Hi Mark, I prefer the sound of gut strings, but I am very dissatisfied with the current state of bass fundamentals and their tuning with their octave neighbours. In short, I got really fed up with playing out of tune. Experimenting with bass courses is an expensive pastime. Mimmo's new bass courses may be just what I am looking for, and I'll get around to checking them out sometime. In the meantime, it became a choice between playing in tune or playing with gut. I like the sound this particular instrument makes with this particular player with nylgut - the playing could be better! - and I was going carzy being out of tune on gut. Playing in tune was more important to me than playing with gut. I've made my choice for the moment, but will no doubt return to gut again in the future.
Rob On 12/02/2008, Lute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Rob, > > Thanks fort the Mp3, enjoyed listening to that. > > I see that you have changed your stringing, would be interesting to know > the > background to that. > > All the best > Mark > > > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: Rob MacKillop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. Februar 2008 11:54 > An: Lute List > Betreff: [LUTE] Tombeau de du But > > I'd like to thank all those people who have written to me over the last > couple of weeks enquiring about my arm. I'm happy to report that it feels > 100 per cent fine. However, I'm not rushing back into playing for as many > hours as I can cram into the day, and restricting myself to half an hour > in > the morning and the same in the evening. > > This morning I managed to record on my Martin Shepherd 11c the beautiful > 'Tombeau de du But' by Robert de Visee. I think someone else on this list > asked the question: did anyone ever write a bad tombeau? I don't think so. > It seemed to bring out the best in them. This one is very moving, and I > hope > you enjoy listening to it. I consider it a 'work in progress' recording. > You > can find it just above the photo of me holding the lute near the bottom of > this page: http://www.rmguitar.info/Maler.htm > > Cheers, > > Rob > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > --
