[LUTE] Re: happy new year

2010-01-01 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
Feliz aA+-o nuevo A Juan Francisco. 2010/1/1 Christopher Stetson <[1]cstet...@smith.edu> Indeed, a happy new year to all. Chris. >>> "Donatella Galletti" <[2]do...@tiscali.it> 01/01/10 11:43 AM >>> 7th auguri di felice anno nuovo! Donatella - Original

[LUTE] Re: Weiss Baroque Lute Comparison

2010-01-01 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
My best compliments for your recording and for giving us such comparison possibility. Apologies for being in the "incorrect" side*, but I prefer the Rutherford version. I found on it a natural reverberation I like so much, not present at Tomlinson one in my opinion. And yes, -sorry a

[LUTE] Re: More Gerwig recordings for download

2009-03-16 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
Thanks a lot, Peter. Juan Fco. Prieto. 2009/3/15, Peter Jones <[1]pjones...@toucansurf.com>: By popular demand, here are some more Gerwig recordings, digitized from the vinyl by Nick Morgan. The Neusidler and da Parma recording (Archiv AP 13031): [

[LUTE] Re: E. M. Dombois Biography

2008-10-07 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
ve a look there, if you like : [5]http://le.luth.free.fr/precurseurs/renouveau.htm Best, Jean-Marie === 07-10-2008 14:53:39 === > >I can only concur. Indeed! > >On Oct 7, 2008, at 8:13 PM, Juan Fco. Prieto wrot

[LUTE] E. M. Dombois Biography

2008-10-07 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
;t? Do you know the reason? I believe that I'm playing baroque lute now thanks to his Weiss "Infidele", from the 70's. Hearing in those days at this beautiful music went me to the lute, and now I'd like to know a little more about this awesome musician. Thank

[LUTE] Tree Edition

2008-10-02 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
erman, are reading this post, please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. Best regards, -- Juan Fco. Prieto -- References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-

[LUTE] Re: String spacing. Please Help.

2007-05-28 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
but meanwhile on the subject of pianists' hand sizes you > might like this wonderful take on it! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKKlhYF53w > > Best wishes, > > David > > > At 13:34 +0200 28/5/07, Juan Fco. Prieto wrote: > >Thanks also for your con

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: String spacing. Please Help.

2007-05-28 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
acing (about 11 mm. between strings at bridge) than for the lute. I want to encourage you to keep enjoying the lute and the music for a very long time. My best regards, Juan Fco. Prieto. P.S.: Jon, I'm also playing a 10c. lute I built from a kit in 1980. This was a very funny adventure that end

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: String spacing. Please Help.

2007-05-25 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
the right of the former position, as we can see in the image linked below. Note the previous nut marks and the real position of the octave. That's probably trying to minimize the *slapping effect?*) http://www.lute.net/instruments/blute0606/pegf.jpg My best regards for you, Juan Fco. P

[LUTE-BUILDER] String spacing. Please Help.

2007-05-24 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
mnion.org/swv/theaxe.html) My span is 23 cm. long (End of thumb to end of pinkie, hand extended) A brief poll about your lute string spacing may help me. Thanks all the people in advance. And specially thanks to Roman Turovsky for this -above mentioned- awesome web page. Greetings from Spain. -- Ju

[LUTE] Re: Recordings of theorbo pieces from Saizenay Ms

2007-01-18 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
Hi Benjamin: I *love* a version by the french theorbist Pascal Monteilhet of the Visee work, playing a Mathias Durvie theorbe. I'm speaking of a double CD at low/mid price, including three Bach's cello suites arranged for theorbe. Greetings, Juan Fco. 2007/1/17, Benjamin Stehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[LUTE] Re: Merry Christmas

2006-12-25 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
Merry Christmas, Donatella and all the lute people here. Juan Fco. Prieto. 2006/12/25, Donatella Galletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I've become just a lurker on the list, lately, but I want to send a Merry > Christmas wish to you all! > > > Donatella > > htt

[LUTE] "SWAN NECK" vs. "BASS RIDER"

2006-05-07 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
Dear lute friends: Excuse me in case I'm boring you with too much newcomer questions, probably "over-answered" in the past. Well, let's go to the matter. It's said all around that the ideal lute to play S.L. Weiss is the know as "swan neck" or "theorboed" model and, really, the most of the recordin

[LUTE] Re: Baroque lute tuning for Bach "lute"(?) works.

2006-05-06 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
trings as possible > to sound > well and give an idiomatic feel. Having a low, thin tessitura is surely > not enough to > qualify a piece as lute music, there are severall keyboard works by Bach > which look > the same when transposed down to suit a Lautenwerk. And the other way >

[LUTE] Baroque lute tuning for Bach "lute"(?) works.

2006-05-05 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
Dear lutenists: I'm posting these two images containing the tuning used by Narciso Yepes to play Bach lute works. http://personales.ya.com/jfppal/Afinaciones_Bach_Yepes_01.jpg http://personales.ya.com/jfppal/Afinaciones_Bach_Yepes_02.jpg This is hard to find and comes from the vinyl version bookl

[LUTE] Re: lute straps

2006-05-03 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
> waist of the guitar sits nicely on the right hip bone. I have used it > myself > this way. However, the shape of the lute does not commend itself to this > method! > Nick > > -----Original Message- > From: Juan Fco. Prieto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 May

[LUTE] Re: lute straps

2006-05-02 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
Believe or not, Katherine, even today there is some Spanish flamenco guitarists that play guitar standing up without any strap (rather for playing while singing). I used renaissance lute in this way, but I must to recognise that the strap is more confortable... but not indispensable. I have strap b

[LUTE] Re: playing ren guitar music with the ren lute - OFFLIST REPLY

2006-05-01 Thread Juan Fco. Prieto
Thanks, Garry. Now I know. It's clear. Greetings, Juan Fco. 2006/5/1, Garry Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Greetings Juan! > > Re-entrant tuning is typically described as a lower course being higher > pitched than one or more courses above it. Baroque guitar and the > ukulele use re-entrant tuni