Hi James,

--- james r smith <vector10@...> wrote:

> Hello again, Marion,
> The information on the TablEdit software sounds very useful. I will
> investigate. Mind you,
> G7 is supposed to do this, but I can find many things I would rather
> do than learn new software.

++It's really not too hard, not like solving the Schrodinger equation
for the DNA molecule.

>My current distraction is the Lagrangian density tensor for
> electromagnetism.

++I remember that. I don't think of it often when I am playing baroque
music. I wonder if Lagrange or LaPlace played an 11 or 13 course lute.

> Thank you for the information on the Dalla Casa book, it sounds a
> very worthwhile
> acquisition. I shall try to order a copy via the web. Have you tried
> any of the pieces from
> the Kapsburger book for the chittarone that Stephen mentioned?

++I have the book but I also have a theorbo, which I would use.
I would not play them on my Asturias because it Kapsberger
wrote for the re-entrant tuning of the theorbo and not for the Dm
tuning, which is how I tund my Asturias.

>Some are in tab, some in bass clef. Although I can play from
renaissance
> talature, I do prefer to play from musical notation, thus, I
transcribe all baroque pieces.

++I prefer tab with numbers, straight or Italian reverse tab. TablEdit
can handle
either one. An easy way to transcribe into staff notation is to input
the tab
into the program and you automatically get staff. The printout is very
nice You
can get staff and tab, staff alone or tab alone.

> Like yourself, I no longer play standard 6s guitar. Having heard the
> wonderful sound of lutes in ensemble, I acquired a complete set of
the guitar family in
> the late '90's_octave, requinto, terz, baritone, bass, in addition
to my several tenors....

++I have requintos, 11-string guitar (Asturias), 8-course lutes and
13-course lute among
many mandolins, domras and even a ukelele. But I find it hard to play
Weiss on the uke. :)

> Having discovered the multi-string guitar, I have, in effect, given
them all away, though I
> do have a couple of tenors that I keep (totally unplayed), for "
sentimental reasons". I
> wonder how many players of multi_string guitars still play a 6s?

++I still use the requintos for 6-course ren music.

> A lutenist I spoke
> to at a meeting of the Lute Society in London, characterised the 6s
tenor in E as: "an
> inadequate instrument tuned too low", which I find to be very
accurate.

++Unless you have a the right voice. Requinto/6c lute in G are perfect
for my voice range.

> I like Michael Thames's concept of a 13s, the "Dresden", tuned in Dm
like a baroque lute.

++It's a great idea.

>I find it a very tempting purchase.

++I would get one but I orderd a baroque lute instead.

>Also, Cuculleli's 14s alt for the archlute repertoire must be the
sensible
> option.

++Another wonderful idea but I will probably buy an archlute.

>Imagine trying to carry an archlute on the New York sub-way, or the
London
> underground!

++I would rather bring it there than on an airplane,

> Thank you for your kind comments on the article. I wonder how many
> amateur 6s players it has Influenced?

++Lots I hope,

>My impression is that the overwhelming majority see no need to change.

++Much of the classical guitar communitiy is a stuck in the mud as some
of the lute community. Neither can see the merit in changing anything.
They forgot that Weiss
changed the 11 to a 13 course lute.

> You mentioned a sonata in G, would you be so good as to say a little
> more about it?

++It's an original patterned after D. Scarlatti sonatas. It also can be
played on the mandolino as a luito concertante. If you want a copy i
can send the pdf.

> Again my thanks,
> James.
>
>

cheers,
M
>
>
>


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