Re: lute cryptography

2003-10-25 Thread Markus Lutz
Dear Jerzy, this is a .tab-file in the format of Wayne's tabulature program. Infos on it are in Wayne's archives. Some short remarks: b = bar every line represents a tablature chord, if you rotate the chord by 90º you will know what is meant. Each char/space represents a course The numbers before

Re: cleaning the lute soundboard

2003-10-25 Thread Jon Murphy
This question leads me to a question that I intended to ask in a few days about finishing the "lute" (I use quotes as most of you don't agree that the flat back can be called a lute) that I'm making. On the various other stringed instruments I've made I've used several different finishes. Clear Tun

Re: Right Hand Questions

2003-10-25 Thread Jon Murphy
Good Lord, has it come to this in perfection? Softening the finger pads for better sound? If that is so then I'll never get good sound out of the lute unless I give up the harp. And as to washing the hands before playing I'm reminded of Shelley Berman's comic record of the fifties where he discusse

Re: How long can a lute last?

2003-10-25 Thread Jon Murphy
Another example of absolutism. > >> But as with wine, no amount of age will turn an indifferent one into a good > >> one. > > I've found that with wine, many an indifferent one has been turned into > > a good one. > > > And later to vinegar. It is not just the quality but also the nature of the g

Re: lute cryptography

2003-10-25 Thread G.R. Crona
Hi Jerzy To use the "Cripp's tab" format, you cut the text under the stars and paste it into f. ex. Windows notepad and name the text file something.tab. Then you can use it in Wayne's tab-programme. The file is also importable into Stringwalker or the full version of Fronimo if you have it. Anot

Re: Lute as a vanity

2003-10-25 Thread David Van Edwards
At 10:47 PM +0100 23/10/03, Martin Shepherd wrote: > >> > >Yes, I was thinking of that intarsia, too, but I can't remember >which one it is - any suggestions? I'm going to try this stringing >and see what happens... The one I was thinking of is in the Met and is an intarsia from Bologna, not

Re: How long can a lute last?

2003-10-25 Thread Martin Shepherd
- Original Message - From: Jon Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Timothy Kuntz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Martin Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 25 October 2003 11:53 Subject: Re: How long can a lute last? > Another example of absol

Re: Right Hand Questions

2003-10-25 Thread Vance Wood
Hi All: I am the one who posted the original message in this string about the right hand and Oil of Tarter. The replies about the oil of tartar I was not surprised to find. I am still not sure what we think is Oil of Tarter is what Besard was talking about. Aside from that, it really was a sepa

Re: Right Hand Questions

2003-10-25 Thread bill sterling
try playing with a snug surgical glove on your plucking hand. very revealing. - Original Message - From: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Serge-André Comeau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 5:07 AM Subject: Re: Right Hand Questio

new amazon search service...

2003-10-25 Thread BobClair or EkkoJennings
..OR more ways to fritter away your time. They have added a "full text" search. Enter a keyword in the search box and it will not only search title and author, but the entire text (at least the text of the 120,000 books they saythey have entered). You don't have to do anything extra to get this.

Re: Right Hand Questions

2003-10-25 Thread Vance Wood
Hi Bill: That's interesting, are you serious? I remember in my old Rock and Roll days when we had to play an outdoor concert for the very first Earth Day, I was sicker than the proverbial dog, running a fever (had pneumonia it turns out) and played guitar with gloves on. But play the Lute? I'm

new Amazon search service

2003-10-25 Thread Candace Magner
Thanks, Bob! I bit, you said Barbara Strozzi so I bit. And now am in the middle of reading, what, the entire mystery about a missing bassoon from the Pietà and Vivaldi's music, and I'm sure there are other ways to spend a cool Saturday afternoon but this is kinda fun! Oh wait, I am supposed to

RE: Right Hand Questions

2003-10-25 Thread Charles Browne
two other tips that I have heard from a guitarist for the right hand finger -tips during a performance was to run the fingers down the side of the nose in between pieces. This transfers some of the sebum, secretions from the sebaceous glands, onto the finger-tips. Sebum is latin for 'grease'and wil

Re: new amazon search service...

2003-10-25 Thread Roman Turovsky
> ..OR more ways to fritter away your time. They have added a "full text" > search. Enter a keyword in the search box and it will not only search title > and author, but the entire text (at least the text of the 120,000 books they > saythey have entered). You don't have to do anything extra to get

Re: new amazon search service...

2003-10-25 Thread Roman Turovsky
__ Roman M. Turovsky http://turovsky.org http://polyhymnion.org >> amusing to sit and enter things like "theorbo" or "Barbara Strozzi" and see >> some of the books that come up. >> >> .Bob > One book that came up on "theorbo", Jan Potocki's "Manuscript found at > Saragossa" > is

Panther, was Re: lute cryptography

2003-10-25 Thread BobClair or EkkoJennings
>This *.ps file is viewable and printable with the Ghostscript-Ghostview >sharewhare programmes (same procedure as viewing ABCtab files) and I believe >Photoshop. With Ghost you can also make your own *.pdf files. I don't care >much for PDF's though, as they are ususally *huge*, which is not a goo

RE: Right Hand Questions

2003-10-25 Thread James A Stimson
Dear All: At a master class some years ago with Paul O'Dette, he mentioned that my tone was a bit rough because my fingertips were dry. He recommended Eucerin, a cosmetic base available in most drug stores. It's a white, non-greasy paste that apparently helps the skin retain moisture. Yours, J

Re: Right Hand Questions

2003-10-25 Thread Vance Wood
Thank you James, the first reply that makes any sense, not that the others weren't good, yours is doable. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "James A Stimson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charles Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECT