Hi all,
I revised a transcription I made some time ago of P.P. Melli's Balletto
del Ardito Gracioso (1616), a suite for 9 instruments, including 3
(arch)lutes and a citara tiorbata "cordatura del Signor Virgo). I am
still struggling with the tuning of that instrument which was apparently
more a cittern than a guitar. The Signor Virgo is nowhere to be found on
the Net, otherwise I would ask him about his tuning I guess, but given
his elusiveness I am wondering if one of you may be able to provide more
information than I was able to gather already. See:
http://fandango.musickshandmade.com/collections/preview/185. The
instrumentation of that suite is definitely exotic : why would the
double-strung harp (alpa doppia) play the same notes as the viola (da
gamba presumably)?
Happy Sunday,
Alain
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