Hi,
As said, IMHO, (in my VERY humble opinion, only tested against lute
audios and CDs as well as against my not very good renaissance lute,
never tested with an expert), the sound of the lute is extremely
flexible (which is one of its advantages). If played with finger pads
just above the rosette makes the LF sound closer to the lute (and quite
suited for renaissance pieces etc), and other ways of playing it make
it sound closer to the guitar. Most people seem to play it mostly or
exclusively with finger nails, in the first place, which then explains
the sound usually heard in demos - but one has to try for oneself. No
need for a religious fight.
Though I especially LOVE the lute-similar sound I can make in the way
described I agree to the people who say that the advantage of the LF is
not so much to replace any lute in any way (it's an instrument in its
own right, but consider Eric Bellocq etc) - but its flexibility in one
instrument, which allows to play it with finger pads as well as finger
nails, lute-like and guitar-like, even in alternation as you do not
have to cut the fingernails to play it with pads. Thus it is a good
instrument for people who love the guitar (and occasionally have it
with more than 6 strings) but sometimes would like to produce a sound
closer to the lute.
I have however no idea regarding the LF apart from my 9-string thing.
For instance, I could imagine that the tiorba forte could be helpful if
really louder as a usual theorbe, as a continuo instrument that
actually could be heard even in non David-approved baroque
orchestras...
F
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Dr. Franz Mechsner
Hanse Institute for Advanced Study
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E-mail: [1]franz.mechs...@unn.ac.uk
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Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu im Auftrag von terli...@aol.com
Gesendet: Mi 23.12.2009 00:20
An: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Liuto forte
I think it sounds somewhere between the alt-guitar that Goran Sollscher
plays and a lute. It has less sustain in the upper register than a
guitar.
I want one!
Best,
Mark Delpriora
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From: luther maynard <luthermayn...@live.com>
To: mathias.roe...@t-online.de; l...@pantagruel.de
Cc: sauvag...@orange.fr; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tue, Dec 22, 2009 5:34 pm
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Liuto forte
To each his own, but it sounds more like a Guitar than a Lute to my
ears.
LM
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