Bruno, You are assuming that the string length on the theorbo will allow non-re-entrant tuning... it would have to be a really really 'toy' theorbo I would think,
Miles On 2012-05-03, at 9:25 AM, Bruno Fournier wrote: > Hello, > > A > > Well I would think that if you do not have to play other pieces during > that gig, I would find it simpler to retune the theorbo without > re-entrant tuning.... and play straight from the Renaissance lute tab. > > A > > Bruno > > A > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Shaun Ng <[1]shaunk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks for that. Are there staff notation versions flying around > online? > Yes, I doubt this will be satisfactory for our standards, but if a > singer asks a rather baroque theorbo player to do a renaissance lute > player's job, knowing full well that he does not play the > instrument, then we can safely assume that some concessions can be > made. This I suppose is not quite unlike asking a pianist to play a > harpsichord! > > Shaun Ng > 0426 240775 | [2]shaunk...@gmail.com | [3]shaunng.blogspot.com > > On 03/05/2012, at 21:33, David van Ooijen <[4]davidvanooi...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On 3 May 2012 13:19, Shaun Ng <[5]shaunk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I have been asked to play the above lute song by Dowland, but one > big problem: I don't play or own a renaissance lute! Would anyone > happen have to a version for theorbo in French tab? Any advice > appreciated. Thanks in advance. >> >> >> That might be hard one to pull off. I play from the staff notation if >> I find myself with a theorbo only and I have to play a lute song. It >> then becomes a sort of mixed continuo/obligato. Not always easy and >> not always satisfactory. You might want to write something out in >> advance. >> >> good luck! >> >> David >> -- >> ******************************* >> David van Ooijen >> [6]davidvanooi...@gmail.com >> [7]www.davidvanooijen.nl >> ******************************* >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > A > > Bruno Cognyl-Fournier > > A > > [9]www.estavel.org > > A > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:shaunk...@gmail.com > 2. mailto:shaunk...@gmail.com > 3. http://shaunng.blogspot.com/ > 4. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com > 5. mailto:shaunk...@gmail.com > 6. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com > 7. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ > 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 9. http://www.estavel.org/ >
