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Baryton as basso continuo?
I have a plan to sell my viola da gamba, i will use the money to order the baryton from a luthier. The problem is i often play my viol as continuo instrument when play repertoire, i have no other bowed continuo instrument except viol, but i want to try baryton repertoire too. Since baryton has same tuning with the viol, the pitch makes no problem, but i think baryton and viol is different instrument and i have never heard baryton used as continuo. Maybe you've ever heard about baryton which used as continuo, you can tell me that or maybe you (as baroque musician) think the baryton is "permissible" to play continuo part in ensemble.
Thanks :)
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- ?Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
I believe it's perfectly acceptable to replace the viol with a baryton for continuo in Baroque musick based on the tradition of musicians of the period. Remember that those players were not so strictly defined as today's standards would make us believe. All this business of particular Instruments filling specific roles comes from the general analysis of the music by modern scholars. If Baroque musicians had a viol they would use it for the continuo, if not, they would substitute as any musician would. The ability to fill the musical role is inherent in the qualities of the instrument itself.
