Sterling,
Agreed. Ideally, one wants the bass line to be articulated in the same
manner as any line played on the fretboard. In fact, basses frequently cross
between fretted notes and diapasons. Presumably these two types of passages
should be performed in the same manner even though the diapason notes will
require a different technique to get the same effect. It takes years of work
to make it sound natural.
Chris
Christopher Wilke
Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
www.christopherwilke.com
--- On Wed, 8/31/11, sterling price <spiffys84...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: sterling price <spiffys84...@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings?damping
> To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 2:21 AM
> Hi-
> Even with gut strings on say a baroque
> lute it is still good to damp
> the strings, otherwise it sounds messy.
> Also just for articulation. If
> you listen to the top players of today
> damping basses is very
> common. There are different techniques
> for damping and it soon becomes
> trivial.
>
> --Sterling
> From: howard posner <howardpos...@ca.rr.com>
> To: Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:39 AM
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings?damping
> This discussion would make a lot more
> sense if posters explained what
> gut is being compared to. In some
> cases, it's overwound strings, and
> in others, it's plain nylon.
> On Aug 30, 2011, at 5:00 AM, andy butler
> wrote:
> > Are there any players who reckon
> that damping is essential?
> Tympanists, mostly. It makes the
> lute vastly more difficult to play:
> in an ascending passage on the diapasons,
> the thumb has to make three
> maneuvers (play note, reach back up to
> damp it, then move to the next
> one) instead of one for each note.
> If you find you need to damp
> consistently to avoid the sound fogging
> over, change strings.
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