[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo

2011-08-11 Thread Christopher Pearcy
___ From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of R. Mattes [r...@mh-freiburg.de] Sent: 11 August 2011 16:33 To: Christopher Wilke; Lute Dmth; baroque Lutelist; howard posner Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:28:30 -0700 (PDT),

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo

2011-08-11 Thread R. Mattes
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:28:30 -0700 (PDT), Christopher Wilke wrote > Howard, > > --- On Thu, 8/11/11, howard posner wrote: > > > > BTW, I recently saw "Toy Story 3" with my family, and > > heartily recommend it. > > -- > > I too saw "Toy Story 3" and enjoyed it. There were no theorbos in > the

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo

2011-08-11 Thread Christopher Wilke
Howard, --- On Thu, 8/11/11, howard posner wrote: > > BTW, I recently saw "Toy Story 3" with my family, and > heartily recommend it. > -- I too saw "Toy Story 3" and enjoyed it. There were no theorbos in the movie, but if there were, only a fool would disagree that they would certainly have

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo

2011-08-11 Thread Martyn Hodgson
11, howard posner wrote: From: howard posner Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo To: "Lute Dmth" , "baroque Lutelist" Date: Thursday, 11 August, 2011, 15:39 On Aug 11, 2011, at 6:04 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > this > ma

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo

2011-08-11 Thread howard posner
On Aug 11, 2011, at 6:04 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > this > matter of theorbo sizes still seems to be an area of misunderstanding. True, but we like you anyway. BTW, I recently saw "Toy Story 3" with my family, and heartily recommend it. -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo

2011-08-11 Thread Martyn Hodgson
folios of music for solo theorbo. Thus a theorbo in nominal D, as you seem to advocate, isn't specified for this solo music. MH From: Taco Walstra Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo To: "Martyn Hodgson" , "'baroque Lutelist'"

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo

2011-08-11 Thread Taco Walstra
On 08/11/2011 12:24 PM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: There are non-English sources which describe theorbos with only the first course an octave down - see the late Bob Spencer's paper in Early Music: still probably the best summary of the instrument and its tuning. Yes I know that ex

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo

2011-08-11 Thread Martyn Hodgson
From: Martyn Hodgson Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo To: "Taco Walstra" Date: Thursday, 11 August, 2011, 11:16 There are non-English sources which describe theorbos with only the first course an octave down - see the late Bob Spenc

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo

2011-08-11 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Much depends on your technique and whether you play close to the bridge (as the Old Ones generally seemed to have done) or up to the rose. However whatever tension you decide upon, with such a small instrument why don't you follow historical practice and only lower the first course

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo

2011-08-10 Thread David Smith
, August 10, 2011 10:54 AM To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo David I play a S&S theorbo like yours: 76/140cm, build for me in 1988. Current set-up is 6+8. First two strings re-entrant, tuned in a. 415/440 as required with the same set of str