19 courses? At this point I'm imagining a thumb harp with a fret board at one end for a few strings.
s On Mar 17, 2015, at 8:33 AM, Dan Winheld wrote: Always shaking my head, rolling my eyes, and counting all those upper pegbox pegs when the pics or the subject of the 19 course chromatic theorbo comes up. (Even the chromatic harmonica is a rare handful compared to the regular diatonic ones, but seems to be a more manageable & widespread instrument.) How many thumbs did Kapsberger have going up his right wrist? Dan On 3/17/2015 8:21 AM, Roland Hayes wrote: > His libro primo also I believe. r > > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf > Of Martin Shepherd > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 10:54 AM > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] 19c theorbo? > > Dear Collective Wisdom, > > Is there any music apart from that in Kapsberger's Libro Quarto which calls > for a theorbo of more than 14 courses? > > Thanks for your help, > > Martin > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
