What is the extent and nature of the historical liturature which is playable on an 8-course Renassiance lute, but not on a 7-course?
In other words, is a 7-course instrument a workable subsitute for an 8-course? This assumes the 7-course lutenist is willing to retune his 7th course between pieces. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
