Making a Renaissance Six Course Lute, its history, and music -

[@edwardfosterart3848]

To visit the website of Lawrence and Adrian Dodd please click here: www.lutherie.uk/ To see more lute music played by Edward Foster please click here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGGUgGOFesmJhacsi=h54s6b3rzc81N6xu

[@VA-lo4ul]

You can definitely appreciate the excellent sound quality of this lute. Congratulations!

[@edwardfosterart3848]

Thank you! 🙂

[@rosamundg.]

Fascinating! Thank you Edward & Lawrence💚

[@edwardfosterart3848]

Thank you 🙂

[@johnpeck6144]

Thank you too Edward and nicely articulated thumb under playing.

[@edwardfosterart3848]

Thank you John

[@tomllewellyn4189]

That is a lovely sounding lute, Lawrence Dodds and Adrian Dodds are great makers. I have one of their seven course lutes with a yew back.

[@edwardfosterart3848]

Thanks Tom. I also have a 7 course with yew back that they made for me 🙂

[@johnpeck6144]

Informative and fascinating. I have a Baroque Mandolin made by Dodd Lutherie which is absolutely first class in sound and craftmanship, a sheer pleasure to own and play. Both Adrian and Lawrence are equally pleasant people.

[@edwardfosterart3848]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@pip5528]

I definitely think 6 courses are underrated. Sure, they can be a bit limiting but limitation can breed creativity. I did not know about the 3rd octave course. Most of the 6c lutes I see are strung with only 2 just like their extended range siblings. It's a bit like modern guitar and how a plain G is the standard but you can also have a wound G which can be desirable depending on your playing.

[@edwardfosterart3848]

I agree, they are underrated.