My sentiments exactly. As a Renaissance lute player, the only reason I could imagine buying a 7 course is if I got an extraordinary deal on an instrument that I loved otherwise.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Samuel Lawson <[1][email protected]> wrote: I've thoroughly enjoyed my 8-course. It seems easy enough to play 7-course repertoire on the 8 - the open 'F' is nice, and it's no real inconvenience to train my brain to see '/d' and automatically play '/a' -------- Original Message -------- A A A A A A A A SUBJECT: A A A A A A A A [LUTE] Re: Seven courses versus eight. A A A A A A A A DATE: A A A A A A A A 2014-10-04 14:32 A A A A A A A A FROM: A A A A A A A A David Tayler <[2][email protected]> A A A A A A A A TO: A A A A A A A A "[3][email protected]" <[4][email protected]> A I've slightly revised my views on this, I think you can make a case A that there are a couple of important pieces that are "conceived" in A 8-course tuning, but the number is small. A It would seem on the basis of contrapuntal analysis that the version of A Lacrimae of Dowland in G Minor was written for 8 course, as well as his A other early work in Francisque. The problem is that in the span of just A a few years, you start to see 9 courses and ten courses, and there's no A way to match works with specific lutes within a short span of time. A Also, there's many examples where you can play the F fretted. I think A you can argue that there were early adopters, just like today, so there A was a lot of overlap. A So you can almost always use the 7c for the eight, but the fact is, the A 8c is almost always more resonant. You could argue that the 7 and 6 A sound more "early", and I think that is for sure true. When in doubt, A buy two, that is always the way of the LBA (lute buyers addiction). A Also in terms of LBA, maximize the usefulness of your collection. So A for example if you want to a play lute duets a tone apart, make one of A the lutes a 6 or a 7c, and the other an 8 or 10, and use the lower one A for English and French lute songs, as well as 8c-10c literature. It A isn't like having two matched 7c for Pickering, but it keeps the LBS A under control. A 8c is very popular--there's a reason for that. Sort of like a minivan A with the "sport" suspension. A dt A On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 8:45 PM, Herbert Ward A <[5][email protected]> wrote: A What is the extent and nature of the historical A liturature which is playable on an 8-course A Renassiance lute, but not on a 7-course? A In other words, is a 7-course instrument a A workable subsitute for an 8-course? A This assumes the 7-course lutenist is willing A to retune his 7th course between pieces. A To get on or off this list see list information at A [1][6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html [1] A -- References A 1. [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html [1] Links: ------ [1] [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
