A moderately-sized 7x2/7x1 theorbo by Christofolo Choc exists at
theA Musikinstrumenten in Berlin. I'm not sure of others; the 7/7
arrangement is overwhelmingly found on attiorbati. The widespread
contemporary usage on theorboes seems mostly due in its great
convenience, with modern materials mitigating the inharmonicity of the
seventh stopped course. Likewise with single-strung courses--it has a
well-founded historical basis, but its greater contemporary popularity
is likely due to convenience factor helped along by modern materials
(no octave pairs necessary to focus the pitch class of lower stopped
courses).
--A
Richard SimAues
Internet
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Benjamin Narvey
<[1][email protected]> wrote:
A A Of course! I meant courses, not strings. Single stringing is
mainly a
A A modern phenomenon...
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A A On 14 Aug 2014, at 18:56, Andreas Schlegel
<[1][2][email protected]>
A A wrote:
A A A And 6x2 in the petit jeu, normally...
A A Andreas
A A Am 14.08.2014 um 18:39 schrieb BENJAMIN NARVEY
<[2][3][email protected]>:
A A A A Dear Luters,
A A A A I notice that almost everyone keeps the seventh course of
their
A A A Italian
A A A A theorboes as a stopped string on the first pegbox, mind all
the
A A A sources
A A A A I know point to having only 6 on the stopped strings, and 8
A A A diapasons.
A A A A What source (if any) gives the disposition 7 + 7 for an
Italian
A A A A theorbo? I assume this predilection is a modern tradition.
Are
A A A there
A A A A any historical sources for having 8 short and 6 long on
Italian
A A A A theorboes?
A A A A Obviously Weiss and Baron, et al., had 7 stopped stringsA
since
A A A they
A A A A were in baroque tuning without the top f'. Campion may have
had 8
A A A A stopped strings, but then his "theorbo" was in fact a double
luth.
A A A A Any thoughts?
A A A A Best,
A A A A Benjamin
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