[LUTE] Re: Sopranlute

2011-06-02 Thread Sean Smith
her than that is good (easier to find suitable instruments), and even F, G, C is good. Anything which involves regarding a G lute as a "bass" is a bit of a joke. On 02/06/2011 15:10, Sean Smith wrote: Short answer, Anton: There are plenty of duos for 4th apart. and there are ple

[LUTE] Re: Sopranlute

2011-06-02 Thread Sean Smith
http://www.sociedaddelavihuela.com/en/ ed At 09:10 AM 6/2/2011, Sean Smith wrote: Short answer, Anton: There are plenty of duos for 4th apart. and there are plenty of duos for 5th apart. There has been little to no information about how to pitch the smaller instrument --or even the larger. Specify whic

[LUTE] Re: Sopranlute

2011-06-02 Thread Sean Smith
Short answer, Anton: There are plenty of duos for 4th apart. and there are plenty of duos for 5th apart. There has been little to no information about how to pitch the smaller instrument --or even the larger. Specify which and your playing audience will find the instruments. I find 4th ap

[LUTE] Re: Speaking of citterns....

2011-05-27 Thread Sean Smith
ngs within a week. I suspect they would wear down gut strings, also. So, I assume metal frets would have been suitable for wire strung instruments only. But I'm only surmising; I have no historical evidence! On May 27, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Sean Smith wrote: Andrew Hartig has set u

[LUTE] Re: Speaking of citterns....

2011-05-27 Thread Sean Smith
Andrew Hartig has set up an all-things-cittern site at: http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/ have fun, Sean On May 27, 2011, at 2:14 PM, David Smith wrote: I understand that 16th century citterns had metal (wire?) frets built into the fingerboard rather than the tied-on frets used on lu

[LUTE] Re: O felici occhi miei

2011-04-30 Thread Sean Smith
Steven, G. Thank you immensely for the translations! Though I'll take your caveats at face value, Steven, it's good to know the possible vaguery of 'rei'. best wishes, Sean On Apr 30, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Sean Smith wrote: Would anyone have a translation of Arcade

[LUTE] O felici occhi miei

2011-04-30 Thread Sean Smith
Would anyone have a translation of Arcadelt's madrigal? Here are the words (from the Ortiz 1552 book). I apologize for probably not getting the lines/stanzas arranged correctly. O felici occhi miei felici voi Che sete car'al mio sol per che sembianz' havete de gl'occhi che gli fur si dolce

[LUTE] Re: Susanne ung jour

2011-04-10 Thread Sean Smith
I had to hurry --my neighbor was taking a bath outside and I didn't want to miss it. s On Apr 10, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: Well done, Sean ! You beat me on that one ;-)) Best, Jean-Marie = == En réponse au message du 10-04-2011, 19:44

[LUTE] Re: Susanne ung jour

2011-04-10 Thread Sean Smith
Here's a project from the LSA: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/associated/Susanne/index.html On Apr 10, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Hilbert Jörg wrote: Dear friends, I am currently working on a very nice flute variation on "Susanne ung jour" by Bassano, which is obviously based on a song of Orlando

[LUTE] Re: Continuo and the Foscarini Experience

2011-04-01 Thread Sean Smith
On a broader front - it troubles me that so many people - not just musicians - seem unable to make a clear distinction between fact and fiction. Both intellectually and morally I see this as a problem! -- Monica As a victim of unfortunate news concerning a concert mate [Three fingers

[LUTE] Re: Beef gut strings Gamut

2011-03-17 Thread Sean Smith
gut trebles, and only one string change for the 4 of us!!! ed At 12:39 PM 3/17/2011, Sean Smith wrote: I have received notice that Dan Larson has started a line of beef-gut strings at Gamut. No, I haven't tried them yet. Has anyone else? http://gamutmusic.squarespace.com/news/new-bee

[LUTE] Beef gut strings Gamut

2011-03-17 Thread Sean Smith
I have received notice that Dan Larson has started a line of beef-gut strings at Gamut. No, I haven't tried them yet. Has anyone else? http://gamutmusic.squarespace.com/news/new-beef-gut-strings.html Sean To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc

[LUTE] Re: Strap slips off left shoulder.

2011-03-10 Thread Sean Smith
x27;ve made a little chart of how to tie the strap to prevent rolling/ slipping: http://torban.org/images/strap.jpg RT' - Original Message - From: "Sean Smith" To: Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:43 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Strap slips off left shoulder. Tie the strap

[LUTE] Re: Strap slips off left shoulder.

2011-03-10 Thread Sean Smith
Tie the strap off at the butt end of lute in the usual way. Where the strap ends over the left shoulder attach a long loop of string (I like a dark shoelace). Let one end run over the peg at the nut end of the pegbox and the other at the tip (or wherever you like considering all those pegs

[LUTE] Re: Holbein fret spacing (Re: Google Art project)

2011-02-09 Thread Sean Smith
Just to be saucy, I'd call it HP. Sean On Feb 9, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Christopher Wilke wrote: Howard, --- On Wed, 2/9/11, howard posner wrote: I didn't try to extrapolate an overall mensur, or what an ET fretting would be, because the picture doesn't show the whole lute. But after the se

[LUTE] Re: Terzi

2011-02-03 Thread Sean Smith
Ha! There's my kitty on the second page. Surely that can't be it? Sean On Feb 3, 2011, at 1:00 PM, adS wrote: In google books search for inauthor:"Giovanni Antonio Terzi" Rainer To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: new piece of the month

2011-01-30 Thread Sean Smith
Very nice, Martin! Exceptional piece of music, too. The long stringlength works nicely with the arpeggios I saw a microfilm of this many years ago and it was very difficult to read (washed out, most of the rastering was missing). Later, I saw the excerpt on the cover of Anthony Rooley's r

[LUTE] Re: YouTube - Marco Meloni

2011-01-22 Thread Sean Smith
"There are also one German and one French-Canadian early music groups who have done a lot of arrangements of folk as early music." Add Shirley and Dolly Collins recording with Hogwood, Munrow, Skeapingx2 and Laird in the late '60s. sws On Jan 22, 2011, at 5:52 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: In f

[LUTE] Re: Examining frets.

2011-01-09 Thread Sean Smith
Herbert, You should change a fret when it buzzes against the next fret 'downstring'. It might be possible to go a little longer by pressing harder on the string but this breeds bad habits. A new fret gives a minimal surface meaning the least dampening of the string. This translates to mo

[LUTE] Re: Kapsperger's temperament

2011-01-07 Thread Sean Smith
For the pieces using the Db major chord could you not set the frets to ET (or 1/6) and not finger the tastino? Other than pieces that are technically impossible I personally like 1/6. And if you can get away with it, 1/4 can sound very nice once in a while. Given his daring use of tone co

[LUTE] Re: fret tying help

2010-11-23 Thread Sean Smith
All this sounds right as rain. For a burning tool I use a non-sharp knife with the tip of the blade on the stove heating element (electric or gas work equally well). Your work table should be close by. On Nov 23, 2010, at 1:51 PM, David Tayler wrote: Take a piece of Fretgut--I use Pyram

[LUTE] Re: Lute repair and question

2010-11-19 Thread Sean Smith
I had the same problem for years. My problem was primarly how I held it. It was a 55 cm 8c with a somewhat shallow back that was simply too small. I had to hunch to hold it. I still pick it up now and then but within a couple of hours it "lets me know". Oddly enough, my next was a 55 cm 6c

[LUTE] Re: OT: a computer question

2010-11-18 Thread Sean Smith
that Steve Jobs has lured you inside his R.D.F. (Reality Distortion Field). Cheers, Lex Op 18 nov 2010, om 20:15 heeft Sean Smith het volgende geschreven: Parallels 2, windows xp. (1 ghz processor). I loaded it all up about 8 years ago and am hesitant about upgrading anything more than Fr 3

[LUTE] Re: OT: a computer question

2010-11-18 Thread Sean Smith
Op 18 nov 2010, om 18:15 heeft Sean Smith het volgende geschreven: What HP just said. The ram to upgrade to 1.25 gig is very cheap, too. It's still a workhorse and I use it for Fronimo among other stuff --putting this mildly on topic even. Sean On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:55 AM, Roman Tur

[LUTE] Re: OT: a computer question

2010-11-18 Thread Sean Smith
What HP just said. The ram to upgrade to 1.25 gig is very cheap, too. It's still a workhorse and I use it for Fronimo among other stuff -- putting this mildly on topic even. Sean On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:55 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: I'm really not fond of the whole L. mindset RT -

[LUTE] Re: Capirola

2010-11-17 Thread Sean Smith
Full color ricercars, some of the finest motet settings on the planet, 14th century chansons, giraffes, hippogriffs, peacocks, cheetahs, monkeys, monkey riding cheetah!, bunnies, lions, unicorns AND the family dog? What's not to like? Most enchanted evenings with lute do not involve fir

[LUTE] Re: Fronimo Lyrics

2010-10-25 Thread Sean Smith
I *think*it's the same as Fronimo2 but I'm not at home to check. Under each note, when you enter text into the dialog box hit the return key at the end of words of the first verse. That should send you to a second line where you can enter the 2nd verse text under that note. Also, by addin

[LUTE] Re: LSA video clips (tech info)

2010-10-24 Thread Sean Smith
Have you tried VLC player? A lot quicker than QT and SC, plays anything (audio/video) and easy-peasy. It's free. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Sean On Oct 24, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Leonard Williams wrote: Can anyone explain how I can get to hear the audio of the clips at the LSA website? I

[LUTE] Re: Resources

2010-10-24 Thread Sean Smith
The missing dot + extra short value note is quite common in intabulations in this time, such as Neusidler and Spinacino. It happens throughout Spinacino (eg, Sidedero, Bk II, 29v) and he frequently used dotted values as well. It also occurs between mensural notation sources. Tsat een mesk

[LUTE] Re: In My Life

2010-10-20 Thread Sean Smith
Hi Bernd, I found more "ren guitar" versions at http://beatlesite.info/ tho not this one. Sean Sent from my iPotato On Oct 20, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Bernd Haegemann wrote: Hi! I am interested in the lute version, too. Here http://www.lute-academy.be/docstore/inmylife.pdf you find a ukulu

[LUTE] Re: Lute volume

2010-10-18 Thread Sean Smith
Interesting point, Anthony. At one of the lute seminars in Cleveland an interesting duo played that put some of these ideas to the test. As you suggest, JH plays with a reserved and relaxed manner on all gut but projects quite well. In this concert he was paired with Ronn MacFarlane playin

[LUTE] Re: How to make a lute in five minutes

2010-10-10 Thread Sean Smith
That was some nice playing, Martin! Oh, and a sweet looking lute! I'm so glad you didn't spend the 3rd section researching the Luteweb archives for the best plastic strings. cheers, Sean On Oct 10, 2010, at 3:03 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote: (with a little help from Francis Cutting): http:

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings + Titanium Nylon?

2010-10-06 Thread Sean Smith
Dear Anthony, Thank you kindly for the news of these strings. When I need that perfect gut sound I'll, as you can well imagine, use a gut string. If I'm simply practicing, playing for or accompanying those who won't notice or care or replacing a treble (or 4th course 8ve) on one of the "s

[LUTE] Re: 2 quick Dowland questions

2010-10-02 Thread Sean Smith
For Flow my Tears, very true - there are only cantus & bassus parts on the song version, but perhaps go to the Lachrimae book for 4 parts in that piece. ed \At 04:30 PM 10/2/2010, Sean Smith wrote: In Can she excuse from the First Booke, what is the voicing for that final D maj c

[LUTE] 2 quick Dowland questions

2010-10-02 Thread Sean Smith
In Can she excuse from the First Booke, what is the voicing for that final D maj chord? The type is broken and missing in my Scolar press facsimile. It's not often facsimiles let me down! Also, and this is more curiosity, what is the source for the 4-part Flow my teares? I only see two pa

[LUTE] Re: mac

2010-09-18 Thread Sean Smith
It's a lot of stuff I know but I went the standard route and: --first bought the Virtual Machine to load Windows: Parallels (there are others) --loaded a copy of XP from the olden days when we had Windows machines. --bought the Fronimoes. This was all years ago. There may be programs to em

[LUTE] Re: BMI: weighed and found wanting?

2010-08-16 Thread Sean Smith
Dear Dr Nightingale, I like your attitude, sir, and will resist billing you for any editing and reconstruction of your extensive catalogue. sincerely yours, Sean Smith On Aug 16, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Peter Nightingale wrote: Thanks to all of you --Chris, Dana, Ron, Ed, David-- who

[LUTE] Re: background music

2010-08-16 Thread Sean Smith
David, I take it you're looking for a couple of no-page-turns, lots-o'- variety readable books. Pickering can work if you're sure you've got enough light. Phalese '68 has quite a few dances and oodles of anticho noodles + quite a few chansons that might work in your case too. I know this

[LUTE] Facsimiles

2010-08-09 Thread Sean Smith
Dear all, Though this arises coincidentally from the Passereau question, it's actually been brewing in my head for some time. For a lute student of between 1-3 years what would you suggest are the 5 most important facsimiles to own? I was going to say "have access to" but I feel that any

[LUTE] Re: Anton's setting of Il est bel et bon

2010-08-09 Thread Sean Smith
warding. Sean On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Sean Smith wrote: I remember reading through the Pifaro Belly bon-bon and not being impressed by its resemblance to the popular chanson. I'll check it again when I get home. The MC La from Ms 266 is the real Stewart McCoy, though

[LUTE] Re: Anton's setting of Il est bel et bon

2010-08-09 Thread Sean Smith
I remember reading through the Pifaro Belly bon-bon and not being impressed by its resemblance to the popular chanson. I'll check it again when I get home. The MC La from Ms 266 is the real Stewart McCoy, though, and an excellant setting. my two cents, Sean On Aug 9, 2010, at

[LUTE] Re: Max safe temp for a lute.

2010-07-24 Thread Sean Smith
... and then back off a few degrees. On Jul 24, 2010, at 6:16 PM, howard posner wrote: On Jul 24, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Herbert Ward wrote: What is the maximum safe temperature for a lute? I can't wait to see the experiment protocol for this one. To get on or off this list see list inf

[LUTE] Re: Kapsperger

2010-07-19 Thread Sean Smith
... ... ... ... ... timing! ;^) Sean On Jul 19, 2010, at 1:37 PM, wikla wrote: Dear Bruno, I do. What is the question? Well, I guess I know: I perhaps would play it |\ |\\ |\ | . || || 32 0 3 1 0

[LUTE] Re: Tonality issues with single course -- the evil octave string

2010-07-11 Thread Sean Smith
tart off with larger diameters in order to end up at the desired tension. Best to All, Martin Sean Smith wrote: Guts, otoh, either stretch more evenly or somehow cover for their discrepant tones. Nylon, being more stable, keeps its diameters over length more evenly. Unfortunately, n

[LUTE] Re: Tonality issues with single course -- the evil octave string

2010-07-11 Thread Sean Smith
rue for a gut string, (because it is a highly flexible string), it makes a beautiful sound and excellent intonation. Never perfect, but it is closer than anything else I have ever tried. ed At 10:36 AM 7/11/2010, Sean Smith wrote: I'm starting to agree w/ Ed more on the idea that a mon

[LUTE] Re: Tonality issues with single course -- the evil octave string

2010-07-11 Thread Sean Smith
I'm starting to agree w/ Ed more on the idea that a monofilament nylgut rings at more than one frequency, confounding the ear and tuner box. Ironically, I think the near perfect smoothness and controlled diameter do this. It is very near perfect when manufactured and unstretched but chang

[LUTE] Re: Tonality issues with single course -- the evil octave string

2010-07-11 Thread Sean Smith
I just checked how it works on my lute and, yes, I get a slight difference, too. I guess my ear has been absorbing it. There are a lot of factors going into it so it'll be pretty complex trying to find the root(s) of this. I'll assume you have your frets set to the proper meantone place a

[LUTE] Re: chinese lute - a new era?

2010-07-09 Thread Sean Smith
Thanks for putting that up, Wayne. Interesting that they chose a Gerle(?) 6-c for the design. s On Jul 9, 2010, at 8:42 AM, wayne cripps wrote: Hi folks - The luthier Mel Wong has a lute on my "lutes for sale" web page http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html which is made

[LUTE] Re: NB!!! Forwarded mail found googeling

2010-07-06 Thread Sean Smith
The Castelfranco, right? This is wonderful news. Thanks for keeping us posted, Goeren! Sean On Jul 6, 2010, at 12:41 PM, G. Crona wrote: Hallo, It seems that, at last, we will have a complete fac-simile of the ms., I hope it will come before the end of 2010. The editor will be Franco

[LUTE] Re: Sringing a lute

2010-07-03 Thread Sean Smith
DIY-elements of playing the lute? I'm probably getting my luthier to do things that I ought to be able to do myself. Where should we go to teach ourselves how to do this without destroying our instrument during the learning? Graham Freeman On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Sean

[LUTE] Re: Sringing a lute

2010-07-03 Thread Sean Smith
Dear Wim, At the bottom of [1]this page you'll find a handful of string calculators. They aren't difficult to use. As you continue down the garden path that is the lute world you'll find yourself changing frets, measuring lengths and diameters, tying knots, playing with matches,

[LUTE] Re: books of BLANK tablature

2010-06-22 Thread Sean Smith
Phalese printed many of his tablature books with 5 lines instead of 6 (the botttom line missing). Once you get the hang of it --and it's not hard, really-- any blank manuscript paper/notebook works. That's what I used for years till Fronimo arrived. Sean On Jun 22, 2010, at 7:01 AM, Br

[LUTE] Guerrero accompaniment

2010-06-16 Thread Sean Smith
Dear collected wisdom, I've been asked to accompany Todo quanto pudo dar by Guerrero preferably on renaissance guitar (I don't have a vihuela) or, if needs be, on lute. I can tune the 4th course down on the guitar to get most of the tenor range giving me 3 voices to work with. Sh

[LUTE] Re: lute sighting

2010-06-11 Thread Sean Smith
I think the movie works at least well as a loose post-modernist adaption of Cyrano de Bergerac where we (as Roxane) wish Jordi Savall would reveal his true self instead of through the proxy of Gerard "Iron Grip" Depardieu. And that's my most generous spin on it. Maybe get Steve Martin to

[LUTE] Re: lute sighting

2010-06-11 Thread Sean Smith
heorboes galore though and I believe HIP costumes, music, dance etc. Vive la France! G. - Original Message - From: "Sean Smith" To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:13 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute sighting I kept my eyes closed through half o

[LUTE] Re: lute sighting

2010-06-11 Thread Sean Smith
I kept my eyes closed through half of that movies so I wouldn't have to watch Gerard D wringing that poor gamba's neck in time to some other piece of music! Tous les moments of that movie couldn't end soon enough. Nice music tho s On Jun 11, 2010, at 1:44 PM, wikla wrote: One com

[LUTE] Re: lute sighting

2010-06-10 Thread Sean Smith
On Jun 10, 2010, at 6:15 AM, Roland Hayes wrote: Not very flattering to us players, but what if these depictions are of someone not playing loud as possible but merely providing the muzak to the moment, the kind of unsurprising unremarkable music that makes a cocktail party a little nicer?

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings?

2010-06-09 Thread Sean Smith
So, do theorboes work better for casting or trawling? Sean On Jun 9, 2010, at 9:05 PM, Laura Maschi wrote: Thank you all... so Inow I'll go to the fishing store and check what we have there. By the way...I think I will tie all my nylguts and go fishing! :-) Laura 2010/6/10 E

[LUTE] Re: String tension

2010-04-21 Thread Sean Smith
My experience on the smaller diameter courses: As gut ages it goes sharp on the upper frets. As Nylgut ages it goes flat on the upper frets though I only notice this on the smaller diameter (chanterelle & 4th 8ve) strings. At different rates, of course. s On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Da

[LUTE] Re: should i learn thumb-under technique?

2010-03-23 Thread Sean Smith
It's nothing like a percussionist converting to piccolo. I thought you just hold one in each hand and keep bashing away! Not that my lute technique is much better. Sean -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of terli...@ao

[LUTE] Re: tempos in Francesco Fantasias

2010-03-12 Thread Sean Smith
On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: Hello Howard & All: I have to say that contrapuntal lines CAN actually connect at a tempo slower than today's espresso-driven pace if the player can relax and resist the urge to push. This is an important point along w/ Howard's "Bu

[LUTE] Re: Setting pieces at different pitches -was: Dowland's "Lachrimae"

2010-02-24 Thread Sean Smith
d&d&h I can see this approach easily enough. What I couldn't see was playing through large liturgical works and getting the whole picture. I'm sure he could play enough to let his mind fill in the rest. Sean On Feb 24, 2010, at 5:29 PM, David Tayler wrote: I think Howard is right on

[LUTE] Re: Setting pieces at different pitches -was: Dowland's "Lachrimae"

2010-02-24 Thread Sean Smith
them. The best known reference is a letter from Annibale Capello to Guglielmo Gonzaga of 18 October 1578 concerning Palestrina intabulating some of the movements of his Missa Dominicalis. See Jessie Ann Owens, Composers at Work (1997), p. 309 JG On 25/02/2010, at 10:59, Sean Smith

[LUTE] Re: Setting pieces at different pitches -was: Dowland's "Lachrimae"

2010-02-24 Thread Sean Smith
On Feb 24, 2010, at 2:05 PM, howard posner wrote: On Feb 24, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Martin Shepherd wrote: Also one has to ask whether Francesco da Milano, brilliant though he must have been, was actually able to invent extended strict canons without recourse to mensural notation. Some of hi

[LUTE] Setting pieces at different pitches -was: Dowland's "Lachrimae"

2010-02-24 Thread Sean Smith
Interesting, incidentally, this business of solo versions of Lachrimae in two different keys. How often does this happen? I can think off the top of my head of Danyel's Rosa and Milano's Janequin Bataille. Why did people bother doing what is in effect a complete rewrite? It goes b

[LUTE] Re: New frets

2010-02-19 Thread Sean Smith
ute to life, or is that a misinterpretation? We have a lot to learn about this Martin Sean Smith wrote: Good point, Alexander. There could easily be an aesthetic point to a slight bray and I confess to enjoying this aspect of double frets. Although unrelated to renaissance music

[LUTE] Re: New frets

2010-02-19 Thread Sean Smith
Good point, Alexander. There could easily be an aesthetic point to a slight bray and I confess to enjoying this aspect of double frets. Although unrelated to renaissance music as we know it, many Indian instruments like the vina, sitar and tamboura have a braying mechanism just north of t

[LUTE] Re: New frets

2010-02-19 Thread Sean Smith
gle) while the old guys (the Ambassadors painting, Dowland) used very thin (double) frets. Is there a connection? Best wishes, Martin Sean Smith wrote: Well, Dan, there's that special tomato knot that defies comprehension standing between me and HIP in this case. Can you imagine d

[LUTE] Re: New frets

2010-02-18 Thread Sean Smith
Well, Dan, there's that special tomato knot that defies comprehension standing between me and HIP in this case. Can you imagine doing that w/ those monster 1mm 1st and 2nd frets? Brrr. I don't know if anyone answered the question on how often to change frets but I remember Jacob Herringma

[LUTE] Re: New frets

2010-02-18 Thread Sean Smith
It's very neat, too. But as for double frets. Do it twice! Honestly, it works though it doesn't seem HIP whatsoever. The advantage being you only need to replace one half (always take off the more worn fret and replace it w/ a new one on the bridge side). Anyway, I've done the doub

[LUTE] Re: Strange lute in French painting

2010-02-16 Thread Sean Smith
Thanks for sending in the photo, Alexander. I think this is an important lute for the archives showing a good transitional solution. ... and a lute I wouldn't mind finding on my dining room table. The music is very legible, too. I'm sorry I don't know enough song rep to figure it out.

[LUTE] Re: Strange lute in French painting

2010-02-15 Thread Sean Smith
What kind of glue are you using on those parsnips? Remember, the organic ones need longer clamping time. s On Feb 15, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Daniel Winheld wrote: Damn it, I want to see Gonzalo's oboe again. The last time we had parsnips they were much too tough, and the finger holes didn't h

[LUTE] Re: Strange lute in French painting

2010-02-15 Thread Sean Smith
e any chanterelle. Or do you once again have a mousepad with better resolution by any chance? Gernot Zitat von Sean Smith : An archcittern, Gernot? That broken chanterelle curls like gut to my eye. Sean On Feb 15, 2010, at 1:51 AM, Gernot Hilger wrote: Hi Franz, the instrument in this p

[LUTE] Re: Strange lute in French painting

2010-02-15 Thread Sean Smith
An archcittern, Gernot? That broken chanterelle curls like gut to my eye. Sean On Feb 15, 2010, at 1:51 AM, Gernot Hilger wrote: Hi Franz, the instrument in this pic is of course not a lute, but an archcittern. Looks like a Hamburger Cithrinchen with extended bass range. Gernot Zi

[LUTE] Re: Strange lute in French painting

2010-02-14 Thread Sean Smith
Something else comes to mind about the curious pegboxes. If one was updating a 6-c for 9/10 courses, it would make sense to reuse the old 6-c pegbox. That would explain the different angles. Yes, the neck would be new as would be the extension pegbox but why remake the other pegbox if it

[LUTE] Re: Strange lute in French painting

2010-02-14 Thread Sean Smith
I counted up the pegs and got a 9-c lute: treble rider (w/ broken chanterelle)+ 6 courses on the main pegbox and 2 doubled courses on the extension. Otoh, it might be 3 doubled courses on the extension making it a 10-c, tho. 10 frets on the neck. Fitting for the time and perfect for Ball

[LUTE] Re: Paladin

2010-01-28 Thread Sean Smith
Aha! Thanks Rainer --and Wolfgang! On Jan 28, 2010, at 1:50 AM, Spring, aus dem, Rainer wrote: Has anybody mentioned that the Paladin tablature book mentioned yesterday is bound together with Bianchini? Best wishes, Rainer aus dem Spring IT Application Services Tel.: +4

[LUTE] Re: Board ms

2010-01-04 Thread Sean Smith
I haven't seen any modern editions. Are you looking for any pieces in particular? It's a pretty legible book but hard to find. Happy New year, Leonard --and all ;^) Sean On Jan 4, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Leonard Williams wrote: Does any body know of a good edition of the Board Lute Book? Mo

[LUTE] Re: Holiday Theorbo Time!

2009-12-24 Thread Sean Smith
Very nice, Chris! and congratulations on the solstice(-ish) arrivals. s On Dec 24, 2009, at 8:14 AM, chriswi...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi all, Its that time again - time for eggnog, fruitcake, extended time with extended family, desperate last minute trips to the mall... and of course, theor

[LUTE] Re: luciano faria

2009-12-11 Thread Sean Smith
I have a medical prescription for 6 courses or less. Adequate. Sean On Dec 11, 2009, at 7:59 AM, howard posner wrote: I just want to remind everyone that operating a theorbo while under the influence of alcohol is not only illegal, but extremely dangerous. Sorry for the interruption. To

[LUTE] Re: Test + Glasses for reading music

2009-11-21 Thread Sean Smith
Dear Anthony, I recommend the close to medium prescription for lute playing and this should differ slightly from a regular reading prescription. When you next go to get glasses tell them you want reading glasses for a specific distance. Measure your eyeball to music stand distance before

[LUTE] Strange-Gregory-Hitts -->John Robinson

2009-11-15 Thread Sean Smith
years to get this far and we're all the richer for it. Thanks, John! Sean Smith On Nov 12, 2009, at 11:20 PM, Peter Martin wrote: John's achievement is even more staggering when you see it all listed in one place: [1]http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/pages/john-robinson and then reali

[LUTE] Re: Dowland - LOL

2009-10-22 Thread Sean Smith
Hoops, mon. TCamp. Cute-glaze, addled brain. s On Oct 22, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Sean Smith wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLjQdLMYpg JD works it some more. Popstars got his thumb in the door; now it's time to break out the big tools: i-memes and jib-jab. N ur strngbox, ni

[LUTE] Dowland - LOL

2009-10-22 Thread Sean Smith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLjQdLMYpg JD works it some more. Popstars got his thumb in the door; now it's time to break out the big tools: i-memes and jib-jab. N ur strngbox, nibblng spgtti, smthy To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lu

[LUTE] Re: plucked (and plonked) trio

2009-10-21 Thread Sean Smith
Hi Stuart, Margit actually flew out to the LSA seminar in Ohio a few years ago to play duos with Crawford. Yes, it's in the hammered dulcimer family, yep, sure sounds great and believable in that context and, oh yeah, is she ever in control! It looks like a pretty versatile instrument an

[LUTE] Re: So, what you consider a "must have" publication?

2009-10-18 Thread Sean Smith
Siena or Capirola? Casteliano's Diversi Autori or a Francesco facsimile? Paladino or Il Fronimo? An earlier Phalese or an Adriaenssen? The Dowland, de Rippe or Francesco anthologies? Marsh or Pickering? The big Besard or the Varietie? LoST or the Holmes books? Mary Anne or Ginger? There

[LUTE] Re: The End of the Golden Age

2009-10-10 Thread Sean Smith
I like how the conversation can flag but we all know the playing continues. Does anyone else see the lutenet as an afterdinner conversation? In my analogy sometimes we wander off to a room and mention we have a tune going, so to speak. It's in that spirit that I don't feel the need to

[LUTE] Re: The End of the Golden Age

2009-10-10 Thread Sean Smith
I didn't. No reverbs or sound enhancements or edits. It took a good many (ok, a bad many ;^) takes to get a reasonable piece together. Unfortunately the ones in the rep I like are often 3-6 minutes in length. By the end of the session I couldn't believe my exhaustion. And plenty of wincin

[LUTE] Re: Anyone see Crawford Young's concert?

2009-10-06 Thread Sean Smith
hi Stuart, I remember the suggested guitar string being the 1st (the high e). I had to add a piece of tape to the non-business end in order to keep a better grip on it and to keep it from twisting around in my sweaty little digits --and yes, to find it later. So it really helps to add somethin

[LUTE] Re: Lute and Flute Concert

2009-10-06 Thread Sean Smith
Mindy and Ronn go back a long way. I remember the first incarnations of the Renaissance Ensemble of Baltimore/Baltimore Consort w/ the two of them (and others) at near freezing rehearsals in a heatless row house. Sean On Oct 6, 2009, at 11:22 AM, nedma...@aol.com wrote: Thanks for p

[LUTE] Re: Imbalance

2009-09-14 Thread Sean Smith
I'll second that, Stewart. We managed to have a read-thru a couple of years ago (sigh) and yes, it's great stuff. With each person highlighting their phrases as vocal parts it sounds a lot more like the "ensemble" music it really is than any solo lute reduction. Furthermore it takes on a b

[LUTE] Re: pacoloni on youtube

2009-08-27 Thread Sean Smith
From http://tinyurl.com/nxmee2 NOVA ET ELEGANTISSIMA IN CYTHARA LUDENDA CARMINA QUAE VIDELICET IN SOLA CYTHARA VEL ETIAM CUM tribus Testudinibus exhibita, mira dulcedina auiditorum possunt oblectare, eaque omnia facilitate quam fieri potuit summa in tyronum usum composita. Et Primo quidem libro

[LUTE] Re: pacoloni on youtube

2009-08-26 Thread Sean Smith
that was delightful, Doc! I like what the cittern adds to the consort as well. And the furniture does its part too! I've played through a number of things w/ my local citternist and it always wants something more than just "a" lute. But adding a lute or two more and/or a bass viol

[LUTE] Re: Recording yourself

2009-08-23 Thread Sean Smith
Some DSLRs have a seperate Audio-in jack. If so you could go through a USB mic, to whatever computer software you use, out the computer's audio out jack and then into the camera to be recorded there. Check what kind of audio files it can create first. Or record audio into the computer, th

[LUTE] Re: Recording yourself

2009-08-22 Thread Sean Smith
If you're on an iMac you can record directly into iMovie using the iSight. iKnow for an iFact it iWorks. Sean On Aug 22, 2009, at 2:38 PM, nedma...@aol.com wrote: I've found it helpul to make audio recordings of pieces I'm working on. Now I'd like to add video, which I think would b

[LUTE] Re: Lute variety

2009-08-17 Thread Sean Smith
One other note on the painting is the lack of stylized halo. Instead the plate held behind his head is held just so and the perfect symmetry yields a holo-like object. Of course it will only exist briefly if I might so interpret it. There seems to be an elliptical shape created by the two

[LUTE] Re: Lute variety

2009-08-17 Thread Sean Smith
I like your summation, Mathias. There seems to be something important about the hands, too. They seem emphasised. One form of marriage was the Hand Ceremony. (I'm sorry I don't have a definitive reference for it; I read about it in a book about Shakespeare) Would this be relevant at this

[LUTE] Lute variety

2009-08-16 Thread Sean Smith
Not an important post but I just noticed a photo on the Lutening site that I thought I'd share. It's a 1529 Dutch painting by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen that depicts the wedding at Cana but the lute is very interesting. I'd guess it's about 50-55cms in stringlength with a nearly perfe

[LUTE] Re: LSA 2009 Vancouver

2009-08-16 Thread Sean Smith
Ned, I second Stephen's comments and recommend getting there when you get a chance. There are lots of little reasons that make it very satisfying. In no particular order: All the feedback you get from the teachers on playing and the enevitable "oh-so-that's-how-they-do-it"s. All the fa

[LUTE] Re: Tuning issue

2009-07-16 Thread Sean Smith
That's a good trick, Leonard, and a real dollar saver. And the strobe could be useful. On a good string in natural light it *should* be difficult to pick out the wavy line of a false string. Still I wonder if the strobe might give you the 'false positive' of a bad string. Obviously I shou

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