Actually my viola has no varnish on its neck either - although its not
unheard of to have a varnished neck. One of the theories is that it
makes it easier to run up and down the neck if the wood is merely
polished not varnished.
It has also been suggested that violin makers, in copying old
Martyn
That was indeed the sort of argument I was looking for, but was not
capapble of putting forward. Let us now agree for the moment that
your interpretation of Dowland's words is correct. It seems to me
that further question ensue (I appologize in advance I I have got
this
Thanks, Sterling, I thought about that last night. I have to admit I
had never given this question of the lute's action much thought until
now. Yesterday, I said that Stephen Gottlieb adds the neck after he
has already glued the fingerboard (fretboard, or perhaps I should sy
fret veneer,
In my view, the introduction of added courses and lower tensions dictated the
much lower right hand position which enabled vigourous plucking without
excessive string rattle (ie the string vibrational envelope is flattened - not
so convex) rather than allowing smaller first frets (if this is
I am looking for someone to share a ride to the LSA Summer school. I
live just outside of New York City.
If you are interested, please email me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks
Bruce
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I wrote
My intabulation is written so that if you play it by an A-lute in
renaissance tuning, you get the original key of D-major. Or if you
just call your first string a, you may call the key of my arr D-major.. :-)
[...]
The midi versions assume a G-lute in renaissance tuning.
So the
On May 15, 2008, at 9:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By the way, is it known, in which pitch Vivaldi's orchestra was using?
The short answer is no. To answer the question, we'd have to be sure
where he was when he wrote it (he toured around a great deal) and
assume he intended the pitch
By the way, is it known, in which pitch Vivaldi's orchestra was using?
The short answer is no. To answer the question, we'd have to be sure
where he was when he wrote it (he toured around a great deal)
Search the archives. Last year (?) the collected wisdom answered my queries
about this
howard posner [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
On May 15, 2008, at 9:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By the way, is it known, in which pitch Vivaldi's orchestra was using?
The short answer is no. To answer the question, we'd have to be sure
where he was when he wrote it (he toured around a
At 12:55 PM 5/15/2008, howard posner wrote:
On May 15, 2008, at 9:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By the way, is it known, in which pitch Vivaldi's orchestra was using?
The short answer is no. To answer the question, we'd have to be sure
where he was when he wrote it (he toured around a great
Mathias,
--- Mathias Rösel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Orchestra is a little misleading, since it's
likely everything was
one player per part.
Which nevertheless qualifies as orchestra, no?
How so? I don't recall ever confusing a string
quartet with a small string orchestra sans
Hi,
I am new here, having been a lurker previously. Now I am ready to start
planning to build a lute.
My question - is knowing how to play the lute essential to being successful
in building? I have a musical background (7 years of sax and clarinet) and
am now studying music theory and
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