Like you, David, I feel myself moving more towards the archlute, but it
must
be awkward reading tablature with your special tuning.
Not al all. As all (?) renaissance lute players on more than one lute, I
read everything below the 6th course as notes. Depending on the instrument
at hand I
Dear Rob
But now I find myself in an awkward position...
3500 Nurses to take care of, and still not happy. ;-)
I'm all for the right tool for the job, too, and although less nurses, have
more lutes than you do, mainly aimed at accompanying: 6-course in a',
8-course in g', 10-course in g',
Like you, David, I feel myself moving more towards the archlute, but it must
be awkward reading tablature with your special tuning. But you got it made
just for accompaniment? Nice to be able to do that.
Nice recordings!
Rob
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Rob wrote:
It will have to cope with Dowland songs, Italian monody, trio sonatas,
continuo, Scottish lute music...and much more. Crazy, I know. I can only
afford one instrument. What should it be? An archlute? A 12c lute? A liuto
attiorbato?
Sounds like you've set yourself quite a challenge. At
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: The one and only lute
Rob wrote:
It will have to cope with Dowland songs, Italian monody, trio sonatas,
continuo, Scottish lute music...and much more. Crazy, I know. I can only
afford one instrument. What should
It will have to cope with Dowland songs, Italian monody, trio
sonatas,
continuo, Scottish lute music...and much more. Crazy, I know. I can
only
afford one instrument. What should it be? An archlute? A 12c lute? A
liuto
attiorbato?
Sounds like you've set yourself quite a challenge. At a
What's more, with a 10c you'll have the full bass register for
continuo.
Yes, but not the strength in the bass that an archlute would have. Is it
possible to have eight courses on the fingerboard of an archlute? Most of
them seem to be 6 or 7 courses.
How many fretboard courses are required by
Rob,
I've used a ten course for years as my main
do-everything instrument. True, the bass is not as
strong as on an archlute, but you do have the
additional advantage that all of the notes down to C
(or lower if you tune it that way) are chromatic.
From my experience, the bass notes on
It will have to cope with Dowland songs, Italian monody, trio
sonatas,
continuo, Scottish lute music...and much more. Crazy, I know. I can
only
afford one instrument. What should it be? An archlute? A 12c lute? A
liuto
attiorbato?
Sounds like you've set yourself quite a challenge. At a
It will have to cope with Dowland songs, Italian monody, trio
sonatas,
continuo, Scottish lute music...and much more. Crazy, I know. I can
only
afford one instrument. What should it be? An archlute? A 12c lute? A
liuto
attiorbato?
Sounds like you've set yourself quite a challenge. At a
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