Erdmann's destination was Danzig, so the metaphor isn't quite working here........ RT > Dear Daniel and all others > > It may be a beautiful piece - but... > If you hear it on meantone temperated harpsichord you will > understand the texts: the far the person is from Germany, the wronger > sounds the harpsichord because of the modulation in far tonalities. > So it makes no sense to make a transcription for more or less well > temperated lute, when the piece "deals" with the meantone tuning to > illustrate the danger of a trip. > > Andreas > > Am 05.10.2006 um 18:19 schrieb Daniel Shoskes: > >> Has anyone in the group played or tried to intabulate the chaconne >> from Bach's BWV 992 (Capriccio on the departure of a brother)? It has >> a simplicity that should suit playability on a lute and it's really a >> beautiful piece. I tried intabulating a few bars myself, but I've >> never done this before and I find myself making choices between >> keeping the bass line in the midrange of the lute or playing the >> basses lower and dealing with a lot of chromaticism (eg in D minor >> tuning, having to play a few D# and F#'s on the first fret). A pity >> Sautsheck never discovered it! >> >> DS >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
