --------------- Eric Liefeld (505) 526-1230 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
