> >"If you are unsure, learn how to play lute repertoire on the >>classical guitar, if you are able to, are happy with the music then >>moving on to a lute will not be an issue." > >In fact, Paul Bergat made a recording of Francesco da Milano on >steel-string guitar some years ago; if I remember correctly it may >be available on Magnatune. > > >Been following this thread, off & on- The only new thing I would >contribute to it, is why only the classical guitar alternative? >After 45+ years in the business; sometimes professional but more >often not, and having started on classical guitar- I find a lightly >strung steel-string guitar to be a far better tone-color/timbre >alternative to the lute than the modern nylon string guitar- (which >of course is a hell of a lot better than nothing at all!) The nylon >strung guitar I find to have far too deep & defining a tone color, >and the (relatively) overwhelming & long-sustaining basses far more >intrusive and disruptive than the basses on my steel-string. Also, >this tone-color has a direct link to the Renaissance sound- Orpharion >& Bandora. My steel-string was a lucky find- a flat top Dean >acoustic 7 string- which of course means virtually all the late R & >Elizabethan music that would be most appropriate is available. The >single strings make switching from lute/orpharion to bandora tuning >easy. This thing was only $350 used, but of course "lucky finds" >cannot be ordered up. However, there are plenty of inexpensive, very >playable half-decent sounding steel strings around, and six strings >is still plenty for a beginner. The only caveat, the guitar MUST be >responsive to light, very light, or even the "silk 'n steel" sets >that are out there. The normal 12 string, set up for steel, is as >playable as a modern piano without a keyboard. With light strings >they are as responsive as solid body concrete. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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