Herbert-
I have spent about two weeks researching this. Not exhaustively, but
going through some of the major sources of actual 8 course lute pieces
that already are littering my music practice area. Specifically, whole
volumes of Dowland, Molinaro, Holborne; and selections from Danyel,
Robert Johnson, etc.
In order to do this fairly, I put my 8 course away and have been playing
only my 7 course vihuela (low "D" 7th, but lute tuning 7 course; not the
actual 7 course historical tuning specified for the "Vihuela Grande").
The answer is- Nothing! It can all be done with 7 courses- but since my
low D 7th course would generate far too much tension cranked up to
"F", I have to conclude that one (well, me anyway...) needs to have
either two 7 course instruments or... ONE eight-course!
Dan
On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 8:45 PM, Herbert Ward
<[email protected]> wrote:
"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. "
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