Hello Marion,
I am relieved that the music finally arrived! The pieces were written in reverse
order, starting
with the Giga inspired by Dalla Casa. The Sarabande is de Visee("La Folia"), do
you recognise
the Aria...? All the rest are mine.
There are a fair number of duets for lutes a 4th. apart in Phalese and
Haeckel.They are
published by the (UK) Lute Society, and are available via their website. They
are for 6c lutes.
I have done the calculations for a 65 and a 67cm tenor in D for a D'Addario
string set. If
these could be of any interest, I will post them here? If one looks at the size
of a guitar top
plate for a tenor in D, a Ramirez 1a with a 66.4cm. scale is about right, though
I designed
mine to be just a little bigger, it does have eleven strings! The body size of a
typical 65cm.
tenor is usually just a little too small to give fist rate performance in D,
"satisfactory" would
be the typical rating. A tenor in D, is tuned as an18th. century "colascione",
there are about
five other spellings of this word! There is a significant repertoire for this
instrument.
On the subject of strings, I note your interest in nylgut. Have you tried any
yet? the Spanish
10s player, Rojo, recommends them for simulating the lute sound.
Have you found the Werner Icking Music Archive website? When you scroll down to
"Tablatures pour lutes, guitarres, theorbo", there are some very fine pieces
freely available in
PDF format in both renaissance and baroque tuning.
More anon,
Cheers,
James.