One word: e-bow.
> On Jun 30, 2019, at 4:26 PM, Sean Smith <lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There's:
> Szz [not worthy of the word]
> Sstain [not quite enough]
> Sustain [just right]
> Sustaaayayayayaiiiinnn [too much]
> Sustain-Z [electric guitar].
> My understanding is that it's a spectrum and we're a picky, fickle
> bunch.
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 1:57 PM Roman Turovsky
> <[1]r.turov...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> aren't lutenists switching to gut out of sustainophobia?
> RT
>> On 6/30/2019 3:46 PM, Matthew Daillie wrote:
>> I find that sustain is a major factor in the choice of a lute.
> Obviously we are not talking grand piano sustain, but an instrument
> with good sustain makes all the difference, especially for playing
> polyphonic music.
>> Clearly appropriate acoustics can make or break a lute, (however
> good the instrument and the player) but in the right environment the
> sound can also carry astonishingly well.
>>
>> There might actually be a correlation between sustain and the
> amount of dishing. A well respected lutenist, with vast experience
> of teaching internationally, observed that lutes with inordinate
> dishing (a practice which is apparently common in some parts), and
> so with the strings at a significant height above the soundboard,
> frequently lacked sustain.
>>
>> Best,
>> Matthew
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jun 30, 2019, at 19:51, Ron Andrico <[2]praelu...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>>> Sustain does not and probably never did factor into the plucked
> string sound of the lute. The sound is immediate and rich in
> overtones, but ephemeral and does not travel well.
>>> RA
>>>
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