> > Which would explain why renaissance lutenists' propensity of playing > > near the rose, and the shift from 1600 onward to the bridge. > > Was there really a shift? I seem to recall instructions on where to > plant you little finger, rather than where to actually play the strings, > so perhaps it is an illusion.
That's another point I cannot discuss, really. My ren-lute sounds different, when I play parallel close to the rose, from my bar-lute, when I perpendicular close to the bridge. That's what I observe with other players, too. Perhaps it's an illusion and that's why i can't discuss it >8) -- Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
