Hello John:
It's good to hear from you. There is evidence, often overlooked with our
collective need to create and adhere to broad historical categories, that lutes
with more than six courses were used in the early 16th century. A very good
reference, that I have mentioned previously on thi
Dear Rob, John and Martin
Martin Shepherd says "The music often suggests octaves when a
cadence is resolved at the "wrong" octave, or a scale passage jumps
octave for no apparent reason,
or a note which is needed for correct voice leading or point of
imitation is apparently missing but sup
Greetings Lute People,
I have written to this group a few times concerning my efforts to resurrect a
lute that had been in the closet for many years (no pun intended!). In any
case I am having string breakage problems trying to tune up to A440, with the
7 courses on D-G-C-F-A-D-G. In particular, in
Dear Anthony and All,
Just a couple of things to add:
One of my examples from Cutting (not in the message you quote, I think)
is the Pavan "Sans per" and its galliard, which makes extensive use of a
7th at D but only makes sense with an octave on the 4th course. This
suggests he had good eno
Thanks, Martin for that very helpful "mise au point". Are there any
paintings in which we can see clearly a 7c with the 4th with Octave?
I am not questioning that this existed, but just thinking that it
would give another piece of evidence. In the Caravaggio painting the
lute seems too obli
On 5/24/2008, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I remember reading in some message here about on-line calculators, but looking
> over my saved messages I can't seem to find that one.
Couple of my calculators:
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Calcs/wwwscalc.html
http://ww
I note with interest that Arto's calculator allows us to work out the
stringing for a 10m theorbo - what shall we say for the fingerboard
strings, only 5m? How many lute players does it take to play a Finnish
theorbo?
Martin
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On 5/24/2008, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAI
Our Finnish theorbo is used with loud instruments and outdoors. It takes one to
pluck and four on a ladder to work on the fingerboard.
Timo ;-)
Lähettäjä: Martin Shepherd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lähetetty: la 24.5.2008 16:52
Vastaanottaja: lute@cs.dartmouth.
Oh you mean like an Alpenhorn? Just don't try playing "the flight of
the bumblebee" on it...
Martin
Peedu Timo wrote:
Our Finnish theorbo is used with loud instruments and outdoors. It takes one to pluck and four on a ladder to work on the fingerboard.
Timo ;-)
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Stricktly reindeer gut strung, in 1/2 comma Lappi temperament.
RT
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From: "Peedu Timo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Martin Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:07 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Choosing Strings
Our Finnish theorbo is used with loud i
On May 24, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote:
> I note with interest that Arto's calculator allows us to work out
> the stringing for a 10m theorbo - what shall we say for the
> fingerboard strings, only 5m?
Anything shorter than 3 meters is a toy theorbo anyway.
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On 5/24/2008, "Martin Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I note with interest that Arto's calculator allows us to work out the
> stringing for a 10m theorbo - what shall we say for the fingerboard
> strings, only 5m? How many lute players does it take to play a Finnish
> theorbo?
Well, you c
Don't say that too loudly. You'll fall prey to Stephen Barber's wrath.
Ask Martyn!
On 24.05.2008, at 16:25, howard posner wrote:
On May 24, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote:
I note with interest that Arto's calculator allows us to work out
the stringing for a 10m theorbo - what shal
On May 24, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Gernot Hilger wrote:
> Don't say that too loudly. You'll fall prey to Stephen Barber's
> wrath. Ask Martyn!
I'm far more likely to fall prey to Martyn's wrath.
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