(Sorry David for sending this to your private mailbox. I don't master yet all the subtleties of replying to the list when I get messages from such or such person )
Thanks David. That's a clear statement, full of good sense and and I totally concur. My "not so small" theorbo, which I use for continuo, is 80 cm on the fingerboard and I have not particularly small hands, being more than 6 ft tall, but I must confess I have already quite a "handful" of it... My smaller theorbo, which I occasionally use for continuo too :) is 73 cm, and that would almost make a "tiorbino" of it if I understand well... ;-) ! Best, Jean-Marie >>Martyn wrote: >> >>>> >>If you have anything like the Praetorius, Mace, Picinni, Talbot evidence on >>large theorbos but clearly relating to smalI instruments in this tuning, I'd >>like to see it please. >><< >> >>So far we have seen evidence of reentrant tuning for large theorbos, thank >>you for the references. And we have solo music requiring reentrant tuning >>and strongly suggesting a-tuning (Kapsberger). However, we have not seen >>evidence stating small theorbos could not be tuned reentrant. Your opinion >>on the matter is clear, but your arguments are not. I hate to be taking >>sides in an argument that could, and should, bring us all to a better >>understanding of the historical record and, especially interesting for me, >>its consequences for our own playing today, but as it stands now I think the >>burden of proof is on your side: what are the arguments to deny the >>possibility of tuning a small theorbo reentrant in a? Saying, as I >>understand you to do, that the fact that large theorbos were tuned reentrant >>is proof small theorbos were not tuned reentrant, does not make sense. I >>agree with you that bigger is better for much of theorbo continuo practice. >>I agree with you that many of us, myself included, have a 'toy' theorbos >>(76cm here!) not ideally suited for some of the continuo repertoire >>(Montevredi las weekend!) we play on it nonetheless. I agree with you that >>covering up the defects of a small theorbo by using overspun basses on 6 >>(and lower if present at the fingerboard) is a modern solution. But I see no >>evidence denying the historical possibility of tuning a small theorbo >>reentrant in a. On the contrary, some would argue that the solo music (in a) >>would require a small theorbo as it would require rather very large hands to >>be played on one of the very large continuo theorbos. >> >>respectfully >> >>David >> >> >>**************************** >>David van Ooijen >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>www.davidvanooijen.nl >>**************************** >> >> >> >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. >>Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. >> >> > >= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://poirierjm.free.fr >08-02-2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08-02-2008
