Re: new pictures

Dear Vance and friends, Roman does have a point, insofar as the extant vihuelas have, for some reason or other, been considered as atypical examples of what could have been the "normal" vihuelas (but that is matter for yet further debate and discussion). Thus, all the three surviving instruments h

Re: Modern music for Renaissance & Baroque lute

> Dear Luteneers, > Does anyone know a web site which has a comprehensive list of music written by > contemporary composers for the Renaissance & Baroque lutes? > Regards, > Michael Stitt There is none, but David Parsons and Lynda Sayce are compiling one. It would be a hard copy publication though.

Re: Double 1st

Weren't many re-entrant theorbos strung with a double first? And especially bass lutes? I have been wanting to try a theorbo with all double courses. I have heard that they were more common historicaly than now. Sterling Price __ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made th

Re: 14 course German theorbo?

Thanks for this Sterling. I do recall on a couple of occasions calling my instrument `a Baroque lute' only to be corrected that it is a theorbo. Will the real instrument please stand up?! hehe. When you say you play Weiss C Major Suites with a 14th course, do you mean playing the dominant

Re: 14 course German theorbo?

Hi- I play a 14c baroque-lute. I use the 14th course all time in Weiss where it makes sense-for instance in c major keys. The thing about playing a 14 course baroque lute is the music is designed for 13 courses so having a 14th can be confusing for the thumb when playing a 13c then a 14c like I do.

Re: Modern music for Renaissance & Baroque lute

Thanks for this Roman, BTW, I tried to post this directly to you, however, I suspect your ISP considers my yahoo mail as Spam as it returned it with a deamon error message. The question is where I post it cc lutenet, you will still recieve it. Here goes. M. Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Modern music for Renaissance & Baroque lute

Dear Luteneers, Does anyone know a web site which has a comprehensive list of music written by contemporary composers for the Renaissance & Baroque lutes? Regards, Michael Stitt - Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 --

14 course German theorbo?

Dear all, Am I right to assume that Bach's music is the only music to require that low Gg - fourteeth course? The ambiguity and terminology of description for this lute has always been a bit of problem for me. When asked what instrument I play and Courses versus `number of strings', it becom

Re: new pictures

Stewart McCoy wrote: > Dear Arne, > > Martin is absolutely right. > > 1) In _The Schoole of Musicke_ (London, 1603) Thomas Robinson gives > instructions on how to tune the lute. He begins with the 1st course, > which, as far as he is concerned, clearly consists of two strings: > > "Now you shall

Re: one lute, two players

Markus Lutz wrote: > A good new year 2004 to all members of the lute list. > > I received a message from someone who is interested in knowing, if there are other > compositions for one lute and two players than Dowlands "My Lord Chamberlain, His > Galliard, an invention for two to play upon one

Re: new pictures

Dear Stewart: I agree. I would like to point out that Lundberg, in his book about historical Lute Construction, theorizes that the probable departure from the doubled first course was due in part to latter conversions of six and seven course Lutes to instruments with more courses. This practice

one lute, two players

Dear Markus, I know of no other such composition for the lute. There is a similar piece on folio 32v of the Trumbull Lute Book, but it is more or less the same as My Lord Chamberlain's Galliard. London, Additional MS 35155 is mentioned by Pohlmann as containing a lute duet by Dowland. I checked i

new pictures

Dear Arne, Martin is absolutely right. 1) In _The Schoole of Musicke_ (London, 1603) Thomas Robinson gives instructions on how to tune the lute. He begins with the 1st course, which, as far as he is concerned, clearly consists of two strings: "Now you shall learne to tune your Lute, and for a ge

one lute, two players

A good new year 2004 to all members of the lute list. I received a message from someone who is interested in knowing, if there are other compositions for one lute and two players than Dowlands "My Lord Chamberlain, His Galliard, an invention for two to play upon one lute." Does anyone know anot

Re: new pictures

Martin, Very nice looking lute! I seem to recall JD expressing a preference for 9 tied frets. Most luthiers nowadays seem to avoid this since somehow the classic proportions are a little stretched. Since I am also curious to see how 9 neck frets would work I wonder what your take on this is.

Re: new pictures

Dear Roman: I am just parroting what I have picked up from this forum. If I am wrong I apologize but I guess you have to consider the source of my information. Vance Wood - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" <[

Re: new pictures

Beautiful instrument, Martin. - Original Message - From: "Martin Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 7:17 AM Subject: new pictures > Dear All, > > I have just added pictures of a new 9c lute on www.luteshop.fsnet.co.uk/789c/9c.htm > > I

Re: new pictures

> The thing that surprises me about this issue is that Vihuelaist that have > posted to this list seem to play that instrument without the doubles first > course, when the historical evidence points to the fact that they were all > made with the doubled first. I thought there was no evidence whats

Re: new pictures

At 14:59 03-01-2004 -, Martin Shepherd wrote: " when lutenists decide to take another step towards historical stringing. Most of us, most of the time, conveniently overlook the fact that Thomas Robinson, John Dowland, and even Thomas Mace used a double first." Please pardon my ignorance, bu

Re: new pictures

At 02:59 PM 1/3/04 +, Martin Shepherd wrote: >This was English yew - so far I have not used Oregon yew but I am >interested to find a source of supply - can anyone help? For wood from the US's Pacific northwest, you should write to Bruce Harvie via .

Re: new pictures

Dear Martin: Thank you very much for your reply and input on the doubled first. I have been using this configuration for years and I love it. The doubled string gives the first course a delicate resonance you cannot duplicate with a single string. Personally I would not want a Lute strung any o

Re: new pictures

The cap strip seems a bit wide - was this your normal approach or requested by the customer? Robert - Original Message - From: "Martin Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 1:17 PM Subject: new pictures > Dear All, > > I have just added

Re: Gut Frets, a crazy idea

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Jon Murphy wrote: A modification, perhaps of interest to those who dislike tying fret knots: Cut the cable tie into three parts. Discard the middle third. Drill small holes in the proximate ends of the remaining two thirds (two holes, one in each of the thirds). Thread re

Re: new pictures

- Original Message - From: Vance Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: lute list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Martin Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 04 January 2004 16:26 Subject: Re: new pictures > Dear Martin: > > Very beautiful Lute. I notice that you have a doubled first course! I > thought I

Re: new pictures

Dear Martin: Very beautiful Lute. I notice that you have a doubled first course! I thought I was the only one crazy enough to use a Lute with this configuration. Personally I love the sound of the doubled first, it also helps to keep your technique honest. What kind of strings are you using on

new pictures

Dear All, I have just added pictures of a new 9c lute on www.luteshop.fsnet.co.uk/789c/9c.htm I hope you like them! Best wishes, Martin P.S. Please let me know if you have any trouble with the new piece of the month and archive - there have been a few problems already but none so far which I