Dear Neil and others Please find at my website (www.davidvanooijen.nl) > left hand menu Sheet music > bottom of the page, a chord chart with two alternative sheapes for all major and minor chords on a renaissance lute tuned in g'. Should explain itself.
David - haste job, so corrections are welcome ;-) **************************** David van Ooijen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.davidvanooijen.nl **************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "Narada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'LGS-Europe'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 6:13 PM Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: Lute Chord Confusion > David, > > The first para of your answer is useful. > > The second para I feel is uncalled for. I am fully aware of how to tune > a 'guitar' to lute tuning, thank you. I'm forming the opinion that there > are certain 'members' on this list who have adopted a rather arrogant > and elitist attitude towards guitarists for whom the lute is a second > instrument. > > I have over the months received a great deal of help from people here > which I greatly appreciate, but to be truthful flippant comments such as > your second paragraph and some of the sarcasm I've been subjected to > makes me wonder whether this is worthwhile for me. > > -----Original Message----- > From: LGS-Europe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 June 2007 16:28 > To: Narada; [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute Chord Confusion > > 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. > > good luck > > David > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Narada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Lute Net'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 4:31 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Lute Chord Confusion > > >> Greetings, >> >> Well I'm now utterly confused with regards to chords on the lute. Can >> someone recommend where I can get hold of a definitive book of chord >> shapes for 6 course lute or possibly 8 course or a decent link. The >> confusion has arisen out of looking at a website that gives full barre >> chords, which seems to be at odds with other information that I've > got. >> >> This would be extremely helpful as I would like to transcribed 'Le >> Clochard' from guitar to 6 course manually rather than using Guitar > Pro, >> so that I can get a better understanding of the transcription process >> >> Kindest Regards >> >> Neil Woodhouse ( UK ) >> >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > > > > > >
