Dear Daniël
I have build a Chitarrone of 14 courses and a stringlengh of 78cm and
160cm.
calculate what gauge should I use? What would be a good tension for a
Chitarrone.
Opinions differ on the required tension for diapassons, but for 160cm I'd
use something in the neigbourhood of 46N per
In a message dated 8/5/2006 9:33:08 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a gig coming, on
vihuela, and the weather here is so humid, decided to try nylgut on that
instrument, so I put those strings on last night. It sounds terrible in
nylgut, so I will re-apply
Kenneth
tune gut strung lutes with greater ease and more quickly than lutes
strung with
nylgut.
Yes, gut needs to be tuned perhaps more often than some synthetic strings,
but it is also easier and quicker to tune. My experience, too.
David
David van Ooijen
Dear Manollo,
I did not realize that the book was available in
translation. Paul Henry Lang was a much admired
musicologist and member of the music facuilty at
Columnbia University. His Music in Western Civilization
(1941) is his best known work. He also wrote a
pathfinding book on Handel, among
--- LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You are destroying an
essential element of the
character of your wonderful instrument. Furthermore,
you are denying
yourself and your audience the chance to devellop a
taste for what is an
essential ingredient of a good lute sound: gut
basses of
Dear Arthur,
thank you very much for your informed answer.
If I was expecting one opinion, it was precisely yours.
The URL you provide is also very good...
BTW, Arthur, let me ask you something I am often curious about: how did
you arrive to that thesis theme, Francesco Canova da Milano?
I
I, too, would love to hear how you arrived at your topic. As I have
mentioned before, I have been using your book happily since 1973!
Sandy
- Original Message -
From: Manolo Laguillo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Arthur Ness [EMAIL PROTECTED]; LUTELIST
lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sunday,
