On 2008-01-31, at 18:20, LGS-Europe wrote:
Hm..., how many of you are playing continuo on a theorbo in 'd', if
it's so obvoius?
I don't. I keep mine (76cm) in a, first two courses down. All gut,
415 to 466 tested. I don't see the point why not. I haven't seen
valid and or historical arguments against it. It would work in d
too, I'm sure.
David
I understand you, David, very well, I've also got older living for
years with the machine in 'a'. But who have a camparable experience
in playing in 'd'? Musicology maybe, but music performance is not a
theory class and 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).
Jurek
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