Indeed, I agree. Which is why I put the similarity in sound down to things other than how the two instruments were constructed - things like the engineer, incorrectly and through ignorance, modifying the sound so that the two instruments sound very similar. Of course, it may be that NN had his viola belly constructed like a lute ...... MH __________________________________________________________________
From: SW <s.wa...@ntlworld.com> To: Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>; Sean Smith <lutesm...@gmail.com>; lutelist Net <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, 27 August 2018, 8:24 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2 My knowledge of instrument making is limited but lute and vihuela construction are somewhat different. Obviously the body shape is different but a lute has a very thin soundboard with a fairly complicated barring system. According to Alfonso Marin the vihuela has just two bars and a thicker soundboard (maybe 3mms in places). It might be expected that there would be some audible difference in sound. On 27 August 2018, at 07:21, Martyn Hodgson <[1]hodgsonmar...@cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote: It may, of course, simply be down to a self-opionated sound/recording engineeer. Some of these seem ignorant of what period instruments actually sound like in the flesh and seek their own subjective recording 'balance' and tonal qualities. They, in their ignorance, may even think a viola da mano 'should' sound like a lute and make the necessary adjustments MH __________________________________________________________________ From: Sean Smith <[2]lutesm...@gmail.com> To: lute <[3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, 26 August 2018, 18:41 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2 If we cannot hear the differences between the two instruments from a recorded performance, what conclusions should we draw? Is the difference more apparent when we are in the same room? Should we suspect they have been mixed (deliberately? inadvertently?) to make them more similar? Sean On Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 5:37 AM Edward Martin <[1][1][4]edvihuel...@gmail.com> wrote: Dear ones, I was asked to provide the answer to the list, so here it is: Nigel plays on both kinds of instrument: approximately 2/3 of the pieces on lute; the rest on viola da Mano (vihuela). ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Christopher Stetson <[1][2][2][5]christophertstet...@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Nigel's Francesco vol 2 To: Edward Martin <[2][3][3][6]edvihuel...@gmail.com> Edward, Can you share the answer to the list, for the curious? Thanks, Chris. On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Edward Martin <[3][4][4][7]edvihuel...@gmail.com> wrote: Dear ones, My inquiry was answered, thanks to Steven, Steve, and Andrew. 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