Yes, there was an 11 course in that tuning (theorbated - neck with
small extension), check Mersenne there is a drawing of the instrument,
also check Lynda Sayce's article on Grove under archlute. I think he
had an 11 course just like Mersenne's drawing. He might have used the
more traditional 13 or 14 course on his later books for lute,
unfortunately they are still lost...
2014-02-10 22:16 GMT-02:00 sterling price <[1]spiffys84...@yahoo.com>:
I was playing through the 1611 Kapsperge book and I came across
the
Corrente 7. Toward the end of the piece there is an 11 marked in
the
bass for the eleventh course B flat. This I think is the only
instance
of an eleventh course in the book. I was under the impression
that
Kapsperger wrote for the 10 course lute, and there was perhaps no
such
thing and an 11 course lute in that tuning at the time. Could he
have
been implying an Archlute? What is going on here?
Sterling
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