For me it's the question: What the old ones had as setup? Normally, we can say: An instrument with more pegs than used strings is a modern invention (of course, the early French theorbo seems to have a single strung petit jeu, but was perhaps built for double courses in the petit jeu).
And: Yes, I'm guilty, too ;-) Normal for the Italian tiorba was 6x2 + 8x1. Andreas Am 20.02.2014 um 15:28 schrieb Taco Walstra: > On 02/20/2014 01:59 PM, Anthony Hart wrote: > > Hi, much depends on the type of strings you use. The 8-6 configuration will > give you a low F on the fingerboard but in plain gut it's not a nice sound. > However, it gives the possibility to tune quickly between movements or > pieces, when playing continuo in an ensemble, to F# or back. For a long F > string you'll need to climb on your chair to tune it back :-) (well standup > is enough, but it's a bit of a problem during a concert with an ensemble). I > use as lowest string on the fingerboard a G (i.e. the 7-7 configuration) > which is already problematic in plain gut, but with hightwist acceptable. I > really want to have the possibility to play G# and G. The lack of a F# (or F) > is with continuo playing seldomly a problem. Some will say the same for the > G/G#. Matter of taste. Another problem you could encounter is the fret > location. My theorbo has its frets on an angle due to string diameter > differences... > My archlute has an extra peg and my lowest diapason is a F or F# as > counterpart of the one which is an octave higher (first diapason). Needs some > getting used to but works and is also a possibility described by nigel north > in his book. > best wishes > Taco > >> Theorbos can be set up up as 6+8, 7+7 and 8+6. Does anyone have any >> preference and reasons? >> >> Thanks >> >> Anthony >> >> -- >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > Andreas Schlegel Eckstr. 6 CH-5737 Menziken +41 (0)62 771 47 07 [email protected] --
