--- Stuart Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > those very high passages in Spinacino would > suddenly go into oud mode?
disaster! would sound like the instrument had suddenly lost its voice. even with tie-on frets, "plucking" an oud produces a mediocre sound - nothing as rich and resonate as when picked. without plectrum, those very early, "oudy" looking lutes - fret-less or otherwise - must have sounded pretty piano. if tie-on frets were preferred to fixed because they offered variable intonation, presumably, the little "stack" of frets glued to the face could sometimes be at odds with preceding notes. - bill early music charango ... http://groups.google.com/group/charango ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
