On Jun 16, 2007, at 5:46 AM, Denys Stephens wrote: > So if one really wants named chords on the lute one has to apply > modern guitar-like thinking and assume a fixed pitch. That might be > helpful in some respects, but all the names will be wrong when you > pick up a different sized lute.
So learning the shapes is the important thing. Even with a fixed pitch, a shape will have a different name depending on where you use it on the fingerboard. The person asking the original question wisely asked about shapes, not names. > In my view it's one of those areas > where modern guitar practice just doesn't translate very well onto > the lute. There are some instances where the guitar can be a different size, e.g. a terce guitar, where the player still plays from the same notes he would if he were playing in E. 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
