[LUTE] Re: LuteScribe

2019-04-01 Thread Robin Irvine
Another route would be to set up a PC 'within' your Mac and run LuteScribe there. I have done this so I can use Fronimo on my Mac Pro. If you follow the Instructions in Bootcamp Assistant on your Mac, it is straightforward (assuming your Mac is reasonably new) to set up Windows 10 in a

[LUTE] Re: right hand technique -- bending the pinky

2019-03-07 Thread Robin Irvine
r auditors would have actually heard. MH . On Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 23:08:35 GMT, Robin Irvine wrote: Yes, I agree with all that. It is may not actually be much louder, but I do think that because of all the harmonic effects Sean describes it

[LUTE] Re: right hand technique -- bending the pinky

2019-03-06 Thread Robin Irvine
ctually incorporated into the table: the harpsichord and even heavier (less overtone ridden) pianoforte. Sometimes I think we should return the monochord to lute theory. my 4 cents; carry on, Sean On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 9:20 AM Robin Irvine <[1

[LUTE] Re: right hand technique -- bending the pinky

2019-03-06 Thread Robin Irvine
of defeats the object! Robin Irvine On 06/03/2019, 16:51, "Martin Shepherd" wrote: Robinson recommends thumb-under: "...with your thumb behind your fingers". (sig.Bii). Waissel (1592) also recommends thumb-under - he says it's faster. But for what it's wort

[LUTE] Lute made by Bruce Fraser

2019-02-11 Thread Robin Irvine
Hi, A relative of mine is interested in tracing what happened to a lute made in the early 1970s by Bruce Fraser. Bruce was an eclectic musician, and in his online ‘biog': [1]http://www.brucefraserlegacy.com/fraser-music-early.html is mentioned that he made a beautiful