Sean Smith wrote:
History marches ever onward, Martyn. While I don't expect her to start
a movement to change local standard pitch I see no reason not set G or
A at whatever necessary to ensure the success of her concert.
Loosening the tyranny of a standard pitch is well within our rights of
historical practice. If I wrongly used your message as a springboard
to state this then please accept my apologies for any ruffling of a
plectrum feather.
Sean
On Feb 14, 2009, at 4:23 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
Oh dear! - I took it as read that the reference to local pitch and
national preferences did not require the pedantic adjective
'historic'
as in "historic local pitch.........".
MH
--- On Sat, 14/2/09, Sean Smith <lutesm...@mac.com> wrote:
From: Sean Smith <lutesm...@mac.com>
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Transposed Dowland songs - ruminations on lute
sizes around 1600
To: "Lute Net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Saturday, 14 February, 2009, 10:33 AM
Clearly all this is subject to considerations of local pitch
standards
and national preferences.......................
There you go. Proclaim A to be 392 (or 377) for the south eastern
seaboard of
the US and treat yourself to the nice new larger lute you so royally
deserve.
The Pavins sound lovely down a bit.
Alternately you can put a few thicker strings on your current ax and
get a new
sound out of it.
Sean
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