Way off. Oh well... Eugene ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob MacKillop <luteplay...@googlemail.com> Date: Friday, July 17, 2009 6:58 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Ukulele and Renaissance Guitar To: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <brai...@osu.edu> Cc: Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Newer. Bought on a holiday cruise to Hawaii ;-) > > > > Is this off topic, or what???? > > > > Rob > > 2009/7/17 Eugene C. Braig IV <[1]brai...@osu.edu> > > Recent Oscar Schmidt instruments are > the budget line for the new > Korean-made > incarnation of Washburn (i.e., the > curiously-named-for-a-Korean-build US > Music Corp.). The pre-depression > Oscar Schmidt Co. was a builder in > Jersey > City, New Jersey, USA. They were > always a builder of rather > "working-class" > instruments (including the pre- > depression Stella brand guitars > prized by > blues players), but those earlier > pieces had a kinda groovy mojo. > As an official hardware nerd, is your > student's by the older or > newer > entity? > Best, > Eugene > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu > [mailto:[3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > > Behalf Of Rob MacKillop > > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 5:05 PM > > To: Leonard Williams > > Cc: Lute List > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Ukulele and Renaissance Guitar > > > > I play a Concert-sized uke, the > size larger than the usual > soprano, but > > I think a tenor would be better- > suited, with a low fourth string > > (Aquila). And don't buy the > cheapest. Good tenors start around > -L-120 - > > about 150 dollars. A student of > mine has an excellent one by a > company > > called Oscar Schmidt. > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > 2009/7/17 Leonard Williams > <[1][4]arc...@verizon.net> > > > > I've thought for some time of getting a cheap uke and > > restringing it > > to play stuff like > Mudarra's work for four course guitar. I > thought > > I might > > be kidding myself, > but it looks like a viable option, from what > I'm > > reading > > here. > > > Any suggestions as to size (mensur) and string tension? > > Thanks and regards, > > Leonard Williams > > > /[ ] > > > / \ > > > | * | > > > \_=_/ > > On 7/17/09 2:34 AM, > "Rob MacKillop" > <[2][5]luteplay...@googlemail.com> > > wrote: > > > It sounds > great to my ears. Hopefully this will help the 4c > > guitar > > > lierature > become better known. Even though 4c guitars are a > lot > > less > > > expensive > than 5c guitars, they are still prohibitively > expensive > > for > > > beginners. > A uke can cost less than a set of strings for a > 4c, > > and > > > really > doesn't sound so bad. There is, of course, a > difference, > > and I > > > hope that > those who approach the 4c repertoire on a uke do > make > > the > > > transition > to an appropriate instrument once they realise the > > > limitations > of the uke. We shall see. BTW, sounds even better > > with gut > > > strings... > > > > > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > 2009/7/16 > Orphenica <[1][3][6]wer...@orphenica.de> > > > > > > Thanks everybody, > > > encouraged > by your answers and especially the amazing site of > Rob > > > MacKillop > (Rob, this is really georgeous!), > > > I went to > my local guitar dealer. ( By the way, his initial > > selling > > > point was > that, "the babes like small instruments" ;-) > > > Finally I > bought a tenor uke tuned like a guitar, which > sounds > > good > > > with Aquila > strings. In an old Django version, > > > I found Le > Roys "Tablature de Gviterre", which was good > starter. > > > Here is a > sample: [2][4][7]http://www.lutecast.com > > > I think the > uke is perfect for outdoor playing. Tomorrow, I > will > > test > > > my new > small tool on the babes lingering in the park. > > > Uhuh, > Beavis, he said "small tool". > > > Thanks, oh > collective stringdom and keep the strings > swinging. > > > we > > > Rob > MacKillop schrieb: > > > > > > I have > played ukulele on and off from the age of eight and > > actually now > > > have more > income from uke students than from lute and guitar > > students > > > put > together. This has been a recent phenomenom, and YouTube > has > > a lot > > > to do with > it, that and the economic downturn. Mostly people > just > > want > > > to strum > pop songs, but I've been developing some repertoire > for > > > fingerstyle > playing, including arrangements of baroque guitar > > pieces by > > > Sanz and > others, which I think work a LOT better than such > music > > on a > > > classical > guitar. You can see and hear some of these pieces > on > > this > > > website > [3][5][8]www.FingerstyleUke.com - in fact you can > find there > > more > > > than 70 mp3 > files for free download alongside some videos. > > > > > > > > > > > > As regards > 4c guitar literature on the uke - I'm less of an > > enthusiast, > > > but it can > sound ok. The problem is the fourth string, which > on a > > uke > > > is up an > octave - re-entrant - which is one of the reasons > the > > music of > > > Sanz sits > happilly on the fretboard. Aquila is THE major > string > > maker > > > for > ukuleles, and they do sell a set with a low 4th string, > so in > > > theory you > could have exactly the same tuning as a 4c guitar, > > except > > > for the > single strings. Another instrument available over the > net > > is > > > the > Taropatch Fiddle - not a fiddle, imagine a uke with > double > > strings, > > > and this > could give you a more 4c-like sound for peanuts. > BTW, > > Aquila > > > also sell a > gut set for uke! > > > > > > > > > > > > I currently > have five students playing Sanz on the uke - none > of > > whom > > > had shown > the slightest interest in so-called 'classical > music' > > before. > > > They are > loving it, and three of them have bought baroque > guitar > > CDs > > > now. > > > > > > > > > > > > Rob MacKillop > > > > > > -- > > > > > > References > > > > > > 1. > mailto:[6][9]wer...@orphenica.de > > > 2. > [7][10]http://www.lutecast.com/ > > > 3. > [8][11]http://www.fingerstyleuke.com/ > > > > > > > > > To get on or off > this list see list information at > > > > [9][12]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > > > > References > > > > 1. mailto:[13]arc...@verizon.net > > 2. > mailto:[14]luteplay...@googlemail.com > > 3. mailto:[15]wer...@orphenica.de > > 4. [16]http://www.lutecast.com/ > > 5. [17]http://www.fingerstyleuke.com/ > > 6. mailto:[18]wer...@orphenica.de > > 7. [19]http://www.lutecast.com/ > > 8. [20]http://www.fingerstyleuke.com/ > > 9. > [21]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:brai...@osu.edu > 2. mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu > 3. mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu > 4. mailto:arc...@verizon.net > 5. mailto:luteplay...@googlemail.com > 6. mailto:wer...@orphenica.de > 7. http://www.lutecast.com/ > 8. http://www.fingerstyleuke.com/ > 9. mailto:wer...@orphenica.de > 10. http://www.lutecast.com/ > 11. http://www.fingerstyleuke.com/ > 12. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 13. mailto:arc...@verizon.net > 14. mailto:luteplay...@googlemail.com > 15. mailto:wer...@orphenica.de > 16. http://www.lutecast.com/ > 17. http://www.fingerstyleuke.com/ > 18. mailto:wer...@orphenica.de > 19. http://www.lutecast.com/ > 20. http://www.fingerstyleuke.com/ > 21. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
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