Wow, I seem to have opened a can of worms. Let this be near the end of it (I
never like to end a discussion, as is obvious). The players of the time were
performers, and as such could quite likely had the skills on the lute and
the singing. But the combination of instrument and story was not quite
Hells bells David,
I'm beginning to agree with you. My first month of trying to get my harp and
guitar fingers to play lute songs on the retuned guitar where rather
disasterous, but this evening I went through about four different tunes from
the Jane Pickering Lute Book (circa 1616) with reasonabl
Jon,
if you are into making your own lute, make sure that you check David Van
Edwards' CD lutemaking courses which are excellent and I mean it. You'll get a
good instrument and it can be done, believe me. www.vanedwards.co.uk
Gernot
Thank you Gernot, I have locked David Van E.'s site into my computer and
will look at it carefully before making any decision. But I wonder what that
decision will be, as it seems there is a lot of maintainence on a classic
lute, whereas a more modern version might be appropriate. I've got about
fo
Dear Jon,
The worms can rest happily in their can, and I shouldn't worry about
them. Lively discussion is a good thing, and it would be boring if
everyone had the same opinion.
I think it is important though, when studying something historical,
as we do on this mailing list with the history of th
Hi Jon,
> In my brief folk singing career (over forty years ago)...
Lets see, I too was singing folk music forty years ago. 1963 was my
first year out of high school. I was in Southern California in those
days, and very big into the bluegrass scene: hanging out with the
likes of Douglas Dil
In a few weeks I'll have a proper lute. My lute from Pakistan will then
be a spare, and damaging it will not be a disaster.
Because this Paki-lute is more oud than lute, its courses are too close
together. To fix this, I want to replace the nut and bridge, converting
it from an 8-course to a 7
I spend on average a couple hours a day practicing and I've developed =
some pain in both my shoulders over the last two months so that it would =
be impossible for me to do a pull-up or chin-up exercise. For lack of =
any other reason, I'm wondering if it is due to my Lute playing. Has =
anyone
For those in or near the Richmond, VA area (or if you're traveling here)
this may be of particular interest to you. This is a lecture being given at
Agecroft Hall, a Tudor manor brought over from England in 1925 and rebuilt
in Richmond. The url for the website is;
http://www.agecrofthall.com/
Tim wrote:
>I spend on average a couple hours a day practicing and I've developed =
>some pain in both my shoulders over the last two months so that it would =
>be impossible for me to do a pull-up or chin-up exercise. For lack of =
>any other reason, I'm wondering if it is due to my Lute playing
Are there instructions on how (or more importantly, where) to set frets
other than the Dowland/Gerle instructions?
HP
Herbert,
I'm not a luthier, as all of you know by now. But I have made harps and
other instruments (and golf clubs, which use epoxy). All glues break down at
some temperature (the epoxy for the clubs at about 200 degrees F.) as I
found out by leaving my first harp in the car on a sunny day (the di
David,
What a pleasant message. With my apologies to the list for not editing out
our dialogue below (as I don't have time tonight to trim the message) I'll
add a few notes that may be of interest. I started with folk in 1949 for
some reason . I think it was probably part interest in my heritage a
Roman,
Perhaps my understatement leaves something to be said. I was speaking of a
time before the stage of Shakespeare, and a bit before the actors. No
quarrel, but there was a period without an active stage and that was what I
spoke of.
The Greeks had theater, but in feudal times the entertainer
Stewart,
I'd reply to this if I had a reply. But since I agree with everything you
said (almost everything, I retain my option to disagree with details) I have
no reply. Usually a new entrant to a list is a bit circumspect, I'm afraid
this old curmudgeon isn't. And I compliment the list for not to
With your indulgence this is the first of two or three requests I'll send
tonight (haven't figured out how to separate them into different categories
yet).
Fingering and technique. I know we all are different in physical form (hands
have many shapes). And I realize we each have to find what works
Hi,
some lessons with a knowledgable physiotherapist,
alexandertechnique practitioners or the likes (and your
lute!) will probably solve the problem.
Regards,
Stephan
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geschrieben:
> Tim wrote:
>
> >I spend on average a couple hours a day practic
OK, the second message.
I should have correlated all the answers to my past questions, but I'm too
damned lazy. So I open a new thread.
Several of you have responded to my messages on the Jerry Brown flat back
that I can make for $350, and I have saved the messages that suggest other
sources. Tho
Finally, and I've separated the messages intentionally, I come to position.
The drawings I've seen of medieval lutenists seem to show them playing with
the instrument nearly vertical. I'm playing my retuned guitar as a lute that
way, but not because of the drawings. I practice that way as I'm deep
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