On Jan 31, 2008, at 9:56 AM, Jerzy Zak wrote: > I'm interested how one manages with the bass notes below the _d_ on > the 6th course of the instrument tuned in 'd'. This is more or less > one third of the statistical bass notes in an everage part to play > (depending of course on period and instrumentation).
I've never tried it, so take this for what it's worth: Answer 1: Manage the same way a guitarist manages without the bourdon A. Answer 2: If you have eight fingerboard strings, you're chromatic down to B-flat, so the only major problems are the low G#,F# and Eb. A small price to pay for being able to play a three-note chord over middle C in first position? http://www.theorbo.com/Instruments/Monsieur.htm -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
