On Mar 28, 2006, at 11:36 AM, Paul Pleijsier wrote: > I guess the early people wouldn't care much if POD played with > "strange inflexible" strings or with or without nails. I guess > these things are only interesting to US, especially to those who > care about approaching the sound of the past.
Quite possibly what the Elizabethan listeners would have missed the most would have been improvisation of some sort. I'm sure POD is most adept at improvisation, as he is perfectly adept at everything, but I've never actually heard him, or any other lutenist for that matter, improvising over the harmonic foundation of the pieces they're playing. Although I've heard lutenists talk a great deal about how important improvisation was in the past, I've heard practically none in actual performances...EXCEPT with continuo players. It seems to me that everyone else just plays the notes. Or do they? Have I just missed out on this somehow over the years...? > I just put on one of T Satoh's (two?) records where he plays no > nail, gut strung, close hand, and on original (Greif) lute from 16- > something. To my ears this is convincing. When I close my eyes, I > could imagine hearing an early guy. If you mean "Stile Brise: Gaultier and the French Lute School," I like that one too. David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
