--- Stephen Bright <sbright@...> wrote:

> Hi Marion:
>
> > I just ordered books by Piccinini and Kapsberger for tiorba.
>
> Last night I restrung my Nunez 10-string in Theorbo tuning, and read
>
> through one of my favorite pieces, Kapsberger's Tocatta Arpegiatta
> from the original tab facsimile.

++That is a good one. When I was in Milano last Oct. I heard a concert
by
Rolf Lislevand who played it on the tiorba. He was wonderful!

>The guitar sounds great!!! It had
> been strung in Dm but it sounds much better in Theorbo tuning that I
> am going to keep it there for a good long while.

++You need more than one instrument - one for each tuning.

> Theorbo tuning is simply amazing on guitar, and Richard, at Strings
> by Mail, now sells a Hannabach Theorbo set for 10- or 11-string
> guitar. It goes down to low D on the 10-string, which is the lowest
> note of Tocatta Arpegiatta, so the fit is perfect.

++Thanks for the info - what a great idea!

> Please let us know which books you ordered, as I'm about to order the
> Piccinini theorbo music as well.

++I ordered Piccinini intavolature di liuto 1623, 1639 with the hope
that
it containes some music for theorbo. I also ordered Kapsberger, libro 1
di liuto
libro 1 and 4 di chitarrone (tiorba). If you go to Sarge Gerbode's web
site, there
are a couple of .pdf files of theorbo music that you can download.

BTW, my first CD is in the mastering stage.

Cheers,
Marion



> Best,
> Stephen
>




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