[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-14 Thread Bruno Correia
Chris, You say that Kapsberger's 1611 book is for a 11 course lute. Could it be meant for an 11 course archlute? I have a certain feeling about this... 2009/6/13 [1]chriswi...@yahoo.com Bruno and Arto, In general, I would agree with Arto that there is a

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-13 Thread chriswilke
: 10 course X Archlute To: bruno.l...@gmail.com, lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 5:54 PM On 6/13/2009, Bruno Correia [1]bruno.l...@gmail.com wrote: I have a question regarding the difference between a 10 course lute and an archlute. I know

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-13 Thread Daniel Winheld
, 6/12/09, wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote: From: wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wi...@cs.helsinki.fi Subject: [LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute To: bruno.l...@gmail.com, lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 5:54 PM On 6/13/2009, Bruno Correia [1

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread wikla
On 6/13/2009, Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com wrote: I have a question regarding the difference between a 10 course lute and an archlute. I know that an archlute may have up to 14 courses and the lowest basses will run on an extension head, unlike the 10 course that will have

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread Bruno Correia
Hi Arto, So, you say they are different animals, interesting... but soundwise, how would you describe both? More or less ressonant, brighter or darker tone, more powerful? Why Piccinini would prefer an archlute and Michelangelo Galilei would write for a ten course? From your

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread wikla
On 6/13/2009, Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com wrote: So, you say they are different animals, interesting... but soundwise, how would you describe both? Well, many, many differences, but to start: single long basses and shorter bass courses with octaves sound _very_ different. And

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread howard posner
On Jun 12, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Bruno Correia wrote: So, you say they are different animals, interesting... but soundwise, how would you describe both? More or less ressonant, brighter or darker tone, more powerful? Why Piccinini would prefer an archlute and Michelangelo Galilei

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread wikla
On 6/13/2009, Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com wrote: This is part of my Doctoral thesis... And I guess (=hope) your questions about the differences between those two types of lutes really are not essential for your thesis... Even our LuteList cannot produce PhD level valued info on that?

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread Bruno Correia
That's very true, Thanks! 2009/6/12 [1]wi...@cs.helsinki.fi On 6/13/2009, Bruno Correia [2]bruno.l...@gmail.com wrote: This is part of my Doctoral thesis... And I guess (=hope) your questions about the differences between those two types of lutes really are