Hi Rob. Thanks! I'm not actually playing anything from the Pesaro ms--I make most of my living on continuo lutes and so I have for the time being only one rather beat-up 7-course that I use for all renaissance music. I'm preparing a concert including a bunch of mid-16th century French and Italian solo music, so I've got the 4th-course octave right now. The thing about Pesaro, compiled sometime in the 1480-90s, is that it has several lute pieces written on 7-line tablature, using all 7 lines, that is to say, all 7 courses. I too am a fan of the octave on the 4th--also of adding the odd 7th-course note to earlier music, since who's to say Francesco never saw one, given that they'd attached 7th courses to lutes by the late 15th century. Best, John ________________________________ > Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 19:49:13 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: 4th course octave on 7c? > CC: [email protected] > > Hi John, > > You should post more often. That was an interesting comment. John Dowland > complaining...imagine that! Seriously though, it is interesting you are > playing the Pesaro ms on a 7c - or, on re-reading your comment, you are > considering it. I like the octave on the fourth and lament its abscence from > almost all 7c lutes I've heard. > > Rob
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