[LUTE] Email Change

2015-04-14 Thread tom
How do I go about changing the email address I have registered with the Lute List? Thanks in advance, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists_tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Blocked Emails Was : To Chris Goodwin

2015-04-14 Thread tom
: Change to a different web host! My site, www.heartistry.com, is now hosted on Pair Networks: www.pair.com I have never had a problem with this since. All the best, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music www.heartistry.com 715-682-9362 > On 13.04.2015 07:36, gary wrote: > > Some servers blo

[LUTE] Re: how to amplify lute?

2015-01-27 Thread Tom Haigh
I've been lurking on this list for a while.. time to contribute! Soundboard transducer type pickups could be an option, i.e. Fishman: [1]http://www.fishman.com/products/filter/type:pickups The link you gave would seem to be a simple type of soundboard pickup or contact microphone (I'

[LUTE] Compliments of the Season

2014-12-24 Thread tom
Best Holiday Wishes Everyone! Here's my humble gift http://youtu.be/CIME-0abhcY Enjoy! Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists_tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 -- To get on o

[LUTE] Re: Lute Bridge vs Guitar Bridge Functioning

2014-08-01 Thread tom
bridge? (i.e. Violin family, Arch-top Guitar ... ) I have found that, on my steel-string guitars with bridge pins, (i.e. Martin D18 etc.) a higher saddle (thus more downbearing?) creates a similar result. (It also throws off intonation!) Thanks again for these great explanations! Tom

[LUTE] Re: Lute Bridge vs Guitar Bridge Functioning

2014-07-31 Thread tom
Thanks Bruno! So far, yours is the only response. I hope to hear some more also : ) Tom Date sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:57:28 -0300 To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" From: Bruno Correia Subject:[LUTE] Re: Lute Bridge vs Gui

[LUTE] Re: Lute Bridge vs Guitar Bridge Functioning

2014-07-26 Thread tom
e what has been done in violin research? Looking forward to your responses, Thanks, Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com Date sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:27:26 +0200 To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" From: A

[LUTE] Re: Hieronymus Bosch's Ass Music

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Draughon
Whodathunkit?!! Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com Sent from my iPhone 715-682-9362 > On Feb 18, 2014, at 10:40 PM, "Franz Mechsner" wrote: > > Maybe of (some) interest...:-) > [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3SunLc8zU > Hieronymus B

[LUTE] Re: How to cut fret shims.

2014-02-09 Thread Tom Draughon
Wow! Somehow, I feel a lot better now! Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com Sent from my iPhone 715-682-9362 > On Feb 9, 2014, at 9:44 PM, Christopher Wilke wrote: > > I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate changing frets with an abhorrence that defies > all rea

[LUTE] Re: Mace

2013-12-13 Thread tom
rybody for all of your insights. It's good to be able to learn form others' knowledge and experience. All the best, Tom Date sent: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 15:10:03 + From: "Braig, Eugene" However, once again, Mace of

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-10 Thread Tom Draughon
With Viagra he may have had more! Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com Sent from my iPhone 715-682-9362 > On Dec 10, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Bruno Correia wrote: > > Well, with our lifestyle they wouldn't have produced any lute music at > all. With a big

[LUTE] Re: Recording the lute, Part 2A, lutes & noise, what is possible, what isn't

2013-11-09 Thread tom
clean. Looking forward to the next installment of your article. Thanks again, Tom http://www.heartistry.com/artists_tom.html Part 2: noise. Rest assured dear reader, that I have done my Maths. You will find many opinions on sample rates, and presumably for all the rest of these

[LUTE] Re: My tiny little Hendrix ...

2013-11-01 Thread tom
> .. just in case there is any interest, my just a tiny little modest > try in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFN2nc9B0lc&feature=youtu.be > best, Arto Well ... obviously not HIP ... but i like it anyway! How about "Renard-like Lady"? T Tom

[LUTE] New Christmas CD

2013-10-29 Thread tom
.com/catalog_season.html Compliments of the season early, and All the best, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists_tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Capo use on early instruments

2013-10-12 Thread tom
From: "Mayes, Joseph" Subject:RE: [LUTE] Re: Capo use on early instruments Well...as long as you used authentic 16th Century hair-ties I just went with my "gut" feeling ... :) Tom Lutelist Subject:

[LUTE] Re: Capos and Lutes

2013-10-11 Thread tom
From: Christopher Wilke Subject:[LUTE] Re: Capo use on early instruments Tom, Nice thinking. On a recording, I doubt few, if any people would notice that you capo-ized. Just to keep your early music street cred, be sure to make up data for your

[LUTE] Re: Capo use on early instruments

2013-10-10 Thread tom
st as well. All the best, Tom From: Dan Winheld Subject:[LUTE] Re: Capo use on early instruments Another good point- the only lute for which I built my own capo (pain in the butt piece of fussy work) was a 72 cm SL "Division" bass lute that worked ver

[LUTE] Re: help on tuning

2013-10-10 Thread Tom
David, I forgot to mention the lute is 63 cm. Thanks for your suggestions. I have had Chris at [1]catlines.com help calculate the tensions, but as I've only had a lute for 3 months, the tension is a bit of a mystery at this time. -- Sincerely, Tom -- References

[LUTE] Re;: help on tuning

2013-10-10 Thread Tom
ave f KFG132 - 8 course lute 7th F NNG88 - 8 course lute 8th octave d KFG160 - 8 course lute 8th D As you can see, the srings are either New Nylgut and KFG -- Sincerely, Tom -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-

[LUTE] help on tuning

2013-10-09 Thread Tom
cents of a tone. I've tried lowering the fundamental by a few cents, but it doesn't seem to help until the the two strings of a course are out of tune when open. Help!!! (please) -- Sincerely, Tom -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://

[LUTE] Re: strategies to acquire more general public Lute awareness

2013-08-13 Thread tom
Thanks Ernesto, I think you just organized it! At least, it's a good start. I'll see what I can do with these ideas soon, but won't have any time 'til next week. I'll re-visit it then. Thanks again, Tom I agree to the out-reach being needed. Would someone orga

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-12 Thread tom
featured Juergen Huebscher and Dieter Kirsch as ensemble partners. Wonderful music! Tom If we want more audience we need to be inclusive and not exclusive. A number of comments on this thread appear exclusive; almost a parody of the attitude that has been attributed to

[LUTE] Re: Advice regarding a lute

2013-08-12 Thread tom
Yes, "The Renaissance Gilde" is synonymous with a William Daum. He lived in my town for about 10 years. He abruptly left the U.S and, last I heard, was residing somewhere in France. Tom Nothing specific regarding The Renaissance Gilde. However, in general, features that mak

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-12 Thread tom
y not have the faintest idea how to make a good pie, and the pie makers probably don't want them to bother trying to make a pie correctly. Still, it benefits the pie makers to have these people buying and consuming their pies. Tom Tom, I am by no means opposed to the idea of reachi

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-12 Thread tom
> The lute world needs to reach out to the non-traditional audience. Thanks Stephen. I agree. Tom [Stephen] There is an interesting book by Phyllis Tickle entitled The Great Emergence. It deals with modern Christianity and how it is evolving. I think her main theme applies to the l

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-11 Thread tom
oking at SCA and Ren Faires solely as a group of potential music buyers. Why not encourage the interest and point it in the right direction? Tom On 8/11/2013 11:08 AM, Geoff Gaherty wrote: > On 11/08/13 9:41 AM, Ron Fletcher wrote: >> My main point is that true

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-11 Thread tom
om/Bruce-Burnsides-Unsung-Stories-Civil/dp/B000V6MF4C http://bruceburnside.com/civil-war.html Tom OK - I'll agree that a lot of folks who get into SCA and go to "Renaissance Festivals" have a very non-HIP viewpoint on what it's all about. For them it's basically play-act

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-10 Thread tom
od strategy is to set a rock-bottom fee that you will not compromise. Use that as a negotiation point. If they won't pay what you feel you're worth, it's their loss. Play for nothing and be treated like nothing. Play for a

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-09 Thread tom
resenters can partner with the school system. Kids will be impressed by the instruments, and it will leave a good lasting impression. I was able to get Jacques Ogg and members of Lyra Baroque into our elementary school. How cool is that! Tom I must extend my sincerest thanks to ye

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-08 Thread tom
g draw attention to the music you play. Just because a person has a warped view of reality, If they had ultimate respect for what you do, would you not want to see them as an audience member at your next concert? BTW - don't ALL of us have slightly warped views of reality? (Except for me,

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-07 Thread tom
herwise you get lots of people calling you because they think you'll play for free. Tom On Wed, 7 Aug 2013 11:23:07 +, Ron Andrico wrote > Briefly, playing for free > (or worse, paying to play) doesn't really do any lasting good. It > only makes the potential audience

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-07 Thread tom
ot;fan" audiences. > > Cheers, RalfD > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- Nancy Carlin Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org PO Box 6499 Conco

[LUTE] Re: colonel public Lute awareness

2013-08-07 Thread tom
I hope nobody thinks I was "trashing Brahms". On the contrary, I have great respect for his music. My point was that there are people who are so focused on one genre of music that they seem to disdain all others. I am definitely not one of those people. Thanks, Tom

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread tom
he great mogul" ;) In short - It's ALL good! Thanks, Tom Duke Ellington is reputed to have said: "There are only two kinds of music; good music and bad music". Playing early music on recorders and later music on the cello, I feel fortunate to

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread tom
From: Bruno Correia Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness Dear Tom, I play mostly solo and in duo, that's not just because I like it but above all for financial reasons. Sure, a big ensemble will a

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread tom
data to support this, but they believe it anyway, even though one of their pet performers (that happens to play a lot of Brahms) consistently draws well and is - a duo! Absurd, and one reason that I stepped down from that board. How can the early music community begi

[LUTE] Re: OT: blindfolded girl

2013-07-19 Thread tom
IMHO: Viola d'amore - viola of love - and ... "Love is blind." Tom On 11.07.2013 09:52, theoj89...@aol.com wrote: Off topic question: When visiting musical instrument museums, there are many viols, and especially viola d'amores, that, instead of a scroll, have the head of

[LUTE] Re: Lutes and amps

2013-05-31 Thread tom
"thinline", so the contact-mic idea is one possible solution. I have also been using Samson Airline Micro wireless mics for voice, and I love them! If I could figure out a way to mount one unobtrusively on the "Gui-lute" I would go with that. VERY natural sound! Tom He

[LUTE] New Year's Greetings

2012-12-31 Thread tom
Happy New Year ALL !! Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Fun with Fronimo

2012-11-05 Thread tom
ologies in advance for modernizing the spelling. In table format - 2 printable 11 x 17s Since I can't do an attachment for the list, just email me if you want a copy. Tom To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Best Body Frets?

2012-09-26 Thread tom
> That short fret recalls me of an African instrument, the Malagasy > Kabosy. See here: > http://www.boutique.laterit.fr/img/p/69-279-thickbox.jpg I think have seen this sort of fret arrangement also on Tamburitza. Tom > Paolo Busato lute-maker > www.busatolut

[LUTE] Re: Consort Suggestions Please

2012-09-09 Thread tom
aissance and Baroque > > recorders, in all sizes including Bass, crumhorns, zincs, and even a > > sakpipa and a cornemuse from the founder of the ensemble. > > Does anybody have suggestions for composers and / or specific > > pieces > > that would fit well with

[LUTE] Re: Consort Suggestions Please

2012-09-09 Thread tom
Thanks Sam and Everybody Else, Great info and suggestions all! Please keep 'em coming. Thanks again, Tom > Dear Tom, > >There's a lot of 16th-century consort music for three instruments - >a good place to start would be to look in Brown's "Instru

[LUTE] Re: Consort Suggestions Please

2012-09-09 Thread tom
Great info! Thanks! Tom > Not an answer to your question, but perhaps relevant if playing part > music. When I got back to the lute a few years ago, I went to our > local recorder society meetings to play ensemble music. What I found > is that recorders generally read an octave

[LUTE] Re: Lute and guitar

2012-09-09 Thread tom
nail. I don't get a bright "honky" sound on classical, but I never liked that anyway.BTW, I believe Tarrega didn't use nails. Bets of luck, Tom >Dear Christopher, >(and dear lute wisdom), > >I just see that you are playing and teaching the guitar

[LUTE] Consort Suggestions Please

2012-09-09 Thread tom
arts - but ... leave one out maybe ... ? ) Thanks in advance, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Over the Dyke, and kisse her ladie, mr. Beck's way

2012-09-05 Thread tom
That title isn't quite PC these days, is it ... ? Tom > .. well, more Balcarres ... the piece is beautiful. Could of course be > played more cleanly. Just in case somebody is interested: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVnkBa1hdQc&feature=youtu.be > h

[LUTE] Re: What's the historical reason for the bent down peg box?

2012-09-03 Thread tom
peg >box glue joint. > >On Sep 3, 2012, at 3:23 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > >The neck and peghead of the theorbo is in two seperate pieces and >are, indeed, glued together at the join. > >MH > >-- > > > To get on or off this li

[LUTE] Re: folksongs

2012-08-13 Thread tom
Thanks. These look very interesting. Do you have any info on sources for these sources? Are they available as facsimiles, or doe one have to track them down at a library? Tom > There are also non-English sources which this discussion brings to > mind. Here are a few: > > Delab

[LUTE] Re: Folksong (2of 2)

2012-08-12 Thread tom
of the UK were affected by industrialization at a much earlier date. This is the theory, at least. Thanks again, Tom > Here's the other one from Appalachia by Sharp. Some other interesting > "folksong" collections. - Original Message - From: > To: Sent: Friday

[LUTE] Re: folksongs

2012-08-10 Thread tom
into the popular culture - more in the music hall era than the Renaissance. But let's remember that it works both ways: many a "composer" has used a common folk tune without overtly crediting it. I think that between "folk" musicology and "Renaissan

[LUTE] Re: Survival of folk music from 1400-1650.

2012-08-09 Thread tom
hough it is all but gone now, the oral tradition was still very much alive in rural areas into the 20th century, and many source singers were recorded by Barbeau, Sharp and others as early as 1916 on Edison cylinders. I'll be happy to share some bibliographies if anybody is interested. Tom

[LUTE] Re: A Gig gone bad

2012-07-30 Thread tom
Thanks C! Exactly why my contracts read, "Payment will be made immediately prior to performance." Tom > Thought the lute listers might enjoy this glimpse into the life of > working musicians in 1790's Virginia. No Lutes involved, just some > unpaid loot.

[LUTE] Re: YouTube going too far?

2012-07-04 Thread tom
From: Adam Olsen >They probably want to air on >the safe side and expect you to dispute it, because it's much less >of a problem to go that route rather than ending up with a lawsuit. Yes - a lawsuit from ASCAP ... Tom >On Jul 4, 2012 4:39

[LUTE] Re: YouTube going too far?

2012-07-04 Thread tom
SCAP / BMI coffers. It's no wonder they're pursuing this. It's like the rackets in Chicago in the 1920s, and the current copyright law is allowing them to do it with impunity. There DOES need to be a class-action lawsuit! How can I help? Tom >They're really fishing

[LUTE] Re: Tuning

2012-07-01 Thread tom
stiffness sharpens the higher harmonics. > > > >> Bill > > > > > > >> On 25 June 2012 09:39, andy > > > >> butler wrote: > > > >>> Harmonics on a plucked string are a little bit sharp, > > > >> Isn't it the case that harmonics are pure by definition? > > > >> > > > >> David > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > > > > Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362

[LUTE] Re: New post

2012-06-28 Thread tom
independent of CD Baby, iTunes, etc. if they want to. Tom > The main CDBaby website seems to have disappeared, though the music > download page seems to work. > > > Martin > > > > > On 28/06/2012 00:45, "Ed Durbrow" wrote: > > > I think

[LUTE] Re: New post

2012-06-26 Thread tom
d on dearly to their CDs, I think the writing is on the wall. Will my grandchildren stare in wonder at them like I did 78s? Still, the big question in MY mind is, what will THEY be listening to? Thanks all, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html

[LUTE] Re: New post

2012-06-25 Thread tom
the one by Emily White of NPR's "All Songs Considered". It is a very telling confession about how an entire generation demographic between 20 and 40 years of age views buying (or NOT buying) recorded music. And she's working for National Public Radio!! Thanks again, Tom

[LUTE] Re: Tuning

2012-06-25 Thread tom
, but the same can be said for tuning. Tom >I have to say, I'm always amused by these discussions that broadly >outline the imprint of theoretical measurements on the phenomenon >of sound. If we look at all the factors, including thickness and >stiffness of string

[LUTE] Re: Portqble recorders

2012-06-16 Thread tom
bo. I can say after this, that I probably won't buy another Tascam product. Good luck with all the rest, and all the best, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 > I am using the ZOOM H4n , tog

[LUTE] Re: greetings with saman and ballard

2012-06-05 Thread tom
Absolutely lovely! Tom >Dear all, > >I am new on the list and instead of introduction I am sending you a >link to the short video from the concert in Toronto with Toronto >Continuo Collective. My solo was just a small part of a concert. >Both courantes (by

[LUTE] Re: Calatas

2012-06-01 Thread tom
If it really was a dance it seems strange that the tunes would be in different time signatures. It would be very difficult to dance a structured dance to common time if the dance was designed for 3/4 and vice versa. I'm interested to know what the rhythm is supposed to be. Thanks,

[LUTE] Re: how to make a good tone

2012-05-29 Thread tom
I have been applying this idea to my playing of songs from John Dowland's "First Booke of Ayres" (and the second) with good results. It is a very different tactile feeling to come at the strings vertically, then brush sideways, but the results speak for themselves. Thanks a

[LUTE] Re: Making Fronimo Files Into EPS

2012-05-17 Thread tom
ll do this? Thanks, Tom >I use InDesign a lot and one of the problems with bringing any pdf >into it is that what you see on the screen is quite fuzzy. It >always prints out beautifully, but it's sometimes hard to add >things on top of the pdf because of the la

[LUTE] Making Fronimo Files Into EPS

2012-05-16 Thread tom
ff or any other graphics format in Fronimo ? Thanks, Tom To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Zamboni re-tubed...

2012-04-30 Thread tom
Arto, I think you do a fantastic job of driving a zamboni ! ( ... http://www.zamboni.com/ ) Really very nice music and very nicely played. Thanks, Tom > Dear lutenists, > > just in case our List will come alive again: > > I re-recorded some Zamboni when warming up my 10-cours

[LUTE] Re: Android app for recording lute

2012-04-30 Thread tom
e any of these would blow the doors off your phone's mic. A big part of the sound problem could be preamp / converter in your android. Tom > Is there a good app for recording yourself on Android? I tried a few > apps, but the sound came out very distorted and blown out. I know the >

[LUTE] Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-26 Thread tom
about it? Knowledge, especially accurate knowledge, is best shared with the world. And anything done to place the word Lute in front of a wider audience is going to be good for lutes and lutenists. I'll look forward to future responses. Tom > However, there is at least a fair amount of ref

[LUTE] [LUTE] Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-25 Thread tom
A very interesting article. I can't wait to see the responses from the rest of the list! I am reminded that Walther Gerwig did an arrangement of Bach's Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV1007. Very nice and beautifully played - in Renaissance tuning! Tom >An interesting

[LUTE] Re: Lundberg's contribution to lutemaking in the age of Galileo

2012-04-23 Thread tom
$119.95 from the following: http://www.biblio.com/details.php?dcx=79067124&aid=bkfndr Tom >Dear List, >I just discovered what it seems a very interesting book: >Victor Coehlo (ed.), Music and Science in the Age of Galileo, >Kluwer Academic Publishers 1

[LUTE] Re: Saturday quotes

2012-04-21 Thread tom
The connection would be Saturday Quotes. > Excuse me, Tom. > Since my vision isn't what it used to be and these glasses are a bit > smeared at the moment, would you kindly point out the lute content of > your post? I seem to be having a hard time spotting it. > > >

[LUTE] Re: Saturday quotes

2012-04-21 Thread tom
is powerless to stop what's happening now. Tom >We have contributed our Saturday quotes, this week placing the lute >song in its noble context. [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-ni Ron & Donna > >-- > > References > >1. http://wp.me/p15OyV-ni > > >

[LUTE] CD Viability was Miking a lute/theorbo

2012-04-15 Thread tom
xt long-term viable media format for music sales? Or is there one? I'll look forward to all of your opinions. Tom Draughon http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html From: David Tayler >The dynamic range of digital exceeds the background noise in your >

[LUTE] Re: New vihuela

2012-04-15 Thread tom
VERY nice on all levels! Tom D > Hello, I'm happy to present my new vihuela, made by Didier Jarny... > > Rosewood and maple back and sides, maple neck and head, snakewood > fretboard. > > Probably not an historical model (but iconographical inspiration), we > choose,

[LUTE] Re: All about micing...redux

2012-04-10 Thread tom
From: "Braig, Eugene" Subject:[LUTE] Re: All about micing...redux >I'm assuming it's still pronounced 'mike' but maybe it's 'mick'? >Perhaps we should be talking about 'micking'? I think Jagger has a copyright on that term ... T To get on or off th

[LUTE] Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-25 Thread tom
#x27;re an audiophile, why buy music when you can hear and watch it on YouTube for free? We live in a very strange world! All the best, Tom >CDs are fake; YouTube is relatively real (with caveats) >My take on this, FWIW, is that CDs do tremendous harm to the music >

[LUTE] Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-25 Thread tom
lute videos are much higher quality than many others. I pity young people who are trying to sift through it all (am I sounding OLD, or what?). How can one develop a filter for what is good art, or music, or film, or TV, when there is so much junk to wade through? Tom > To get on or off thi

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE]Folk Process was: Saturday quote: Sean nos for St. P

2012-03-22 Thread tom
ed in print that the song was "traditional". For a very > > interesting thread on this topic see > > http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=12983 Thanks, > > Tom > >> JJNiles didn't take credit where he should have, as I recall. > >> For authoring fol

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE]Folk Process was: Saturday quote: Sean nos for St. P

2012-03-22 Thread tom
print that the song was "traditional". For a very interesting thread on this topic see http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=12983 Thanks, Tom > JJNiles didn't take credit where he should have, as I recall. > For authoring folk material. > RT > > > - Origi

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE]Folk Process was: Saturday quote: Sean nos for St. P

2012-03-21 Thread tom
n a good way, too. Don captures the genuineness and energy of the tune, whereas Bruce plays it exactly like the 80 year-old Kentucky fiddler he learned it from. Both are great, and both deserve a place in the repertoire, but the "folk process" is more alive in Don's playing

[LUTE] Re: Saturday quote: Sean nos for St. P

2012-03-21 Thread tom
> We offer a video of Donna singing an Irish ballad that may or may >not be old. [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-lK R&D Beautiful! Published by Boosey & Hawkes, 1909. Irish Country Songs Collected in Donegal by poet Padraic Colum and Herbert Hughes

[LUTE] Re: Ban the lute

2012-03-14 Thread tom
ve to try > > and understand the world in which they lived if you want to > > understand the music. > > True, but it's so tiresome having to drop acid every time I listen to > Hendrix. -- I only had to do it once ... > To get on or off this list see list informa

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-07 Thread tom
ve a basis for comparison."With their > current sound sample I can't tell if it's the violin that's > responsible for the overall sound and tone, or the string(s). Still, > very cool. > Tom D > > Yes- I got the news from one of my lute students yesterday. I

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread

2012-03-06 Thread tom
quot; With their current sound sample I can't tell if it's the violin that's responsible for the overall sound and tone, or the string(s). Still, very cool. Tom D > Yes- I got the news from one of my lute students yesterday. I heard a > sample sound bite on the radio on th

[LUTE] Re: Physiology of playing fast.

2012-03-06 Thread tom
ted > sarcoplasmic reticuli) from person to person > enable some musicians to play faster than others, > or (alternatively) whether fast playing results exclusively > from practice and technique. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.d

[LUTE] Re: Ford Airs de Coeur

2012-02-26 Thread tom
! Yes, I see that now. "My bad." (Don't you just hate this modern slang?) Thanks everybody! >Best to all, and keep playing, > Ditto! Tom >Chris. > >On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@mac.com> >wrote:

[LUTE] Ford Airs de Coeur

2012-02-24 Thread tom
available anywhere in Fronimo or PDF? Thanks, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: Kapsberger

2012-02-13 Thread tom
Absolutely beautiful! What a wonderful way to begin my day. Thanks David! Tom > Yet another Kapsberger video :) > enjoy > http://youtu.be/CpQw0UH-YV4 > dt > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admi

[LUTE] Re: Dumps and Downes

2012-02-09 Thread tom
style of > >>>composition > >>> called down(e) or dump? I have four of these: two from Holmes > >>> (ff. 12, 94) and two from Marsh (ff. 124, 426). Questions: Are > >>> they basically divisions on a ground? Does one follow a strict > >>> rhythm with them? > >>>I enjoy playing (in some cases simply attempting) these. > >>>Are there > >>> others, perhaps by different names/titles? > >>> > >>> Thanks and regards, > >>> Leonard Williams > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> To get on or off this list see list information at > >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > -- End of Forwarded Message > > > Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362

[LUTE] Re: Saturday quotes

2012-02-06 Thread tom
tely miserable time because he was listening for the slightest mistake, while the person next to him was having a religeous experience. If you like Karajan's Brandenburgs buy them, listen to them, love them, bask in their lush soundscapes, and to &e11 with the critics!

[LUTE] Re: Some history questions

2012-02-03 Thread tom
light? Looking forward to your responses. Thanks, Tom >I don't know about the scholarship, but from personal experience, I >can say that in a small room a lute can produce enough sound for a >few people to dance. Especially if you aren't competing with >

[LUTE] Re: String hairs

2012-01-20 Thread tom
gt;>Regards Anthony PS I suppose it should be really minimal, > >>>application to the whole string might give an interestingly > >>>stiff string? > >>> _ > >>> _ > >>> > >>>De : Ed Durbrow > >>>A : David Smith ; LuteNet list > >>> > >>>Envoye le : Vendredi 20 janvier 2012 13h20 > >>>Objet : [LUTE] Re: String hairs > >>> You can try a bit of superglue. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> To get on or off this list see list information at > >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362

[LUTE] Re: Facsimile Dimensions

2012-01-20 Thread tom
Thanks Sean, Mine measures 19cm (7.5") by 13.5cm (5 3/8") actual print on the page. Roughly 75% + of your edition. Fine for sitting in a chair and perusing. And the price was very reasonable. Thanks again, Tom > Tom, > > I just looked at my old Scolar Press facsimi

[LUTE] Facsimile Dimensions

2012-01-20 Thread tom
rom on a table. Was the original larger? And were all the parts for a song printed on one sheet of paper? What was the original format? Thanks, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 To get on

[LUTE] Re: tuning fork at 433Hz?

2012-01-07 Thread tom
ow more playing in high positions, and thicker, higher bridge for more down - bearing. Not only are the strings higher tension, they are also longer. Vuillaume was one of the first makers to start effecting these alterations for players like Pagannini. Interesting thread.

[LUTE] Re: tuning fork at 433Hz?

2012-01-06 Thread tom
er volume and brighter sound. Even today some orchestras tune to 442 -444, to take advantage of this effect. Anthony, if you ever decide you'd like to part with your 433 fork I'd be interested in having it. Then maybe I, too, can be in harmony with the universe! (Or close to it?) Tom

[LUTE] Re: 2 Christmas Tunes

2011-12-24 Thread tom
Fleece Navidad! I love it! Thanks David, Tom > All right then, spirit of the season, or season of the spirit, never > seem to get that one right. Here's what I have my pupils play this > year: lots of strings involved, steel as well as gut, and with a bit > of patience you w

[LUTE] 2 Christmas Tunes

2011-12-23 Thread tom
Christmas tunes arranged for guitar. Hope you like these: [1]http://youtu.be/pGUP-Moim9c [2]http://youtu.be/SB6wWLNjH-Q Compliments of the season! Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI

[LUTE] English Ballads French Ballad and Song Equivalent

2011-12-20 Thread tom
Sharp's work on Appalachian collection. Is there a comprehensive work on ancient French ballads and songs from continental Europe? Title and author(s)? And are there such works for other European languages also? Many thanks in advance! Tom -- To get on

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