Hi Rob, The bass lute sounds like a good suggestion too, but there is only so much I can talk the wife into at a time ;-) The group I hope to join covers Renaissance through Baroque, and are not terribly strict about the instrumentation. I figure the theorbo would be more authentic than the classical guitar I'm using now (and a bit more affordable than the bass lutes...). I understand that one really needs a number of different instruments to cover the full period, but one has to start somewhere :-)
I've also been really enjoying the Musica Moderna by Rafael Bonavita, and am interested in trying a few of those pieces. Grant On Jan 26, 2008 12:12 PM, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Grant, > > At 88.5 cms it will give you a big sound but would be quite a stretch for > a > beginner. The price, under a thousand pounds, is excellent, but I can't > comment on the quality. You mention shawms, crumhorns - sounds more like a > Renaissance consort for which a theorbo might not be entirely suitable. > How > about a bass lute, eight or ten courses? See > http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/index.htm#bass - c.70 to 75 cms. > > Cheers, > Rob > > www.rmguitar.info > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Grant Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 January 2008 19:05 > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: contributions to this list > > .. And then some of us are "pre-beginners", not having a lute of any form > yet... > > For the past 40+ years, I've mainly played woodwinds and classical guitar, > but have recently become interested in playing with a local early music > group (recorders, shawms, crumhorns, etc.). (I've owned a raft of early > woodwinds for some time, but haven't had much call to play them.) Along > the > way, I've developed a strong fascination for the lute and theorbo, and > have > been lurking here hoping to pick up on the attitudes you seasoned players > have towards the various versions of the instrument. > > I have a predilection for the bass & contrabass end of the spectrum, so am > gravitating toward theorbo. Does anyone have an opinion on the Early Music > Shop theorbo that's now being advertised? I am strictly a hobbyist player: > still have two daughters in college, and can't afford to give up my day > job > ;-) If you have any questions about patent law, feel free to ask... > > Thanks, > > Grant > > On Jan 26, 2008 3:40 AM, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So I call on all those lurkers who are even too shy to contribute > emails, > > let us know what you are up to, ask questions. I have many questions of > my > > own - the subject is too large for one person to know everything. And I > > for > > one enjoy contributions from beginners and amateurs (in the best sense > of > > the word) than from arrogant know-all so-called professionals. > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html<http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html> > <http://www.cs.dartmou > th.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html> > > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Grant Green - www.contrabass.com > Heckelphone, Sarrusophone & Interesting Instruments > > -- > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grant Green - www.contrabass.com Heckelphone, Sarrusophone & Interesting Instruments --
