[LUTE] Re: Piccinini

2015-09-02 Thread Martin Shepherd
Yes - the same is true of Kapsberger, some pieces require fewer courses. I suppose these collections of pieces were often made over a period of time, and by the time they were published some of them were, as Dowland says of the songs in his first book, "ripe enough by their age". If I remembe

[LUTE] Re: Piccinini

2015-09-02 Thread jean-michel Catherinot
...and Kapsberger an exact contemporary of Ennemond Gautier Le Mercredi 2 septembre 2015 9h16, Martin Shepherd a A(c)crit : Yes - the same is true of Kapsberger, some pieces require fewer courses. I suppose these collections of pieces were often made over a period of time,

[LUTE] Re: Piccinini

2015-09-02 Thread Andreas Schlegel
Old lutes are most usually a puzzle of parts of different times. Exactly the same, if you have a close look on the books of Piccinnini and Kapsberger: They published pieces for different instruments (perhaps, but not certainly written in different times) for people with different instruments at

[LUTE] Thesaurus Harmonicus Minkoff

2015-09-02 Thread guitarandlute
Hi List I have a copy of the original Thesaurus Harmonicus from Minkoff Reprint I bought at least 40 years ago. I'm thinking of putting it up for sale but I'm not sure of what price to ask, I don't see any available out there. Thanks Allan To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] Re: Thesaurus Harmonicus Minkoff

2015-09-02 Thread jo.lued...@t-online.de
Dear Allan, dear list, Minkoff reprints have been made available again a few years ago after their remaining stock (including the facsimile of the Thesaurus Harmonicus by Besard) was discovered in Basel. These news seem not to have made it around to everyone, so a few words may be ok here. For

[LUTE] Re: Piccinini

2015-09-02 Thread Sterling Price
There is also the possibility that lutes with more courses can still be used for music that requires less. I doubt that piccinini played his passacaglia only on a seven course lute just because the music doesn't need more. On that note-- I think the liuto attorbato is perhaps the most versatile

[LUTE] Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread John Mardinly
OK, now for something completely different: I have a 13 year old daughter who is into Taylor Swift. Big time. I told her I would play some Taylor Swift songs on the lute. Do any arrangements exist, or is this something I am going to have to do myself? A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E.

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread David van Ooijen
Haha! Look for MeesterDavidGitaar on YouTube ( that's me in my other life, one of my other lives). I did several Taylor Swift covers/arrangements. I think Never Grow Up would lend itself well to lute. Safe and Sound too. Ask your daughter which one she likes best and I'll see what I

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread r . turovsky
My 15year-olds are into Tom Waits and KCrimson, so I have a couple of songs done up for 13course. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 2, 2015, at 2:53 PM, John Mardinly wrote: > > OK, now for something completely different: I have a 13 year old > daughter who is into Taylor Swift. Big time. I to

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread Mayes, Joseph
My daughter is into "Journey." Is there a renaissance guitar version of "Juke Box Hero" out there? Joseph On 9/2/15 3:25 PM, "David van Ooijen" wrote: >Haha! Look for MeesterDavidGitaar on YouTube ( that's me in my other >life, one of my other lives). I did several Taylor Swift >co

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread Braig, Eugene
Sorry, Joe. That's Foreigner. Eugene From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of Mayes, Joseph [ma...@rowan.edu] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 4:57 PM To: David van Ooijen; John Mardinly Cc: lute list Subject: [LUTE] Re

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread Mayes, Joseph
Dough!!! On 9/2/15 5:51 PM, "Braig, Eugene" wrote: > Sorry, Joe. That's Foreigner. > > Eugene > > > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of > Mayes, Joseph [ma...@rowan.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 4:57 P

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread Sean Smith
Here’s a start, Joe: http://www.ukulele-tabs.com/uke-songs/foreigner/juke-box-hero-uke-tab-40847.html Now if you lute players would just tune your lutes like ukes you’d have all the modern music you need and then some. Sean On Sep 2, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Mayes, Joseph wrote: > My daughter is

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 2015-09-02 7:03 PM, Sean Smith wrote: Now if you lute players would just tune your lutes like ukes you’d have all the modern music you need and then some. Or buy a lute-kulele: http://www.mid-east.com/Strings/Roosebeck-Ukulele/Roosebeck-Tenor-Lute-kulele-Variegated Geoff -- Geoff Gaherty

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread John Mardinly
With only a single bass string, would it be more correct to call it a Theorbo-Kulele? A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer EMail: [1]john.mardi...@asu.edu Cell: [2]408-921-3253 (does not work in TEM labs) Titan Lab: [3]480-727-5651 NION Ul

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread Sterling Price
Actually the correct spelling is d'oh! Sent from my iPad > On Sep 2, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Mayes, Joseph wrote: > > Dough!!! > > >> On 9/2/15 5:51 PM, "Braig, Eugene" wrote: >> >> Sorry, Joe. That's Foreigner. >> >> Eugene >> >> >> From: lute-...@

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 2015-09-02 8:13 PM, John Mardinly wrote: With only a single bass string, would it be more correct to call it a Theorbo-Kulele? Traditionally the ukulele has re-entrant tuning (g'c'e'a'), so that the 3rd course is actually the lowest, rather like a cittern. Many modern players tune the 4th

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread Mayes, Joseph
d'oh! From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu on behalf of Sterling Price Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 8:25 PM To: Mayes, Joseph Cc: Braig, Eugene; David van Ooijen; John Mardinly; lute list Subject: [LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift Actually the correct spelling is

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

2015-09-02 Thread John Mardinly
Well, if I search "Taylor Swift Lute", I get "Shake it Off" on Flute. On Sep 2, 2015, at 12:25 PM, David van Ooijen <[1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote: Haha! Look for MeesterDavidGitaar on YouTube ( that's me in my other life, one of my other lives). I did several Tayl