Great info! Thanks! Tom > Not an answer to your question, but perhaps relevant if playing part > music. When I got back to the lute a few years ago, I went to our > local recorder society meetings to play ensemble music. What I found > is that recorders generally read an octave higher then notated, so > that playing the lute on a top or middle line put me an octave lower > than the recorders, and thus out of place harmonically. So, I > generally ended up on the bottom, or bass line, which is not the most > comfortable area on the lute. Also, when playing music with longer > not values, the lack of sustain of the lute compared to the recorders > bothered me a bit. My solution was to learn to play the recorder. It > sounds as if they could loan you an instrument or two to learn, and if > you learn the fingering for the alto and tenor you can also play the > bass and the soprano. I draw the line at the crumhorn, however! On > Sep 9, 2012, at 1:12 PM, t...@heartistrymusic.com wrote: > > > I have some friends who have had a recorder ensemble for many > > years. > > Formerly 4 players. They lost one of their main players some years > > ago, and they would like to re-group as a trio with me playing > > Renaissance lute. They inherited a fine collection of Renaissance > > and Baroque recorders, in all sizes including Bass, crumhorns, > > zincs, and even a sakpipa and a cornemuse from the founder of the > > ensemble. > > Does anybody have suggestions for composers and / or specific > > pieces that > > would fit well with 3 recorders, etc. and lute? Dowland's > > Lachrimae, perhaps? (I know that's 5 parts - but ... leave one out > > maybe ... ? ) > > Thanks in advance, > > Tom > > > > Tom Draughon > > Heartistry Music > > http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html > > 714 9th Avenue West > > Ashland, WI 54806 > > 715-682-9362 > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362
