I thought of viol - that was actually my first choice after bassoon -
but I'm wondering about bass instruments that I don't know about. The
little cittern is too small for bass, but I've been lusting after a
Tielke myself for a very long time. Baroque guitar and chitarra
battente also came to mind, of course, and I will probably play those
myself when I don't play a cittern. Are there other variants? I know
about the Portuguese and Mexican regional guitars.
On Mar 24, 2008, at 12:47 PM, David Tayler wrote:
Also, good look finding one, but it seems a nice place to try out
the cithrinchen which became folkified as the Thüringer Waldzither
in some of the areas you describe
mid 18th c. I've always wanted a Tielke knock off.
I assume you've looked into guitar variants as well.
dt
At 03:06 AM 3/24/2008, you wrote:
I'm working on a project involving mid-18th-century dance music
mostly
from France, Belgium and Austria. I'd like to have a non-keyboard
plucked instrument in the bass. What are my options besides theorbo,
archlute, harp? Mandora and Colascione come to mind - is there
anything else?
Thank you,
Doc
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