Re: Mystery piece == Maria Zarrt

2004-04-12 Thread JOHANSSON JAN
Hi, The piece "Maria Zart" is from "Tabulaturen Etlicher lobgesang und lidlein uff die orgeln und lauten" by Arnolt Schlick, printed 1512. The organ version is published in "Historical Anthology of Music" (Davidson/Appel) and the lute pieces are published in "Die Tabulatur" series with german tab +

Re: Mystery piece

2004-04-12 Thread David Cassetti
I stumbled across the midi file - it's "Maria Zart", by Arnolt Schlick, a german organist who in 1511 published a treatise on organ building and playing. Below are links to the midi, text, and an mp3. -- David http://members.ozemail.com.au/~davcooke/icerinx/schlick1.mid http://www.andreasscholl

Re: consulting old topics

2004-04-12 Thread bill
dear manolo - i believe it is as easy as clicking "the archives" located in the right-hand column, second item on the home page. - bill On Martedì, apr 13, 2004, at 00:47 Europe/Rome, Manolo Laguillo wrote: > Dear lutelisters, > > I would like to consult some old topics that appeared months ag

consulting old topics

2004-04-12 Thread Manolo Laguillo
Dear lutelisters, I would like to consult some old topics that appeared months ago in this list. How can I access to the general archive? Thank you! Manolo Laguillo Barcelona --

Duet rather than Duel [was: Music's Duel]

2004-04-12 Thread Candace Magner
Dear Pluckies, I would fain not die from singing with a good lutenist, but I would certainly like to find someone who will be at the LSA meeting in Cleveland this summer who would play with my singing. I'm on this list in my guise as a baby Baroque guitarist but in my real life I am a professional

Re: plectrum and lute

2004-04-12 Thread bill
thank you jim - i don't think i will. i have a tendency to start groping wildly for my credit card whenever i see a najarian made instrument up for sale and i simply can not...(stop me if you've heard this before)...can not afford another instrument. they are beautiful, are they not? re: elec

Re: plectrum and lute

2004-04-12 Thread James A Stimson
Dear Bill: I haven't heard from Ronnie, but perhaps I will! I already have a lute, a bit better than student quality, from the fine Najarian workshop. Check out their Web site, including their far-out electric oud! Yours, Jim

Re: plectrum and lute

2004-04-12 Thread bill
james - don't mind ronnie... i'm told you can get a beautiful oud from the following luther for $119.00 (for a beginner model). of course, you can pay thousands - the choice is up to you: www.eraydinsazevi.com.tr for information and general chit-chat have a look at this site: www.mikeouds.c

Vihuela acanalada with cocobolo ribs

2004-04-12 Thread Alexander Batov
For those who're interested in fluted-back vihuelas! I've just uploaded more pictures of the recently finished vihuela in G with ribs in cocobolo. Gorgeous wood! Have a look at: http://www.lewesguitarmakers.co.uk/pages/alexander/vihuela2003.html

Re: plectrum and lute

2004-04-12 Thread Ronny Andersson
- Original Message - From: "Stephen W. Gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'James A Stimson'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'bill'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'lute society'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 9:26 PM Subject: RE: plectrum and lute > Does anyone out there play an oud?

RE: plectrum and lute

2004-04-12 Thread Stephen W. Gibson
Does anyone out there play an oud? If so, where did you get it? Stephen W. Gibson -Original Message- From: James A Stimson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 2:14 PM To: bill Cc: lute society Subject: Re: plectrum and lute Dear Bill, Kenneth and All: I also

Re: plectrum and lute

2004-04-12 Thread James A Stimson
Dear Bill, Kenneth and All: I also have a Larry Brown five-course lute, which I play fairly often (including earlier today). I play solos and duets, and also consort music with my medieval group, Armonia Nova. At first I favored a long skinny oud plectrum, and experimented with ostrich feather

Re: passionate gut

2004-04-12 Thread KennethBeLute
In a message dated 4/12/2004 11:34:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, JEdwardsMusic writes: > I agree, gut is the best sound overall; but depending on who made the > instrument and who is playing it, nylgut can sound quite > good. This is so true. Paul O'Dette can string a lute with a ball of yarn,

Re: plectrum and lute

2004-04-12 Thread KennethBeLute
In a message dated 4/12/2004 9:15:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > mostly because it's a holiday and it's raining and i'm > running out of > excuses to not do my scales... > Bill: don't feel bad! It was nice and sunny here in Cleveland yesterday, Easter Sunday, and

Re: passionate gut

2004-04-12 Thread Roman Turovsky
> I agree, gut is the best sound overall; but depending on who made the > instrument and who is playing it, nylgut can sound quite good. I think the > better > the quality of the instrument, the better it can sound with nylon, nylgut, > carbon, etc. Not to mention one's hand. Gut (so much thicke

Re: passionate gut

2004-04-12 Thread JEdwardsMusic
In a message dated 4/12/2004 8:01:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I definitely favor the sound of gut over synthetics on instruments intended for gut. To play devil's advocate for just a moment, however, there are some notables who sing Nylgut's praises. Paul O'Dette fav

Re: passionate gut

2004-04-12 Thread Eugene Braig
At 12:00 PM 04/12/2004 +0200, LGS-Europe wrote: >I used nylgut for a while on a 19th guitar. It is a dead string. It >combines the worst characteristics of nylon with those of gut. Hence the >name. No beauty in the sound, not good articulation, false (it streches more >in the middle than at the en

RE: Acrimony in pop music.

2004-04-12 Thread Stephen W. Gibson
Jon is right: there is no single national troubadour. Maybe any country, despite our lingering notions of organicism, is too variegated for truly national bards. Maybe it's something we impose on those largely silent people from the past whom we conveniently collectivize as das Volk. Just as Wo

plectrum and lute

2004-04-12 Thread bill
dear all - mostly because it's a holiday and it's raining and i'm running out of excuses to not do my scales... i'm curious to know if any of you play lute with a plectrum. if so: - how many courses does your instrument have? - what kind of strings to you use? - what is your plectrum made of?

Re: passionate gut

2004-04-12 Thread LGS-Europe
Dear Bill > in your transition from synthetic to gut, did you stop at nylgut along > the way? I used nylgut for a while on a 19th guitar. It is a dead string. It combines the worst characteristics of nylon with those of gut. Hence the name. No beauty in the sound, not good articulation, false (i

Re: passionate gut

2004-04-12 Thread LGS-Europe
Dear Stephan > builder next door... How much is the difference in diameter of > gut and overspun bass strings in your experience? Did your > lutes need reworking? I had to drill tuning pegs and bridge holes. I used a small 'finger' drill. Shape of a pencil, replacable drill bits, for sale in the

Re: passionate gut

2004-04-12 Thread bill
hear! bloody! hear! "historically informed performance" has more to do with history in the abstract and scholarship than it does with music. to believe that what is played today is the same as what was played hundreds of years ago is pure conceit. to dismiss a performance as somehow in-genuin

Re: passionate gut

2004-04-12 Thread Jon Murphy
I ask a question of you all, in the light of this thread. It has been mentioned that the quality of gut and its processing has improved. But yet many on the list have a "thing" about being original. Not to denigrate that, I'm in the process of doing the same with a Celtic harp from ancient drawings

Re: Acrimony in pop music.

2004-04-12 Thread Jon Murphy
America has no troubadour, and never has had one. The country is too wide and too variegated to ever make a national poet, or bard (and do remember the difference between the early bard, and his accompanyment). The Irish bards (and the Greek ones) sang of the lives and deeds of heros and maidens,