Gary, BTW, do you know Bruce Dunlap? Michael Thames www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "gary digman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:00 AM Subject: Re: sketches of spain lute
> Dear Michael; > > I hope you don't mind me addressing you as Michael. Why do you think > jazz and lute are mutually exclusive? Improvisation was a very significant > aspect of renaissance and early baroque musical life, according to my > understanding. The jazz interpretation of eighth notes is very similar to > the French concept of "notes inegale". The jazz "combo" is very similar to a > broken consort in texture. > > Gary > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Thames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Dr. Marion Ceruti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "bill kilpatrick" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 11:22 AM > Subject: Re: sketches of spain lute > > > > >Gary Digman is an expert in both lute and > >>jazz. He probably can tell you quite a bit about > >>this topic. > > > >>Best regards, > >>Marion > > > > Sounds like this might be mutually exclusive of each other. > > Michael Thames > > www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dr. Marion Ceruti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "bill kilpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" > > <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:06 PM > > Subject: Re: sketches of spain lute > > > > > >> Bill, > >> > >> Don't get me started on this one. I already have > >> baroque lute versions of two popular songs and > >> a folk song, not exactly jazz but they work very > >> well on the instrument. The advantage of these > >> pieces is that 1. They are not too hard to play > >> and 2. They are great for becoming familiar > >> with the instrument. It's always fun to explore > >> old music on a new instrument or new music on > >> an old one. One of the advantages of > >> BL is that it has so many applications. > >> > >> Gary Digman is an expert in both lute and > >> jazz. He probably can tell you quite a bit about > >> this topic. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Marion > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Mar 31, 2005 10:04 AM > >> To: lute list <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > >> Subject: sketches of spain lute > >> > >> does anyone play jazz lute? > >> > >> it might be suited for other types of music but jazz > >> seems the more likely. if someone were to play lute > >> the way bill evans, say, played piano, i expect there > >> would be a lot more lute recordings of every type. > >> > >> consider how popular the oud has become in the past > >> few years and how varied its repertoire. > >> > >> - 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. go to: > > http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm > >> > >> Send instant messages to your online friends > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
