It's true, I can't afford to play an actual lute, but I've played oud and Cumbus enough to know I really don't like double stringing. Don't like the way it feels on my right hand fingers and don't like the chorus effect (which interferes with detailed pitch control).
I now play lute music on a single strung gourd lute that I made myself. > Dear Doctor Oakroot and All: > I must say I couldn't disagree more with what Dr. O has said about double > stringing. It almost sounds as if he hasn't played the lute much at all. > All the > theory in the world will fail to convince me that this "very subtle" > effect > does not in fact make a huge difference both in sound and technique. > As for the liuto forte, if it's lightly constructed, double-strung with > typical lute tension, and fretted in gut, what is the complaint? I've > never seen > or played the instrument, so I'm just playing the Devil's advocate > here.... > Cheers, > Jim > > -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
