Dear Bill, "The second thing by which they are distinguished lies in the tuning, because they are of different species, and since there is no distinction in regard to the construction of these three instruments, whatever I say of one must be understood for all."
--- bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Antonio Corona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > " 'They are distinguished by only two things: one is > that the > bodies of the six- and seven-course vihuelas are > larger size than [that of] the one called the > Spanish > guitar, which has five [courses].'" > > dear antonio - > > "two things" are mentioned in the supplied quote - > size of bodies is one but what is the second? > > sincerely - bill > > ===== > "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of > a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero > (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra > Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: > http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even > more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
