"Are Vidar Boye Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > >> So its e-minor tuning, then? > > > > Otherwise, it was called French flat: C - D - E - F | G - A // B - e - a > > - c' - e' - g'. > > Of course! I forgot that French flat was Thomas' favourite. > > Kenneth Sparr's article has a list of tabulatures for 12-course lute. One > of the items is: > > Reusner, Esaias, Neue Lauten-Früchte 1676. In the > mannuscript additions in the copy now housed at Staatsbibliothek > Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin (Mus.ms. 18380) are pieces for a > 12-course lute.
Yes, on p. 58 (i. e. fol. 27v) starts a suite in D major. At some places, a 12th course is required for a full B minor chord. However, then standard D minor tuning is used. Even a bit earlier, Rostock XVII-54 (compiled in southwest Germany around 1670, probably) requires a 12th course at some places. Unfortunately, mention of a 12th course does not allow conclusions regarding the construction of the related lute. IOW, 12th course doesn't necessarily imply double headed lute. -- Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
