> 2) A very unusual chaconne by P. Gaultier: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6LyGjekKtM > > Is this the only piece existing that not only frets notes on the 9th course but > actually has slurred runs?
That's part of Pierre Gaultier's personal style of composition, and it distinguishes him from his colleagues who published with Ballard in the same year in Paris. Some say, he took over that technique from Italian guitarists or theorbo players (mind you, he published 1638 in Rome). Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
