[LUTE] the latest lute lives and breathes

2015-05-18 Thread Martin Shepherd
Hi All, Just to let you know that you can see and hear the latest product at http://www.luteshop.co.uk/Latest_work.html M --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] S.L.Weiss, Prelude WeissSW 33.1

2015-05-18 Thread dc
I'm trying to make rhythmical sense of this prelude (WeissSW 33.1) This site: http://mss.slweiss.de/index.php?id=1type=msms=D-Dl2841-1lang=deushowmss=1 gives a quarter note at the beginning of the tablature And here there is no rhythmical value:

[LUTE] Re: string tension

2015-05-18 Thread Jarosław Lipski
+1! Another factor is old strings elasticity. It was discussed many times before, but non of the arguments seem to be conclusive. Were old strings so elastic that tying them in bundles did not affect gut structure? I don’t know. Anyway this is what Aquilla site says: n 16th and 17th Century

[LUTE] Gut string diameters

2015-05-18 Thread Sean Smith
In buying and using our lute strings we place an awful lot of faith in our micrometers. I see people changing strings for going up or down a tone or even a semitone. Yes, I think I can feel the tension change and hear it to some degree but we're often talking a difference of microns in string

[LUTE] Re: Gut string diameters

2015-05-18 Thread Martin Shepherd
Hi Sean, Your friend was right - if you're going to make a homemade roped string (3 strands) the second course is what you use to make a 5th course and the 3rd is what you use to make a 6th course, but I don't think anybody did this in the 16th century. My suspicion is that they bought a

[LUTE] Re: Gut string diameters

2015-05-18 Thread Lex van Sante
Hi all, This contraption was said to be invented by the 19th century violinist and composer Louis Spohr. But you could be right in that it was already in existence and Spohr made it famous. Lex Op 18 mei 2015, om 22:26 heeft Miles Dempster het volgende geschreven: Hi Sean, A 'V' shaped

[LUTE] Re: Gut string diameters

2015-05-18 Thread Sean Smith
Thanks, Martin. The idea that in a bundle you'll have an average and outliers makes sense. ...if you're going to make a homemade roped string (3 strands) the second course is what you use to make a 5th course and the 3rd is what you use to make a 6th course, but I don't think anybody did

[LUTE] dedillo

2015-05-18 Thread Robert Barto
[1]https://youtu.be/Cn6fmQXP2Pc Here is a first attempt at dedillo with one of the Milan Fantasies. __ [2]Avast logo Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprueft. [3]www.avast.com --

[LUTE] Re: Gut string diameters

2015-05-18 Thread Martin Shepherd
Sorry, meant to send this to the list as well. Forwarded Message Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Gut string diameters Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 22:31:19 +0200 From: Martin Shepherd [1]mar...@luteshop.co.uk To: Sean Smith [2]lutesm...@mac.com I think

[LUTE] Re: Gut string diameters

2015-05-18 Thread Miles Dempster
Hi Sean, A 'V' shaped notch formed by two straight edges set at a small angle to eachother can measure small thicknesses very accurately. The thickness of the string is measured by how far you can put the string into the notch. It wouldn't surprise me if something like this could have used.

[LUTE] Re: dedillo

2015-05-18 Thread Dan Winheld
Very convincing. Just very good, period. Better than I could ever do dedillo. Can you tell us about your vihuela- or whatever your instrument is? Dan On 5/18/2015 2:18 PM, Robert Barto wrote: [1]https://youtu.be/Cn6fmQXP2Pc Here is a first attempt at dedillo with one of the Milan