On 2016-01-15 10:26 AM, Bruno Cognyl-Fournier wrote:
Has anyone ever experimented tuning a theorbo like a guitar with an E
top string, no re-entrant tuning? to facilitate the player with reading
a continuo part from music notation? this would essentially give the
same tessitura
Replacing the second string with a high octave is what some continuo
players do. I remember some 25 years ago having to replace one
particular theorbo player for just one concert in a series. I received
a cassette tape with a recording of one of the earlier concerts so I
knew more
And by the way, all the 6 open strings of an a theorbo, A-d-g-h-e-a,
should be familiar to guitarists, too. Only the order is little
different... ;-)
Arto
On 15/01/16 18:58, David van Ooijen wrote:
Replacing the second string with a high octave is what some continuo
players do. I
Hello all
obviously many are not understanding the point of my question, and yes
some of us did not learn the lute directly without coming from guitar
originally., People of my generation in the 70's did not have the
chance of starting directly on the lute back then. In any case,
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Hi Ed,
I did say in my initial post, in order to facilitate Continuo playing, and
yes coming from a guitar background.. where reading from notation is ok for
me in E and in G, also
Tune it to F# and it's an archlute at Roman pitch, sort of. r
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: theorbo tuning experiment
Yes thx Arto, I know the tuning
2016-01-15 12:12 GMT-05:00 Arto Wikla <[1]wi...@cs.dartmouth.edu>:
And by the way, all the 6 open strings of an a theorbo, A-d-g-h-e-a,
should be familiar to guitarists, too. Only the order is little
different... ;-)
Arto
On
Dear Bruno,
What would be the point of such a tuning? Some of us don't come from a
classical guitar background and this would be pointless to us, not to mention
making all the solo music unplayable - no campanellas etc.
Edward Yong
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Hi Ed
The point is for some of us who came from a guitar background back in
the 70's.
I can play from music notation in E tuning, G tuning, and C tuning (
oud ) but for the life of me I can't wrap my head around playing in A
tuning and having to play the melody on the 3 rd
