[LUTE] Re: Amps or no amps

2007-10-10 Thread Anthony Hind
Chris, what you say about learning to perform in a way suitable for varying contexts, I agree with entirely; and aso with what David replies to you How does one amplify the subtleties of lute playing?. Nevertheless, I am serious when I say that lutes are among the most difficult

[LUTE] Re: reader

2007-10-10 Thread Anthony Hind
Also, it doesn't appear to work for MAC, or am I wrong there? Anthony Le 10 oct. 07 à 12:50, Henk Pakker a écrit : Hello all, I have sent this earlier, but do not see it posted, so again: This reader could be of use for this and other forums? http://www.snapfiles.com/get/wfreaderlite.html

[LUTE] Re: reader

2007-10-10 Thread Taco Walstra
On Wednesday 10 October 2007 14:34, Anthony Hind rattled on the keyboard: Also, it doesn't appear to work for MAC, or am I wrong there? Anthony No, it's intended for people still using this stupid microsoft outlook which has not the capabilities of a modern client application which combines

[LUTE] Re: reader

2007-10-10 Thread Henk Pakker
No I don't think so: Version: 1.01 for Windows 98/ME/2000/NT/XP/2003 and Vista Henk - Original Message - From: Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Henk Pakker [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] reader Also,

[LUTE] Re: Amps or no amps

2007-10-10 Thread Anton Birula
Dear Lutenists, This discussion comes right in time:) I am absolutely not a soft player, but to be honest I am already putting money aside to buy a good emplification system which can be used in concerts and especially vor theorbo in big groups with modern instruments. It is absolutely sad to

[LUTE] Re: Amps or no amps

2007-10-10 Thread Anton Birula
sorry my writing got twisted letters missing etc... something with comp fonts --- Anton Birula [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Lutenists, This discussion comes right in time:) I am absolutely not a soft player, but to be honest I am already putting money aside to buy a good

[LUTE] Re: Amps or no amps

2007-10-10 Thread Ron Andrico
Dear Anton: I have not contributed much to this thread but I will say that I am in complete sympathy with you. There is nothing quite like the unaltered sound of the lute. I actually believe that requiring an audience to shut out all internal and external noise and focusing on the delicate

[LUTE] Re: reader

2007-10-10 Thread Ray Brohinsky
One pretty good solution is to not use Microsoft Outlook. It is not-for-nothing that we call it LookOut!! around here. And under no circumstances other than that you like to see crashes and system degradation should you consider using Outlook Express. ray On 10/10/07, Henk Pakker [EMAIL

[LUTE] Re: Amps or no amps

2007-10-10 Thread Guy Smith
Another useful trick that I learned from Tom is to stay close to your speaker (line of sight from the audience is the key factor, not the actual distance). Otherwise, you have sound coming from two distinct sources, and the use of amplification is going to be obvious and distracting.

[LUTE] Re: Amps or no amps

2007-10-10 Thread Ron Fletcher
I must have just missed the previous message and was shocked by this message from Anthony... Well you are closer to the reality than you can possibly imagine. The thing is more than alive, and is growing daily. Could it be considered a target for immediate obliteration. Is this lute

[LUTE] Re: Amps or no amps

2007-10-10 Thread Guy Smith
Two important points: Don't panic. 42 Guy -Original Message- From: Ron Fletcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:19 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Amps or no amps I must have just missed the previous message and was shocked by this

[LUTE] Re: Amps or no amps

2007-10-10 Thread Andrew Gibbs
42 is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything (according to the supercomputer in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) - but what's the question... Andrew On 10 Oct 2007, at 19:12, Ron Fletcher wrote: P-p-p-panic? And what is 42? ... 1) The number of previous

[LUTE] Re: Amps or no amps

2007-10-10 Thread Guy Smith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy -Original Message- From: Andrew Gibbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:22 AM To: Ron Fletcher Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Amps or no amps 42 is the answer to Life, the

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Weiss Sonata 46 in A Major

2007-10-10 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Dear Markus, Mathias, and Arthur, Thanks so much for your information - even if it only confirms that I can get no closer to a legible version of this sonata from the Dresden ms! That said, I shall certainly be checking up on this in Neeman, which is how I assume Bob was ultimately able to do

[LUTE] Re: The capo in period

2007-10-10 Thread Greet Schamp
the cister certainly used capo, see the holes in the fingerboard in many historical instruments like the Tribschen museum in Luzerne (CH). Greet -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Craig Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: woensdag 10 oktober 2007 22:17 Aan: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: Amps longbows natural springs

2007-10-10 Thread Anthony Hind
Ron Never fear, all is almost under control, and although not immediately lute related (and slightly off topic, but see below), just like the military yew-wood for bows turned into lutes, these resonance-inert military quality components: American, English, French and Russian, military

[LUTE] Re: The capo in period

2007-10-10 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 04:17 PM 10/10/2007, Craig Allen wrote: I don't recall if this has been discussed here before, but is there any evidence that the capo was ever used on lutes in period. I was discussing differently tuned instruments with someone and mentioned how easy it is with a guitar to play different