I quite agree. I find the octave/bourdon combination a way to transit octaves in some passages. For example, playing a descending (or ascending) diatonic C scale campanela, one can kind of go in circles, especially if you progressively change the stress of the bourdon on the three notes on the D string.
On Aug 26, 2010, at 5:01 AM, Lex Eisenhardt wrote: Playing campanelas including little sound from the bourdons is merely a matter of how you imagine these melodic lines. The technique follows the Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [1]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ [2]http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ -- References 1. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ 2. http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html