No do was as moveable as the vihuela do. Some early 20th century musicologists were so confused about the vihuelist's theoretical explanations that they thought that vihuelas were actually built in at least seven different sizes. In fact, does anyone remember the musician, (I think his name was Roderigo de Zayas), who built his reputation on playing "All Seven Sizes of the Vihuela" back in the 1970's?
Unfortunately this leads us to the "Do Si Do" moveable do space theory. Dan >The most difficult part about renaissance theory--aside from the >Formschneider codex--is that the lute is currently in a "fixed Do" >space, but historically was in the "moveable Do" space: > >"G Lute" = fixed Do space >"Lute in Sol" = moveable Do space > >Does it matter? Sure thing! Endless confusion otherwise about keys, >pitch, performance, etc. >dt > -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
