[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: John Lawrence in Accords Nouveaux tuning

2017-01-05 Thread Rob MacKillop
Wonderful stuff, Bernhard. His is a new name to me, and I like what I hear. The whole Accords Nouveaux is an interesting area, with some good, and some not so good pieces. I think Lawrence wrote some fine music, so thank you for bringing it to our attention. And well played too! Rob > On 5

[LUTE] Re: Baroque lute Tunings

2017-01-05 Thread Rob MacKillop
John, he just means tuning the bass notes, the diapasons, to the key of the piece. So, if a piece is in C major, the bass strings would be ABCDEFG. If the key is F, the bass strings would be ABbCDEFG, because Bb is in the key signature of F Major. Similarly, for G Major, the bass strings would

[LUTE] Re: Baroque lute Tunings

2017-01-05 Thread David van Ooijen
See page 31 David On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 at 14:09, John Yentes <[1]jackyen...@gmail.com> wrote: Hello All, I recently acquired Miguel Yisrael's fantastic Book "method for the Baroque lute" and have found it to be a wealth of information. I am,

[LUTE] Baroque lute Tunings

2017-01-05 Thread John Yentes
Hello All, I recently acquired Miguel Yisrael's fantastic Book "method for the Baroque lute" and have found it to be a wealth of information. I am, however puzzled by one piece of information I can not figure out. When the book first starts getting into the pieces, I noticed the

[BAROQUE-LUTE] John Lawrence in Accords Nouveaux tuning

2017-01-05 Thread Fischer BE (Aon)
Dear lute friends, I have completed my home amateur recordings of a suite in g minor composed by Mr. John Lawrence. The four pieces are written in the lute tablature manuscript MS Egerton 2046 (British Library, London). All pieces are in the Accords Nouveaux ’Tuning Lawrence’