David, I'm afraid I thought Jean-Marie was the author of this email so I replied to him! It will come to the main list but I will also forward it to you - I hope it is helpful, especially on single reentrant being the usual for small theorbos if you can get away with it (ie the second wont break). rgds MH
LGS-Europe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 --------------------------------- Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! for Good --
