On 16.01.2015 13:10, Charles Mokotoff wrote:
I have a feeling that Waissel's instructions (1592 book?) use
octaves but I don't have the facsimile - can anyone help?
He writes (C4v)
Die Bomhart [=Pommer = bombard]/ oder groben Seten[sic!] / müssen auch eine
Octaua nidriger stehen als die kleinen / so da neben sind.
The bombard or coarse strings have to be tuned an octave lower than the thin
ones next to them.
I am not sure if this refers to all 3 bass courses, though.
Rainer adS
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