Bill, The best way to amplify is to have a good hall, and in the absence of that to capture the audience. I confess that I used a microphone some forty years ago, but it was set at least five feet away so as to just amplify the overall.
If the sound doesn't carry then just sing softer. If they like it they'll shut up, and if they don't then who cares. And if the hall needs amplification then the audience isn't there to listen anyway, they are just there because they think they ought to be. I do confess that I haven't sung to a hall of more than about a hundred for many years, but I yet believe that amplification is a negative. Should they not be able to hear then they should listen. Even at my advanced age I'll bend an old tune to the hall, and I prefer not to have a mic (hell, why should they hear the details of my mistakes). Best, Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "bill kilpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 3:57 AM Subject: amplification > some sage over on the yahoo.charango site suggested > using a tie clasp type microphone that would amplify > both the singer and the instrument. > > seems an ideal solution: nothing "modern" sticking out > of or attached to the instrument. > > anyone with any experience of this? > > - bill > > > > ===== > "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
