[LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight [was Re: A=392]

2011-12-02 Thread Ed Durbrow
On Dec 3, 2011, at 8:38 AM, A. J. Ness wrote: I've witnessed Daniel Heartz, a piano virtuoso, when he ripped through a lute tablature at tempo. I'm reminded of one of my favorite professors back in college. I had just taken up the lute and was so taken with Francesco's La Camp

[LUTE] From printed page to performance: C. Hogwood, E. Kirkby, J. Lindberg

2011-12-02 Thread Luca Manassero
In case you missed it: [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=072CUf3b1_A Luca References 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=072CUf3b1_A To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE-BUILDER] 6c vs 7c style

2011-12-02 Thread William Samson
I have a 7c lute after Venere, complete with fingerboard stings and stings at the ends of the bridge. I'm nowadays finding the neck too narrow for me and am considering changing it to 6 courses by replacing the nut and re-drilling the bridge and possibly shortening the head to remove

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Neck veneer inlay

2011-12-02 Thread Paul Daverman
Thank you much for the suggestions! -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Hartig Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 12:12 PM To: lute-buil...@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Neck veneer inlay I don't know i

[LUTE] Roman and equal temperament

2011-12-02 Thread wikla
Dear Roman and all, is there really any experienced lute player, who does not correct his/her intonation towards pure while playing? It is easier to the viola da gamba players, of course, but very possible to us lutenists, too! Even if you do not want to set your frets to non ET, you can easily sh

[LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight

2011-12-02 Thread David van Ooijen
> And also a red cloak, as you know of the community's unease of accepting ET. > If a meantone maven starts bragging about his transposition prowess.. That must be me: transposing Dowland's In darkness let me dwell a half tone (down of course, for added interest) from tablatu

[LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight

2011-12-02 Thread howard posner
On Dec 2, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote: > you know of the community's unease of accepting ET. We're more accepting of it than Dowland was. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight

2011-12-02 Thread Roman Turovsky
From: "Stewart McCoy" Transposing tablature at sight, or playing a keyboard instrument while reading tablature, are not impossible. I find the first tricky, and the second remarkably easy, as long as the tablature is French. It all depends on how you learned the lute in the first place. If you s

[LUTE] Transposing lute tablature on sight

2011-12-02 Thread Stewart McCoy
Transposing tablature at sight, or playing a keyboard instrument while reading tablature, are not impossible. I find the first tricky, and the second remarkably easy, as long as the tablature is French. It all depends on how you learned the lute in the first place. If you started with tablature, yo

[LUTE] Re: Chornobyl Songs December 2nd 7pm Ukrainian Museum NYC

2011-12-02 Thread Roman Turovsky
It has no current relevance, this culture is basically extinct. It has perpetual relevance, but - as all music, it is olny relevant when it is performed. RT - Original Message - From: "David van Ooijen" To: "Lutelist" Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 3:23 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Chorn

[LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight [was Re: A=392]

2011-12-02 Thread Roman Turovsky
From: "Christopher Wilke" Roman, --- On Fri, 12/2/11, Roman Turovsky wrote: The idea of instant transposition on an instrument PRECLUDES meantone temperaments, for starters. The affective quality of a piece was in part dependent on the key. Each key had its own "flavor" imparted by the fact

[LUTE] Re: Chornobyl Songs December 2nd 7pm Ukrainian Museum NYC

2011-12-02 Thread Roman Turovsky
No, just not good enough for that yet. I did attend the seminar Yefremov had 2 weeks ago, and it was great. There will be videos, on the Center for Traditional Music and Dance channel. RT - Original Message - From: "David van Ooijen" To: "Lutelist" Sent: Friday, December 02,

[LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight [was Re: A=392]

2011-12-02 Thread Christopher Wilke
Roman, --- On Fri, 12/2/11, Roman Turovsky wrote: > The idea of instant transposition on > an instrument PRECLUDES meantone > temperaments, for starters. The affective quality of a piece was in part dependent on the key. Each key had its own "flavor" imparted by the fact that the semi-tones w

[LUTE] Re: Chornobyl Songs December 2nd 7pm Ukrainian Museum NYC

2011-12-02 Thread David van Ooijen
Wow, that's something! Wish I could be there. Heard a BBC-World documentary on wild-life in the Tsjernobyl (as we spell it in our neck of the world) region some time ago, and that was fascinating. Will you be performing too? David On 2 December 2011 20:33, Roman Turovsky wrote: > 2011 marks the

[LUTE] Re: Chornobyl Songs December 2nd 7pm Ukrainian Museum NYC

2011-12-02 Thread Roman Turovsky
And also - Cantio Sarmatoruthenica XXII http://www.torban.org/sarmatoruthenicae/images/325.pdf performed by Richard Benecchi here - http://torban.org/radio/richard/benecchiCSR22jck.mp3 is from the same region, less than 100 miles east of my ancestral village. RT This is an example of that region

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Male alto in Lute songs? was Transposing lute tablature on sight

2011-12-02 Thread howard posner
On Dec 2, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: > And speaking of such truly accomplished singers as Karamazov: > He tends to have 4-6 archlutes on hand, for various minute instant > adjustments of performance. I guess that works if you have a large car and are very generous in tipping bagg

[LUTE] Re: Chornobyl Songs December 2nd 7pm Ukrainian Museum NYC

2011-12-02 Thread Roman Turovsky
This is an example of that regional polyphonic style - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lODHbXHMtuI RT 2011 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Chornobyl Disaster that irrevocably ransformed the ecological and social dimensions of life in the Ukrainian and Belarusian regions now known as the "

[LUTE] Re: Chornobyl Songs December 2nd 7pm Ukrainian Museum NYC

2011-12-02 Thread Roman Turovsky
2011 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Chornobyl Disaster that irrevocably ransformed the ecological and social dimensions of life in the Ukrainian and Belarusian regions now known as the "Chornobyl Zone." Since 1986, the traditional communities of the Chornobyl zone have been largely dispersed a

[LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight [was Re: A=392]

2011-12-02 Thread Roman Turovsky
The idea of instant transposition on an instrument PRECLUDES meantone temperaments, for starters. It would only possible in EqualT. in a hypothetical situation that a given transposition causes no hideously hard fingerings. Say, your singer decides to transpose down a semitone from C-major. All yo

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight [was Re: A=392]

2011-12-02 Thread Roman Turovsky
Howard, think a little - transposition is precluded by temperament. RT - Original Message - From: "howard posner" To: "Baroque lute Dmth" Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 10:21 AM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight [was Re: A=392] On Dec 2, 2011, a

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight [was Re: A=392]

2011-12-02 Thread howard posner
On Dec 2, 2011, at 12:29 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > Have you anything constructive to add to the exchange? No; once you've told us that transposition is unnecessary because almost half the singers who'd want to sing the music can do it without transposition, you've said it all. -- To get on

[LUTE] Re: accords nouveaux

2011-12-02 Thread Roland Hayes
Wow, thank you. r -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Rob MacKillop Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 5:38 PM To: Lex van Sante Cc: lute mailing list list Subject: [LUTE] Re: accords nouveaux Temporary link for Panmure 4 h