[VIHUELA] Re: machete

2008-05-08 Thread Bruno Correia
Hi Rob, I speak Portuguese, if you need help... 2008/5/8 Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED]: John Griffiths sent this email, but it it only appears to have come to me. Since he says 'et al', I'm sure he won't mind me sending it to the list. Dear Rob et al, You need to consult Manuel Morais

[VIHUELA] Re: machete

2008-05-08 Thread John Griffiths
Hi Bruno, Rob et al. The Drumond de Vasconcelos volume is fully bilingual (just like Bruno!) in Portuguese and English John On 09/05/2008, at 3:26, Bruno Correia wrote: Hi Rob, I speak Portuguese, if you need help... 2008/5/8 Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED]: John Griffiths sent this

[VIHUELA] Re: machete

2008-05-07 Thread Rob MacKillop
Heaven forbid! Seriously, from what I've gathered from internet info, the machete in 17thC Madeira might have been wire strung, single strings. One imagines it to have been very small (the one in Edinburgh University, for example, looks like a soprano ukulele), but there is one Portuguese guitar

[VIHUELA] Re: machete

2008-05-03 Thread EUGENE BRAIG IV
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008 5:50 am Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: machete To: Vihuela vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] there's a small plucky-thing in puerto rico called a machete but i'd