[LUTE] Re: Universale

2008-11-25 Thread Anthony Hind
I recently ordered strong trebles from Mimmo Peruffo. The ones that Mimmo says are as strong as nylon. If I recall corectly, on a 60cm G lute they can stand being tuned up to higher C. They have not been available for the last year or so, but they are now back in stock. I have only had them on

[LUTE] Re: was something, now vinyl

2008-11-25 Thread David Tayler
At 01:43 PM 11/24/2008, you wrote: I love vinyl. Lasts forever, too. does not, degrades with every play. Depends on how, and if you play it. Shelf life is longer than CDs, most CDs start degrading after a few years. Does USB limit the bandwidth? Dont see any other reason for a

[LUTE] Re: Material for sight reading.

2008-11-25 Thread David Tayler
I play from the grand staff in Ness's edition, I first mark any differences to the tab, then cut and paste them--fewer page turns. The parts are very nicely realized in the transcription. dt At 06:39 PM 11/24/2008, you wrote: Hi, all, I just checked, and yes, Mr. Ness's old Francesco edition

[LUTE] Re: Universale

2008-11-25 Thread Martyn Hodgson
I had a long conversation with Mimmo at last week's exhibition in London. One of the things we discussed was strong trebles: he said (if I understood him right) that ALL these higher tensile gut strings are made by the same Italian manufacturer who sells them to various

[LUTE] ok...need some more help...

2008-11-25 Thread Omer katzir
For the past few weeks I'm trying to write,tabs. becuase I'm a mac user, i pretty much have nothing... I can use Finale 2009, Sibelius 5 or Guitar pro. but they all pretty much the same bad thing. I can run XP, but: Fronimo: Can't save (and don't have money to buy...) Django (same as above)

[LUTE] Re: Universale

2008-11-25 Thread Anthony Hind
I doubt whether Mimmo gets them from someone else. He had been waiting to find a particular type of gut, so as to be able to make these again; and if I understood correctly, this same gut would allow him to improve the very smallest loaded strings, below say, about D-10 on an 11c lute. I

[LUTE] Re: bosnische brad pitt

2008-11-25 Thread Roman Turovsky
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[LUTE] Re: bosnische brad pitt [Scanned]

2008-11-25 Thread Narada
Nah, A chubby Raymond Blanc or a tidy Russell Brand ;-) -Original Message- From: Roman Turovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 November 2008 14:36 To: Lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: bosnische brad pitt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8-RiLJa7Y RT To get on or off this list

[LUTE] Re: was something, now vinyl

2008-11-25 Thread Daniel Winheld
The best thing for cleaning some records- even alleviating small scratches- is Vick's Vaporub. Doesn't seem to work as well if the recorded music is post 18th century, however... so if it ain't Baroque, don't Vicks it. 5. If your records are chatty natty, they need to be cleaned.

[LUTE] Re: was something, now vinyl

2008-11-25 Thread corun
Daniel wrote: The best thing for cleaning some records- even alleviating small scratches- is Vick's Vaporub. Doesn't seem to work as well if the recorded music is post 18th century, however... so if it ain't Baroque, don't Vicks it. Ow, ow, ow! Enough Earth man, I'll tell you anything you

[LUTE] Re: Universale

2008-11-25 Thread Bruno Correia
I've just received this message from Universale, what about the prices in comparison with other string makers? --- - Thanks for the message.

[LUTE] Re: You Tube/Vimeo Question

2008-11-25 Thread Rob MacKillop
Try letting the video completely upload before clicking Play... Rob 2008/11/25 Steve Ramey [EMAIL PROTECTED] All, When I click on the links to You Tube and Vimeo lute videos provided in the posts (and all other posts on those sites, as well), they

[LUTE] Re: Material for sight reading.

2008-11-25 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Out of curiosity, all ye to read from this edition or Arthur himself, how do the grand staff versions handle octave basses? Thanks, Eugene At 03:29 AM 11/25/2008, David Tayler wrote: I play from the grand staff in Ness's edition, I first mark any differences to the tab, then cut and paste

[LUTE] Informal performing situations.

2008-11-25 Thread Herbert Ward
In the past year or two, steel-string acoustic guitarists have begun playing at night on the Univ of Texas campus, sitting on various steps and walls. Do we have any way to guess what our historical lutenist predecessors would have thought of performing so informally? To get on or off this

[LUTE] Re: Material for sight reading.

2008-11-25 Thread Christopher Stetson
Christopher Stetson 11/25/2008 5:59 PM Hi, Good question, Eugene. There is no indication of octave stringing in any staff notation that I know of, just the fundamental note. I never thought about it, since I played the tablature. I don't think, however, that the practice in and of itself

[LUTE] Re: Universale

2008-11-25 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Martyn and Daniel and all I think there may have been a lot of background noise during your conversation with Mimmo, and I think I have understood roughly the cause of the confusion. In fact, what Mimmo must have said was that one family of gut string makers was providing all

[LUTE] Re: Informal performing situations.

2008-11-25 Thread Christopher Stetson
I'm sure there will be better documented replies, but I think the many visual images of people playing music informally outdoors would indicate that, at least as an idea, they would have thought fairly highly of it. I suspect from my own personal anecdotal evidence, though, that the

[LUTE] Re: staff realization of tablature [was Material for sight reading]

2008-11-25 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Greetings Chris et al., I'm working from flawed memory here on an issue that is only somewhat related, so please forgive me if I'm only almost right. I seem to recall Strizich assumed reentrant tuning on 5-course guitar (the A course in a strings only without bourdon) and expected modern

[LUTE] Re: Informal performing situations.

2008-11-25 Thread Christopher Stetson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/25/2008 7:04 PM On Tue, Nov 25, 2008, Christopher Stetson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm sure there will be better documented replies wassermusik I suspect from my own personal anecdotal evidence, though, that the difficulties of dealing with weather Wind plays havoc

[LUTE] Re: Material for sight reading.

2008-11-25 Thread demery
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008, Christopher Stetson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Christopher Stetson 11/25/2008 5:59 PM Hi, Good question, Eugene. There is no indication of octave stringing in any staff notation that I know of, just the fundamental note. I would assume that the exclusion is simply

[LUTE] Cantio Ruthenica LXII

2008-11-25 Thread Roman Turovsky
http://www.torban.org/ruthenicae/images/228.pdf http://www.torban.org/ruthenicae/audio/228.mp3 Amitiés, RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Kartinki s vystavki

2008-11-25 Thread Silvius Leopold
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-1ck_smC9k fancy arrangemet ! i like the trills. -- References 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-1ck_smC9k To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: You Tube/Vimeo Question

2008-11-25 Thread Steve Ramey
Rob, I tried this with DT's Bach Dm prelude on You Tube. I think it may have helped a bit, but was not entirely successful. After I let it load and play once thru, I played it again, but found more stuttering. Thanks for the thoughts. Steve

[LUTE] Re: antio Ruthenica LXII

2008-11-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A very fascinating melody, Roman. A listened to it time and again. Thank you very much for it Paolo http://www.torban.org/ruthenicae/images/228.pdf http://www.torban.org/ruthenicae/audio/228.mp3 Amitiés, RT To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Le_luth] Cantio Ruthenica LXII

2008-11-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Une melodie merveilleuse, Roman, que j'ai ecoutéz beaucoup fois! Merci Roman Paolo http://www.torban.org/ruthenicae/images/228.pdf http://www.torban.org/ruthenicae/audio/228.mp3 Amitiés, RT Liens Yahoo! Groupes * Pour consulter votre groupe

[LUTE] Re: You Tube/Vimeo Question

2008-11-25 Thread Rob MacKillop
That's a pity, Steve. Does anyone else have this problem? Rob 2008/11/26 Steve Ramey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rob, I tried this with DT's Bach Dm prelude on You Tube. I think it may have helped a bit, but was not entirely successful. After I let it