[LUTE] Re: Baroque Lute Fingering (Vallet)

2014-02-16 Thread Nancy Carlin
The LSA has actually publishe 2 articles on Vallet recently - the one by Laudon Schuett mentioned below and "The Brief Discours" of Nicolas Vallet, from the Secret of the Muses 1615-1618" by Michael Stover - LSA Quarterly Spring 2012. If any of you non-LSA membersd would like a copy email me.

[LUTE] Re: a new prof in Munich

2014-02-16 Thread Mathias Rösel
Hooray!!! M. > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of > Bernd Haegemann > Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 7:51 PM > To: lute list > Subject: [LUTE] a new prof in Munich > > > > > > Dear all, > Evangelina Mascard

[LUTE] Re: Using my string calculators (answer to Leonard)

2014-02-16 Thread David Smith
The other option is to create an excel spreadsheet with all the calculations in it and just use that. This is what I have done since I want to keep the results of the calculations around as well. Not too complicated. The biggest issue is having good numbers for the material density - which Arto has

[LUTE] Re: Baroque Lute Fingering (Vallet)

2014-02-16 Thread adS
On 16.02.2014 20:43, Christopher Wilke wrote: There was another article about Vallet's fingerings by Laudon Schuett published in the LSA Quarterly not so long ago. He reaches essentially the same conclusions as Sandman that Vallet chose fingerings primarily for their musical effect. I'm curio

[LUTE] Re: Baroque Lute Fingering (Vallet)

2014-02-16 Thread Christopher Wilke
Ralf, Found where the article was published - in Performance Practice Review. According to the website, "Performance Practice Review (PPR) is a blind, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of Western musical performance practices. It is not confined to any historical period. Originally

[LUTE] Re: Baroque Lute Fingering (Vallet)

2014-02-16 Thread Christopher Wilke
There was another article about Vallet's fingerings by Laudon Schuett published in the LSA Quarterly not so long ago. He reaches essentially the same conclusions as Sandman that Vallet chose fingerings primarily for their musical effect. I'm curious about the origin of this article as well. On

[LUTE] Using my string calculators (answer to Leonard)

2014-02-16 Thread Arto Wikla
Hi lutenists, Leonard Williams asked about security problems in using my "New String Calculator" in his updated Mac. Because his domain seems to reject posts from Helsinki University domain, here is my answer, which perhaps interests also others: I cannot name any specific reason for your pr

[LUTE] test

2014-02-16 Thread Leonard Williams
“test” ‘OK’? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] a new prof in Munich

2014-02-16 Thread Bernd Haegemann
Dear all, Evangelina Mascardi will start teaching at the Hochschule fuer Musik und Theater Muenchen from october. So, oil your fingertips, brush up your Bavarian and apply until 31 march. www.musikhochschule-muenchen.de Historische Auffuehrungspraxis Congratulations

[LUTE] Frets again: tips?

2014-02-16 Thread Leonard Williams
I hate tying frets, but the shims got to be too much and too many, so it was time. I only did 1-5, since they get the most wear, and the others were still tight. I don¹t like wasting fret gut, but it¹s doubly wasted if a piece is cut too short to get a grip on it. I used the old

[LUTE] Re: petition for instrument museum in Nice

2014-02-16 Thread AJN
From: AJN Date: Feb 15, 2014 4:01:24 PM Subject: FW: petition for instrument museum in Nice To: am...@listserv.unl.edu This petition deserves our attention. Some of you have expressed interest in some of the instruments in this magnificent collection. The Musee du Palais Lesc

[LUTE] Re: Baroque Lute Fingering (Vallet)

2014-02-16 Thread R. Mattes
On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 12:15:23 +0100, adS wrote > Dear lute-netters, > > has anybody out there read this article? Only after you posted this link - thanks for doing so. > http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1112&context=ppr > > I wonder what others think about it. Hmm - in

[LUTE] Baroque Lute Fingering (Vallet)

2014-02-16 Thread adS
Dear lute-netters, has anybody out there read this article? http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1112&context=ppr I wonder what others think about it. Rainer adS To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.htm