Rocky Mjos's Comments

thank you Rocky, but the first name is Mark! I play guitar and lute.

Thank you very much! I'm looking forward to visiting here.

Thanks rocky!! really glad to be here :-)

Thanks, it's good to be here.

Thank`s Rocky

Thank you for the wecome Rocky,this site has added to my interest in early music and the instruments it's played on. Regards Arwyn

Hallo Rocky, Nee ik ken Jelma niet persoonlijk. Wel over haar gehoord as geinteresseerde in klassieke gitaar. Bedankt voor je welkomstwoord !

Rocky--I'm wondering if you, or any of your online acquaintances, might be of help with a question I have about early stringed instruments. I'm working on a novel that will involve several early guitarists as characters. One is a historical figure--Francesco Corbetta who was a serious exponent of the five-course guitar. (Gaspar Sanz was his student). The five-course guitar was, I gather, was in most cases virtually the same as the vihuela; and frankly, listening to quality vihuelas and lutes of recent manufacture aplayed on You Tube I can't hear much, if any, difference. I need for the purposes of character-building in the novel a plausible explanation of why a soloist would be drawn to the five-course guitar or the vihuela rather than the lute. Any help--i.e. reasonable conjectures or wild guesses--appreciated!

Only one detail, the title is "libro de sifra" (ie. cifra o tablature), and not "Silva" (although it could be possible). Sorry.

Thanks, Rocky!
I am glad to be part of this community and look forward to learning from the other members!

Wilson

Greet you, Rocky Mjos! It is the idea of my designer to post a picture of a historical instrument onto my page. I play Batov`s baroque guitar only :)

Bedankt voor je welkom. Ik denk dat ik Jelma wel ken, zeker van naam. groet John.

Wish you the best with your new task on this site.

Thanks......I'm bending the sides for a baroque guitar, or rather their in the form.....
trying to do a homely copy of this 1670 Vobaom....http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/PluckedStrings/Guitars/Voboam/4143/VoboamGuitar.html
and homely it will be, could not afford a proper plan, this was the only instrument that had basic measurements listed....I'll post stuff as I go...if you guys and gals promise not to laugh too Much ;) thanks for the welcome....and I appreciate your sharing of such great scores......I'm pretty musically helpless but love it anyway!!!!!!

Thanks for the welcome !
I played Electric Guitar at the Jazz festival. But I'm trying to do some Jazz stuff on early instruments. Just arranging" Tea for two" for baroque guitar and Viola da Gamba !

Fantastic job. And just save my sorry butt. I have a concert coming up and some colleagues had to cancel some pieces, so i was looking for one of the Monteverdi tunes in a nice edition with alfabeto. So thanks a bunch!!!!! Wil give special thanks in the concert if it goes well ;)

Thanks very much for keeping the list, it's a great resource. BTW, I'm working on the Piccinini/Foscarini Ciaconna which was always a favorite of mine, although I still can't pull it off cleanly on my archlute. In your edition last bar of variation 17 first beat, the bass note should be an F, not a C (tab letter d on the 4th course, not the 5th).

Baroque guitar music in Guatemala has been found -so far- on two manuscripts: Regla para entrastar, which is a beginner's instruction book, and a small notebook which bears the inscription "Soy de Manuel Albares" on the title page.

Regla para entrastar is written for a five-course instrument, with tuning AA Dd GG BB e. It is unknown if it was written in Guatemala or if it was brought from Spain. Some ilustrations for the alfabeto chords are very similar to the ones found in Sanz - actually, they look like copies. However, there are more chords in regla para entrastar than in Sanz. Music includes Baile Inglés, a minuet and a Contradanza.

Manuel Alvarez is an otherwise unknown musician. He wrote for an instrument tuned in fourths (maybe Dd GG cc f). This unusual tuning has also been found in Italy (see Soundboard, Vol XXII, No 1). Music in the Alvarez manuscript includes Canarios, Marizápalos, Marionas, and many which include the word "Fantasmas" (ghosts) in the title.

Thanks again for the Morner MS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwNjn1-1Q2M
Great fun to play!