Re: weiss for ukulele
Tony, I would expect that you will get some foolish messages on this (to be played as Weisskiki, or whatever). But there are many instruments in the world - and there have been many fine composers. An arrangement may be an orchestration of a simpler piece, or it may be taking an orchestral score and reducing it to fundmentals to play on a solo intrument, or in a smaller group. The ukelele is an instrument much maligned by those who didn't like Arthur Godfrey (an in joke for the older among us). But it needn't play only Hawaiian pop with chords strummed behind the vocal. It can play anything set for four strings, just as I've tuned the five strings of my charango to tunes I want to play. The name of the instrument is irrelevant to the music. What is relevant is the range of pitch (the same melody may have quite a different sound in a higher register), the interval tuning of the courses (but if you have incredible hands you can play anything in any tuning), and the timbre from the size and shape of the instrument and the thickness of the soundboard - as well as relative string tensions). Rearranging is easy, make your own arrangement of Weiss for ukelele. Look at the main lines (melody and counter melody and harmony). Play with it and you may come up with a better arrangement than the one you lost. Best, Jon Alittle while back someone sent a message about an arrangement of Weiss for some ukulele. As I had already stumbled across it and downloaded it, I didn't keep the message - I now find that somewhere along the line I've lost the download ;-( Can anybody help, please? Tony To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
Re: weiss for ukulele
No, honestly, it does exist, and someone _did_ post a message in the last couple of months with the link. As it happens, I don't yet have a ukelele, but I thought this might be a fun place to start. I shall have to look on the archives. - Original Message - From: Jon Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Tony Chalkley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 1:14 PM Subject: Re: weiss for ukulele Tony, I would expect that you will get some foolish messages on this (to be played as Weisskiki, or whatever). But there are many instruments in the world - and there have been many fine composers. An arrangement may be an orchestration of a simpler piece, or it may be taking an orchestral score and reducing it to fundmentals to play on a solo intrument, or in a smaller group. The ukelele is an instrument much maligned by those who didn't like Arthur Godfrey (an in joke for the older among us). But it needn't play only Hawaiian pop with chords strummed behind the vocal. It can play anything set for four strings, just as I've tuned the five strings of my charango to tunes I want to play. The name of the instrument is irrelevant to the music. What is relevant is the range of pitch (the same melody may have quite a different sound in a higher register), the interval tuning of the courses (but if you have incredible hands you can play anything in any tuning), and the timbre from the size and shape of the instrument and the thickness of the soundboard - as well as relative string tensions). Rearranging is easy, make your own arrangement of Weiss for ukelele. Look at the main lines (melody and counter melody and harmony). Play with it and you may come up with a better arrangement than the one you lost. Best, Jon Alittle while back someone sent a message about an arrangement of Weiss for some ukulele. As I had already stumbled across it and downloaded it, I didn't keep the message - I now find that somewhere along the line I've lost the download ;-( Can anybody help, please? Tony To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
RE: Lyn Elder?
Jason and all: Lyn has moved to Vermont. Here is his current contact information: 74 North Street Bristol, VT 05443 His e-mail address remains as before: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- On Mon 01/17, Jason Yoshida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Jason Yoshida [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 21:38:30 -0800 Subject: Lyn Elder? Hi,brDoes anyone know how to contact the luthier Lyn Elder.brI tried his website and it is no longer online. The telephone number he =brhad listed on the various lute society luthier lists prompted a =brdisconnect message.brThanks,brJasonbr--brbrTo get on or off this list see list information atbrhttp://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.htmlbr ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
Re: Gianoncelli ornaments 1650
Gianoncelli marks open strings with a T, where an appoggiatura from the note below is unlikely. HP To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
Re: Gianoncelli ornaments 1650
Mathias Roesel wrote: So, I'd say that combinations of trills or mordents with appogiature from above or below were European, not only French. BTW in French baroque lute music, mordents or trills do _not_ always start from upper notes. Have a look into Jacques Gallot's table of ornaments (1670). -- Best wishes, Dear Mathias, I have here my Minkoff copy of Gallot's Pieces de luth but I can'find any clue to main note trills. Can you please show me where it is? I can just find common ornaments like tremblement, martellement (this is obviously from the main note) and chute. Thank you, Andrea -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
Re: Gianoncelli ornaments 1650
Dear Andrea, martellement is what I had in mind, indeed. What I was trying to say was that French ornaments don't necessarily start from auxiliary notes. Although using differing signs, Gallot and Mouton agree that the martellement starts from the main note. (Harpsicordists like Francois Couperin or Antoine Lebegue also use martellements starting from the lower auxiliary note.) But that's some twenty, forty years after Gianoncelli's publication (1650). Couldn't find what one of the Gaultiers had to say about martellements. You quoted Piccinini as saying that in his days there were two kinds of tremolo (longo and secondo = trill and mordent), both starting from the main note. -- Best wishes, Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
Introduce your lutes to the list!
Dear All, I am back again after an intense period of work that did not allow me to keep up reading the messages. Now that I am on the market for a new 10 or 11-course lute I realized how difficult it is to choose the right maker among the many ones available today. It is difficult to get references from reliable players and most of the makers have a long waiting list so they do not have instruments in stock for the potential customers to try and have an idea of their work. I though it could be a good idea if we could introduce our instruments to the lutelist with some information about them and some description of their sound and qualities. I would be also a good way to promote young, less experienced makers, encouraging us to order from them. To start off I will introduce my instruments to the list: 1) 7-course lute by Malcolm Prior (1998) after Venere. Multi rib rosewood back. 58.5 cm. Excelent! Very deep singing sound full of low harmonics. Quite loud. The only little problem is that it doesn't speak so quickly. For the rest I am very happy with it. The level of craftsmanship is mint. You can listen to it at: http://www.lutevoice.com/samplesen.html 2) Theorbo by Nico van der Waals (2000). 82 cm/ 164 cm (long neck). Yew multi rib back. It is based on his own design. Beautiful sound for solo repertoire. The bowl is too small compared to the string length and I have the feeling when I play it with orchestras and ensembles that I would be happier with a louder sound. The level of craftsmanship is really good but not mint. I have also a vihuela but the quality is not good enough to be mention here. I am looking forward to know about your instruments! Many greetings, Alfonso marin To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
Introduce your lutes to the list!
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Re: Nylgut
For the general edification, I have posted Mimmo's US patent for the manufacture of musical instrument strings on the Downloads page of the LSA website: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/download/index.html#patent Regards, Daniel Heiman
