>Daniel,
>For musical considerations, it is unfortunately necessary to >dampen bass
>notes if using wound basses. But if one uses gut, it is not
>necessary. So, go with gut! It sounds great & one does >not have to fuss.
>ed
Ed you might want to add that this is your own personal preference,
certainly is not shared by a number of accomplished lutenist, that I know.
I also might add, it goes against the well established technique.
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Daniel Shoskes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Roman Turovsky"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: Bass damping, was Re: Antwort avon ...
> Daniel,
>
> For musical considerations, it is unfortunately necessary to dampen bass
> notes if using wound basses. But if one uses gut, it is not
> necessary. So, go with gut! It sounds great & one does not have to fuss.
>
> ed
>
> At 08:31 AM 4/28/2005 -0400, Daniel Shoskes wrote:
> >To my eye in the video, the bass notes are allowed to ring without
> >damping. I was under the impression that the "Basel school" of playing
> >was very strict with silencing bass notes at their exact value (unless
> >using gut with quick decay).
> >
> >Is this something that most players here do always, never or only in
> >specific circumstances (eg hit the 11th course right after the 12 course
> >and going back to damp the 12th course)?
> >
> >Sorry if this is more appropriate for the Baroque list, but there do
> >seem to be a lot of "switch hitters" here (note to non-Americans -> this
> >is a baseball term (with various other meanings)!).
> > >> Another interesting thing I noticed, was Barto's technique, of
> > >repeating
> > >> the same finger, on the same string. Very liberating!
> > >http://freez.1gb.ru/music/masaccio/barto2.avi (video: 43mb)
> > >RT
> > >
> > >
> > >______________
> > >Roman M. Turovsky
> > >http://polyhymnion.org/swv
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >To get on or off this list see list information at
> > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>
>
>
> Edward Martin
> 2817 East 2nd Street
> Duluth, Minnesota 55812
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> voice: (218) 728-1202
>
>
>
>
>
