Notwithstanding the tuning, how about a wandervogel. Mr Pianca holds and plays it like other players treat their guitars.--Okay, just kidding >8)
Mathias "Edward Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > No, it is a single-strung archlute. > > Interestingly enough, the ensemble (and the archlutenist) are playing in a > = 440, instead of 415. As well, if you notice his tuning, he is playing > as though it were in the key of C major, instead of D major! Therefore, > he is tuned with the top string in a, instead of g!! The neck of this > single strung archlute appears short in proportion to the size of the body > of the lute. He probably wanted a big sound, but at a higher pitch than > the customary "g" lute. Notice that he has only 8 frets on the > fingerboard. He is playing all synthetic strings, tuned in a, at a + 440. > > I have performed this concerto many times, and I have not decided on the > best solution. Firstly, I did it on a "g" lute, but D major is awkward on > a g lute. I did it in an alto lute in a, and it works marvelously like > that (this is what this particular lutenist is doing). I have also done it > on a soprano lute in d, but it is played an octave higher, and it gets > fairly high on the fret board, but it really works well that way too. > > > > ed > > > > At 11:30 PM 11/12/2007 -0200, Bruno Correia wrote: > >Is this a baroque lute? > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF4GKIILF_U > > > >Seems to be single strung through out... To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
