[VIHUELA] Re: Chitarrone Francese

2008-08-26 Thread Monica Hall
It's not actually specified in the ms. but in his article on Gallot (Early Music Jan. 1978) Donald Gill gives nominal tunings of cegc'e'or c eflgcefl' i.e. major and minor common chords with open basses down to G. Donald also points out that the first four

[VIHUELA] Re: Chitarrone Francese

2008-08-26 Thread Martyn Hodgson
I'm hoping to pop 'oop North' to see Donald shortly and will ask if he's got any further information on this. Martyn --- On Tue, 26/8/08, Monica Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Monica Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Chitarrone Francese To: Stuart Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[VIHUELA] Re: Chitarrone Francese

2008-08-26 Thread Monica Hall
Jolly good - let us know! Monica - Original Message - From: Martyn Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stuart Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Monica Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Chitarrone

[VIHUELA] More on the Dias vihuela

2008-08-26 Thread Alexander Batov
My long promised update for one of the pages dedicated to the Dias vihuela: [1]http://www.vihuelademano.com/vgcrossroads.htm It's not a sort of 'must read' for everyone (i.e. rather technical) but might be interesting for makers and those who are curious what linen strips

[VIHUELA] Re: More on the Dias vihuela

2008-08-26 Thread Rob MacKillop
Worth waiting for, Alexander. Not being a luthier, I don't pretend to understand all the details after one read-through, but the detail you have uncovered is most interesting. And it is so nice to have a level-headed discussion of facts instead of the mindless ranting previously

[VIHUELA] Re: More on the Dias vihuela

2008-08-26 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Dear Alexander, A very comprehensive paper and some super pics - thank you. Perhaps you might consider having it published in the newly resurrected FomRHI Quartetly? Contact the FoMRHI Sec Chris Goodwin. regards, Martyn --- On Tue, 26/8/08, Alexander Batov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From:

[VIHUELA] Re: More on the Dias vihuela

2008-08-26 Thread Alexander Batov
Thank you, Martyn. I was actually thinking about the FoMRHI too (I have received the latest 'resurrected' bulletin another day). The biggest problem with the FoMRHI format though is that the images will be rendered rather poorly (as they have always been in previous publications) but they are