A small lute, played near the bridge, cuts through almost any early music ensemble. Modern string orchestras, modern brass and grand pianos are another matter.
Just my experience. David On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Christopher Wilke <chriswi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Gary, > > You don't know. Maybe acoustics were different back in Robin's time! > (Haven't seen the movie, but I can imagine the Hollywood un-verisimilitudinal > treatment.) > > I'm being facetious, of course, but I _do_ wonder: there are lots of > depictions of single lutes in ensembles (and sole) at large gatherings. From > the shear number of these pictures, the lutes must not have gotten completely > lost. I imagine that the players of old perhaps managed to make themselves > heard by thrashing the heck out of the strings in a manner that is quite > contrary to our modern construction of the delicate, precious lute. > > Uh, oh... this is leading down a dangerous road of thought regarding the true > properties required of this string material in order to survive more than a > few minutes under such a beating... NO!... can't think these thoughts.. lutes > are precious, precious things... yes, precious... my precious... ;-) > > Chris > > Chris > > Christopher Wilke > Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer > www.christopherwilke.com > > > --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Gary Digman <magg...@sonic.net> wrote: > >> From: Gary Digman <magg...@sonic.net> >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute sighting >> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010, 3:02 AM >> I just saw the new >> "Robin Hood" with Russell Crowe. Indeed there are >> scenes with a small lute. One small point >> however, in one scene of the >> people of Nottingham at a party/dance >> outdoors the band consists of one >> small lute, one recorder, one vielle and >> percussion. It's late in the >> party and the revellers have been >> drinking. The crowd is very noisy, >> but the lute can be heard above the din >> as if it were the lead guitar >> in a rock band. Only in the movies. >> >> >> >> Gary >> >> -- >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- ******************************* David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl *******************************
