"the actual 7 course historical tuning specified for the "Vihuela Grande" ???????? Best wishes to all Antonio On Thursday, 16 October 2014, 8:23, Martin Shepherd <[email protected]> wrote: The version in the Folger MS ("the battle gallyard") is written for 7c lute with the 7th at D. Same applies to the Dd.5.78 version of Mr John Langton's Pavan. M On 16/10/2014 04:13, Dan Winheld wrote: > Ed- > > It's a piece a cake. Every time he calls for the low "F", it's in low > position & chord voicing that makes it very, very easy to finger on > the 7th course at the 3rd fret. Dowland does not call for this note in > many places where he could; as if the piece was originally conceived > for a 7 course, low "D" instrument first. > > Far more telling is Langton's Pavin (also in the "Varietie") - a > veritable showcase piece for the 8 course lute. Also no prob. on a 7 > course w/low D. > > Yeah, I remember your damn lute. I'm still counting pegs in my sleep. > Almost as much fun was bringing my 7 string guitar to Mimmi Fox's jazz > guitar class. She kept looking at the guitar, looking at my hands, and > shaking her head in confusement. > > Dan > > On 10/15/2014 5:16 PM, Ed Durbrow wrote: >> What about the King of Denmark's Galliard in Robert Dowland's >> Variety. IIRC, you pretty much need the open F and D if you want to >> pull it off well. I would tune 7 to low D and play the Fs up an >> octave probably. But I'm on board with you. I had my 8 course >> converted to a 7 course long ago. I love to watch people's faces when >> they count the strings and then count the pegs. As I've always said, >> a seven course is only 7/8 as difficult as eight course. >> >> On Oct 16, 2014, at 4:36 AM, Dan Winheld <[1][email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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! >> Ed Durbrow >> Saitama, Japan >> [2]http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch >> [3]https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow >> [4]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. [6]http://www.avast.com
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