[LUTE] Re: Saturday quotes - Lutes and guitars to accompany dance

2013-06-16 Thread Bernd Haegemann
Depure's book makes quite a reading, especially if one is interested in the theory of royal spectacles as artificial sea battles accompanied by fireworks and parachuting penguins. You can download it here http://books.google.be/books?id=MOJspb_BxekCprintsec=frontcoverhl=de#v=onepageqf=false

[LUTE] new Nylgut strings

2013-06-16 Thread David Morales
Sorry for starting a new thread, first of all, i have just joined the list so i can't reply to the original thread about nylgut strings. For all of you who don't know me, i'm the owner of Cuerdas Pulsadas ([1]www.cuerdaspulsadas.com) and we had this issue about 10 months ago

[LUTE] From a Beginner...

2013-06-16 Thread Steve Acklin
Greetings, In my retirement, I’m teaching myself renaissance lute. It’s something I’ve loved all my life. I am a bassoonist for over 40 years, so have an idea of what would be of help now, and that is lots of elementary music, including fingering, for practice. The Lundgren book has been