[LUTE] Re: Help with LH fingering

2010-01-20 Thread Daniel Winheld
This is the fingering I sent to Leonard. Any thoughts, improvements? Is it clear? __ In the 4th measure, 2nd beat, prepare by fingering the c-a with the index finger, then the d-f with either index sliding up to "d" o

[LUTE] Re: Viola-Matic

2010-01-20 Thread Valéry Sauvage
Are they doing the "viola-matic-Forte" ? V. ;-) -Message d'origine- De : lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] De la part de Daniel F Heiman Envoyé : jeudi 21 janvier 2010 07:22 À : lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Objet : [LUTE] Viola-Matic Decidedly off-topic, but somethin

[LUTE] Viola-Matic

2010-01-20 Thread Daniel F Heiman
Decidedly off-topic, but something to think about for folks performing under less than ideal weather conditions. With a matched set of fluorocarbon strings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf2w2zMNvzE *This is a real playable musical instrument.* (Not quite as inexpensive as the tag line sugg

[LUTE] Help with LH fingering

2010-01-20 Thread Leonard Williams
I've been working on Capirola's "Baleto da balar bello". The middle section has some simple looking but tricky chord shifts which I've been trying in various ways to make a smooth transition. Any recommendations? The section is below in ascii tab (use a monospace font). The tricky palces are ma

[LUTE] Re: 1006842.pdf (application/pdf Object)

2010-01-20 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear Joachim, dear all, could you specify what is the facsimile about? Thank you, Luca Dr. Joachim Lüdtke on 19-01-2010 11:25 wrote: Dear Rainer, dear all, I have to ask everybody's pardon for the poor quality of the reproduction - I have digitalized a film, which itself had been copied

[LUTE] Re: Thumb rest stroke - 'lute stop' evidence

2010-01-20 Thread David Tayler
As far as renaissance goes, the Mueller harpsichord has many of the qualities of a lute, tone transposition and a crank that moves the plucking point closer to the bridge and closer to the center. I can imagine that most players would vary their plucking points, though some would prefer to stay

[LUTE] Re: Thumb rest stroke - 'lute stop' evidence

2010-01-20 Thread Andrew Gibbs
Agricola wrote: "... heard a 'Lautenclavicymbel' in Leipzig in about 1740, designed by Mr. Johann Sebastian Bach and made by Mr. Zacharias Hildebrand, which was smaller in size than a normal harpsichord but in all other respects similar. It had two choirs of gut strings, and a so-called little oct

[LUTE] Re: Thumb rest stroke - 'lute stop' evidence

2010-01-20 Thread chriswilke
Martyn, --- On Wed, 1/20/10, Martyn Hodgson wrote: >    Also note the 'lute stop' or 'theorbo > stop' on the harpsichord which >    was a row of jacks plucking closer to the > bridge than the main and >    gives a more brittle and brilliant > sound. > Yes. Also compelling are the contemp

[LUTE] Re: Where Arthur Ness?

2010-01-20 Thread peterd26
How nice to be remembered! Yes, I'm still here, lurking and watching far too many YouTube videos. Likewise glad to hear that Arthur is alive and well. We used to chat regularly. Peter In a message dated 1/19/10 1:36:15 AM, ceth...@gmail.com writes: I'm glad to hear that. By

[LUTE] Re: Thumb rest stroke - 'lute stop' evidence

2010-01-20 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Also note the 'lute stop' or 'theorbo stop' on the harpsichord which was a row of jacks plucking closer to the bridge than the main and gives a more brittle and brilliant sound. As you suggest the 'baroque' lute technique described by contemporary sources needs much more considera