Hi Brent - I personally find the minor tuning of the baroque lute feels different under my fingers, and I get confused by it! I find that renaissance lute, guitar, ukulele, etc are related enough that I can easily switch between them, but the baroque lute tuning throws me.
Wayne On Jul 16, 2011, at 1:25 PM, brentlynk wrote: > Howdy! > > At the risk of sounding uninformed, silly, etc...LOL :-) > > When I saw that you were all starting to discuss Mace, I thought it was > fortuitous...I have had the "Monument" book, for about 15 years, and have > read > it...But since I have only ever played 8-10-course lute, most of it never > really > applied to me. That is, until now! > > The reason it is fortuitous to me is that I just sent one of my lutes off to > be > converted into to a baroque lute so I can start to explore that part of the > "lute world." I will also add that I am very excited -- the luthier I sent my > lute off to is a great guy and has a very good reputation...more on that when > I > get it back from him, because I know it's going to be wonderful... > > So basically, I will just ask, PLEASE, tell me what I, as a beginner in this > particular realm of the lute world, need to/should know? What should I be > aware > of, focus on, etc.? There is so much information available that it would be > helpful for me to be directed to specific sources at the beginning...As I > said, > I am just about to get started on the baroque lute and any informed guidance > will be welcomed and appreciated... > > > Most importantly, I know this is the right place to be asking such a question > because you all "rock!" > > > Warm regards, > Brent > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> > To: List LUTELIST <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; Bruno Correia > <bruno.l...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sat, July 16, 2011 3:13:55 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace > > > > The text, and what it tells us of some contemporary practice, is > historically extremely significant and much more important than the > rather disappointing music. > > MH > --- On Fri, 15/7/11, Bruno Correia <bruno.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Bruno Correia <bruno.l...@gmail.com> > Subject: [LUTE] Mace > To: "List LUTELIST" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Date: Friday, 15 July, 2011, 20:51 > > At last I see Mace's Musick Monument online: > [1][1]http://imslp.org/wiki/Musick's_Monument_(Mace,_Thomas) > It would be nice to hear coments about this book! > -- > References > 1. [2]http://imslp.org/wiki/Musick's_Monument_(Mace,_Thomas > To get on or off this list see list information at > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. http://imslp.org/wiki/Musick's_Monument_ > 2. http://imslp.org/wiki/Musick's_Monument_ > 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
