On Jun 15, 2007, at 11:28 AM, LGS-Europe wrote: > Chords on lutes are often approached from the viewpoint of playing > basso > continuo, so a good place to look is in books teaching just that. For > example Nigel North's Continuo Playing on the Lute ... (Faber) or > the tutor > published by the French Lute Society. Both give some chord charts > before > going on to other aspects of continuo playing. > > But take out your guitar, put a capo at the third fret, tune the third > string a half step down and play all the chords you're familiar > with. You're > now playing in renaissance lute tuning. Shouldn't be too complicated.
I agree. NN's book on continuo is a great source for chord shapes. But if you already know the chord shapes on the guitar, it's a matter of figuring out what they would be if the G string were tuned down to F#. If you're transcribing something, though, I think it's good idea to know what actual notes you're working with. If you can discern a bassline, then grow your chords from that. David Rastall [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
