I am not sure, being not an english speaking person, that "more like
the voice parts" is an exact translation of "parties plus chantantes",
which means that the upper part is easy to sing, or the treble has a
singing line. BTW, I think that Campion writes for amateur players:
just remind Fleury's traite, for amateur players too, where he teaches
to play B.C. on the theorbo taking no account of the re-entrant
tuning...
--- En date de : Jeu 13.8.09, Monica Hall <[email protected]> a
ecrit :
De: Monica Hall <[email protected]>
Objet: [LUTE] Campion
A: "Lutelist" <[email protected]>
Date: Jeudi 13 Aout 2009, 20h09
There is a passage in Campion's Traite d'
accompangement (p.19) which reads
Elle (the guitar) a par dessus les autres la facilite du transport &
du
toucher, & par-dessus le Theorbe, les Parties d'accompagnement non
renversees, par consequent plus chantantes.
which I would translate
The guitar is, compared to other instruments, easy to transport and
easy to play, and unlike the theorbo, the accompanying parts are not
reversed and are therefore more like the voice parts.
I think that what Campion means by this is that the guitar doesn't
have
the first and second courses tuned down an octave like the theorbo,
so
that the accompanying parts will be in the right order on the
instrument above the bass part instead of being in the wrong order
as
on the theorbo.
But I wondered whether anyone who is a native French speaker and/or
plays the theorbo would agree with that interpretation?
Monica
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