On May 3, 2006, at 9:08 PM, Stephen Arndt wrote:
> Dear Lute List,
>
> ...I would like to ask whether any other members of the lute list have
> experienced similar physical problems and, if so, how they solved
> them. I
> would be very appreciative of any help anyone could give me.
Okay, since
And of course I mis-typed the link, try:
http://www.triggerpointbook.com
Sorry for the clutter.
Eric
On May 3, 2006, at 8:09 PM, Eric Liefeld wrote:
> Dear Stephen,
>
> I was going to reply privately, but I'll broadcast here in the
> hope this can help others. I too suffer from a varie
Dear Stephen,
I was going to reply privately, but I'll broadcast here in the
hope this can help others. I too suffer from a variety of pain
issues in the neck and back, in my case likely caused by
playing the violin for many years from childhood (in the
modern school), and exacerbated by computer
This is a very important discussion. First and foremost, thank you,
Stewart, from Burwell's quote.
One's posture and demeanor are an important part of the performance, no
doubt. In terms of memorization, when I do it, I do it "from ear", rather
than "by eye". In other words, I can imagine th
Dear Lute List,
A long-time reader though infrequent contributor to this list, I was on the
verge of posting a related topic when Katherine initiated the thread on lute
straps, a thread that I have followed with great interest.
Primarily from using a computer keyboard and mouse, I had developed
That's a funny thing about the way different people's minds work. When I
memorize music I don't memorize the tablature I memorize the music. I could
no more remember a line of tab than fly, though I guess if I could visualize
the tab. memorization would be a lot easier.
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Dear Stewart and list,
The quote from the Burwell lute Book brings up another topic here:
performing lute music in concert by memory. I've read the argument
that tablature is difficult to memorize...who knows?
Do you prefer to have the tablature always in front of you?
Personally, I'm le
Dear Manolo and Katherine,
Mouton's coat certainly gives him the choice of several buttons to
hook his lute on.
One important factor not mentioned so far in this discusison, is how
people sat to play the lute. When this was discussed on the Italian
Lute Net in January 2004, I made the point that
I agree, Nick. I only suggested that there is some people playing in this
way, but obviously the strap is a piece of comfort not negligible and, for
the lute, essential. After read all the postings I'm completely convinced.
What about a thin tape of leather surrounding the top contour -glued- to
av
Playing the guitar like this is not so difficult if just strumming as the
waist of the guitar sits nicely on the right hip bone. I have used it myself
this way. However, the shape of the lute does not commend itself to this
method!
Nick
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From: Juan Fco. Prieto [mailto:[EM
David,
In fact this feature (ie two pins/pegs) has been pretty widely known for some
time and some plans even show them: eg. off the top of my head: Warwick Frei,
Paris CSNM E540 C516, V&A 1125 1869; these are all 17thC lutes or conversions
made in the 17thC.
Their use, or rather lac
Perhaps modern luthiers don't attach these pegs
because they don't work so well with modern clothing?
I haven't tried it, but I guess that the usefulness
and comfort of hanging a lute off your button will be
strongly dependant on your clothes. For much of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries mo
> You might want to add Jauch/Brunner type of swan-neck as well,
> otherwise the operation has to be repeated twice with different
> lengths for the basses. RT
You can adjust each string length seperately in the results, so you do not
need to do two calculations and merge them together.
I fear t
Question: Wouldn't hanging your lute from a button
scratch the heck out of the back of your instrument?
Even if it doesn't move around alot, I would think the
finish at the contact point would get very worn.
Chris
--- Ed Durbrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My roommate in Basel had one his
We all have our favorite ways of supporting the lute while we play,
but this particular strap/loop method requires an addition to the
construction of the lute: a second strap peg fitted near the base of
the neck where the neck meets the body.
I've never seen a lute actually from the 16th or
Dear Martyn,
Very interesting what you say about the Stautinger gallichon.
Whether or not the gut was from the 18th century is not so
important. The main thing is that gut was tied to the buttons of the
instrument at some stage. It's not a decorative feature, so it must
have been put there for a p
Dear Luca,
Katherine has now supplied the reference:
Robert Spencer 'How to Hold a Lute: Historical
Evidence from Paintings', Early Music, Vol. 3, No. 4.
(Oct., 1975), pp. 352-354.
In the following issue of _Early Music_ they published a follow-up
letter on p. 235. To save you looking it up, it
My roommate in Basel had one his ren lute. I didn't like it much
because the lute flops around that one point. I think he used
something lie a saxophone neck strap since we normally didn't wear
leather doublets with buttons. There is a painting somewhere that
shows this on the back of a lut
You might want to add Jauch/Brunner type of swan-neck as well, otherwise the
operation has to be repeated twice with different lengths for the basses.
RT
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From: "Benjamin Stehr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 7:59 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Update: new
Hi,
some time ago i posted the link to my string calculation programm
http://www.resoldo-milare.de/calc.htm or to go directly to the programm:
http://calc.lauten.com/en/strcal_en.htm).
So far, i did not get many requests for features that should be added or
modified, but the following things have
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