"Roland Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> I think the Valderrabano itabulations for two vihuelas work that way.   

Not exactly, no. As you could read in a recent issue of the LSA
quarterly, voices jump from one vihuela to the other in Valderrabano's
intabulations.

Mathias

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Mayes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:22 AM
> To: Herbert Ward; [email protected]
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Making a duet from a solo.
> 
> Hello
> 
>     When making a guitar duo arrangement of a four-part work, I try to
> "interlock" the voices. That is, I give guitar one parts one and three
> and guitar two parts two and four. This takes the piece out of the
> one-sided area and makes it a "one big instrument" duo. Perhaps the same
> process would work for a lute arrangement.
> 
>    Best regards,
> 
> Joseph Mayes
> 
> 
> On 4/28/08 8:48 AM, "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The obvious method for making a duet from a solo is to simply divide 
> > the notes between the two lutes, usually giving the melody notes to 
> > one lute and the remaining notes to the other lute.
> > 
> > Are there any more sophisticated considerations for endevours of this 
> > type, which can be formulated into textual rules?  I ask because 
> > sometimes the above method seems to change the character of the piece 
> > somewhat.



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