accordsnouveaux.ch

What It Is

Accords Nouveaux is a specialized reference website built around “Accords Nouveaux” and research into early European plucked instruments. It focuses on tunings, manuscript sources, notation systems, and organology for instruments such as the lute, Lyra viol, Mandore, and Baroque guitar. It is not an online course platform in the usual sense, but rather something closer to an academic guide, database, and literature compilation.

Core Content

The site provides introductory pages explaining the background of Accords Nouveaux, why this system is worth studying, and related issues involving temperament, tuning, and organology for fretted instruments. The research section includes materials from François-Pierre Goy’s roughly 500-page 1988/89 thesis, the PAN repertoire database, source lists, a tuning database, a notation database, a copyists’ handwriting database, and more. Additional materials include The Lute in Europe 2, The Von Erlach Lute Book, and facsimiles of Swiss-related lute and cittern sources.

Pricing and Certificates

The main text does not show any course purchase options, membership subscriptions, payment methods, or certificate/accreditation information. Some manuscript materials are described as downloadable, so based on the available text, it appears to be more of an open research resource than a commercial course product.

Pros and Cons

Its main strength is that the material is highly specialized and academically valuable, bringing together theses, repertoire indexes, tunings, manuscript facsimiles, and introductions to instrument types in one place, which is very useful for researchers. The drawbacks are also clear: there is no structured learning path, video instruction, practice feedback, community, or mentor support. Some databases are still under development, and the content has a relatively high professional barrier to entry.

Who It’s For

It is best suited to early music researchers, lute players, learners of historical instruments, and those working in music philology or manuscript studies. If you simply want to learn basic music theory, modern guitar, or find a certificate-based music course, this site is not a good match.

Access from China

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