[LUTE] Re: Capirola & buzzing like bray pins?
This is the sound of the harp the description is referring to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBEKrC0ep_M On 02.12.19 09:40, G. C. wrote: To my ears, this sound, not unlike the sympathetic strings on the sitar, are rather interesting as a novelty. In the long run, I would probably grow tired of it, and yearn for the natural "silvery" sounding lute. But in small doses, absolutely! Perhaps combined with the famous thimbles? :) I have noticed the same effect on my silent guitar, when the strings are lowered too much, but not so defined. Quite pleasant in fact. G. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Capirola & buzzing like bray pins?
To my ears, this sound, not unlike the sympathetic strings on the sitar, are rather interesting as a novelty. In the long run, I would probably grow tired of it, and yearn for the natural "silvery" sounding lute. But in small doses, absolutely! Perhaps combined with the famous thimbles? :) I have noticed the same effect on my silent guitar, when the strings are lowered too much, but not so defined. Quite pleasant in fact. G. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Capirola & buzzing like bray pins?
Hi Theodore, That's a big question. But we still have very little evidence about this. Bor Zuljan has been experimenting with the âbray lute". Here is an example: [1]https://youtu.be/w2lQbXhITLY All the best, Guilherme Barroso Guilherme Barroso www.guilherme-barroso.com Em 2/12/2019, 00:32 +0100, theoj89...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu escreveu: In reading about the use of bray pins on medieval and renaissance harps, I read the following: "The beautifully decorated Capirola lute book, written in Venice 1515-1520, states that a player should 'make it so that the first fret almost touches the strings, and so on to the end, because as the frets are nearer to the string, the strings sound like a harp, and the lute appears better.' In other words, lute strings should buzz against the frets." Does the Capirola book actually say this? And if so, might this be a recommendation for buzzing lute strings? Before amplification, brays on harps and snares on drums and such obviously were used to make the instrument 'cut through' ambient noise in order to be heard. Any evidence that lutes were used this way? Thoughts? Cheers, trj -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. https://youtu.be/w2lQbXhITLY
