[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

2009-02-19 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Praetorius, Mace to name but two. --- On Wed, 18/2/09, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote: From: howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number To: lutelist Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Wednesday

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

2009-02-19 Thread Roland Hayes
What about the Castaldi duets? What tuning for the smaller instrument? R -Original Message- From: Martyn Hodgson [mailto:hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 2:58 AM To: lutelist Net; howard posner Subject: [LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

2009-02-19 Thread howard posner
On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:12 AM, Roland Hayes wrote: What about the Castaldi duets? What tuning for the smaller instrument? R Just like the big one, an octave higher To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

2009-02-19 Thread howard posner
Apparently by way of associating a specific historic instrument with a specific tuning, Martyn Hodgson wrote: Praetorius, Mace to name but two. What surviving instrument does Mace describe? What specific measurements associated with what specific tuning does Mace give us?

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

2009-02-19 Thread howard posner
On Feb 19, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Roland Hayes wrote: So much for no double reentrant tuning on small theorbos. R. On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:12 AM, Roland Hayes wrote: What about the Castaldi duets? What tuning for the smaller instrument? R Just like the big one, an octave higher Well, if

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

2009-02-18 Thread howard posner
On Feb 18, 2009, at 3:26 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: However without troubling yourself to trawl these, you will also see from my recent postings that there's absolutely nothing 'wrong' with small theorboes but just that the use of large theorbo tuning (ie double reentrant in A or G)