[LUTE] Re: 18th German cittern tuning

2008-09-27 Thread Stuart Walsh
Last time this went to the lute list. Wayne, this message( and the previous one) is clearly, definitely, explicitly Cc'd to the cittern list. Hello citternophiles, There is a book of chorales in tablature from c.1750 in the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem PA, that may be for

[LUTE] Re: Eustache de Caurroy

2008-09-27 Thread Ron Andrico
Dear Ray: I have performed these fantasias in the combination of lute, harp and bass viol. I think I just shared two or more voices with the harp and gave the viol the more active line. No intabulations though. Best wishes, Ron Andrico [1]www.mignarda.com Date: Fri,

[LUTE] Re: The Learned Guitarist...

2008-09-27 Thread Roman Turovsky
Beats me RT From: Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] What's not 'serious' about folk music? Rob 2008/9/26 Michael Gillespie [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was wondering... when (with who) did study of the early guitar become more serious. Sanz used spanish folk melodies where as

[LUTE] Re: Eustache de Caurroy

2008-09-27 Thread Greet Schamp
Hello Ray, Is it this? Greet (who's also supposed to play this too with a vocal ensemble next november and has a Adriaenssen setting in G (Pratum Musicum 1984 f.88) with diminutions and also Valerius in F) -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: William Brohinsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[LUTE] Re: Lute sound

2008-09-27 Thread David Tayler
Hundreds of 16th c sources show playing over or just behind the sound hole. The situation thus reflects layers of diversity in technique: just as there was thumb middle in addition to over under, there are clearly players who played close to the bridge, near the bridge, halfway to the sound

[LUTE] Re: Microphone [Scanned]

2008-09-27 Thread David Tayler
I think one can basically assume that EIN (noise) figures, which must be known to the designers, are not published because they are too low. If they were even fair to middling, they would be on the box. From a practical point of view, the difference in noise equates to about $20 per channel,

[LUTE] Re: breathing

2008-09-27 Thread Mathias Rösel
damian dlugolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Regular breathing is essential to maintaining composure while playing; but I wonder if some of you might think about breathing in more detail when learning a piece. Do you breathe differently when playing a Courante than an un-measured prelude?

[LUTE] a report of the trip of the swiss lute players to the ticino

2008-09-27 Thread Thomas Schall
Hi all, if you should be interested you will find a small report with many pictures about the trip of the swiss lute players to the Ticino on [1]http://apps.new.facebook.com/wildfire_slates/6118840 35?tablet_id=48362mode=0 If this report should raise interest to join us -

[LUTE] Re: Lute sound

2008-09-27 Thread howard posner
On Sep 27, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Mathias Rösel wrote: Once you put the lute into a broader frame of 16th century ensemble, one might argue that there _was_ kinda ideal sound. On my way through the museum of musical instruments in Vienna, I learned that in the 16th century it was Spaltklang.

[LUTE] Re: Lute Makeover, Part II

2008-09-27 Thread Steve Bryson
Congratulations, Steve, on your new lute. Mel did a similar job for me, turning a 70's vintage Aria lute into a wonderfully playable instrument. I didn't know about Mel's photo stream, and was surprised to find a picture of the guts of my lute there as well. Thanks for the