Hi Steve,
perhaps my "inventory", "The Lute Book of Jollas" could be useful? There
are about 85 baroque lute pieces - mainly in facsimile form - to me the
original writing gives some extra enjoyment.
There is also some music specifically to 10-course baroque lute there; see
Bouvier and Pierre G
All,
OK, so with all this talk of baroque lute being somewhat easy to play,
I need to do something useful with my 10C baroque lute, once I get a
proper set of strings for D minor tuning. Does anyone have any
recommendations for easy pieces with which to begin-- something easily
I think it was last year at the seminar in Cleveland that Andy Rutherford had
what he called his 'Mace' lute. It was a very charming 12 course lute based on
what Mace describes and also on half of the dyophone(sp?) lute shown in Mace's
book.
--Sterling
- Original Message
From: "math
May I say that I've learned a lot from Thomas Mace's book as regards French
and English music of nthe 1620ies through 1670ies. And I particularly enjoyed
his music which I perceived as a blend of French texture and English folk tunes.
His tuning allows you to play all of that sophisticated
Thanks Chris and Tom...(and everyone else who chimed in...!)
Very good information!
Best regards,
Brent
- Original Message
From: Christopher Stetson
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tue, July 19, 2011 12:27:40 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace
Agreed, Thomas, and ditto, IMO, for Molinaro
Hey all,
Interesting discussion. I have to say, I'm with Sterling & Roman et al
on this one. I started on renaissance lute (actually, guitar before
that), and D minor baroque lute is still a secondary instrument for me.
But if you can find the basses (most of us can with some pati
Not lute-specific but Donna has raised some questions about Spotify as
they initiate service in the US this week.
[1]http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/spotify/#comment-106
Ron & Donna
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References
1. http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/spotify/#comment-106
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