Re: charango as vihuela

2004-09-13 Thread Vance Wood
Like music in a Suitcase? VW - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 6:14 PM Subject: Re: charango as vihuela &

Re: charango as vihuela

2004-09-13 Thread Vance Wood
I always thought is was a joint conspiracy between the people of Atlantis and Space Aliens. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUTE-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 4:24 PM Subject:

Re: Bakfark

2004-09-13 Thread Vance Wood
cleanliness. As far as his music is concerned it is particularly difficult with some very painful bar chords. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 9:54 AM Subject: Re: Bakfark > --- [EMAIL P

Re: Modern music pedagogy.

2004-09-13 Thread Vance Wood
The school of music probably. I remember my first semester at a University where we were indoctrinated with the concept that alarm clocks, garbage cans and something that made the sound of a flatulating cat should be considered as music and musical instruments. Vance Wood. - Original Message

Re: charango as vihuela

2004-09-11 Thread Vance Wood
That may or may not be so, but until I do a little digging I will accept myself corrected. I do however find this rather odd understanding the Native Americans had bows and had to be aware of the sound properties a taught string could produce. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From

Re: charango as vihuela

2004-09-11 Thread Vance Wood
Dear Roman: That is not what I said, I only used the Pipa as a comparison of a similar instrument comparable to a European counter part NOT BEING CLAIMED AS BEING SO. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUTE-LIST"

Re: charango as vihuela

2004-09-11 Thread Vance Wood
hould the Charango be related to the Vihuela? Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Gordon J. Callon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 7:28 PM Subject: Re: charango

Re: charango as vihuela

2004-09-11 Thread Vance Wood
Spanish and Portuguese influence became dominant in the area, and only after words did it evolve into something tuned to please European influence? Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Howard Posner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, Sept

Re: hip

2004-09-09 Thread Vance Wood
nd it is not hard to believe that the caliber of musical performance within a student body during Bach's time was astounding. After all, children will learn what they are taught and for the most part what is expected of them. Today we require little of our children and sadly expect less.

Re: Brown Bess

2004-09-07 Thread Vance Wood
important to remember that most titled pieces from this period were in reference to people or places and not things with the possible exception of Lady Hunsdon's Puff, the ramifications of which we have already discussed some time ago. Vance Wood - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL P

Re: Brown Bess

2004-09-06 Thread Vance Wood
Thank You Sean. I do not have Fonimo and I really can't ask you to Xerox and snail mail, but I at least now know the source. From what I understand this is the only source for this composition. Thanks Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "lutesmith" <[EMAIL PROT

Brown Bess

2004-09-06 Thread Vance Wood
Does anyone know of the source, or better still have a copy they could email, of the anonymous piece titled Brown Bess? Vance Wood.

Re: lute siting (sighting?)

2004-08-30 Thread Vance Wood
Any body remember the Elizabeth R series that was broadcast around twenty years ago? I seem to remember a Lute in that one and some of the back ground music was supplied by Julian Bream if I am not mistaken. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[EM

Re: HIN (Historical Informed Naming)

2004-08-30 Thread Vance Wood
significant today is how he is known to those of us that consider him significant. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Francesco Tribioli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'lute list'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 12:59 AM Subject: RE:

Re: hip

2004-08-29 Thread Vance Wood
ng it. Even if I don't get played. I know some people will be interested in it and some wont but, I am doing it for me and no one else. I don't think playing the Lute has to have some socially redeeming value assessed to it being played. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From:

Re: HIN (Historical Informed Naming)

2004-08-29 Thread Vance Wood
u are going to be unhappy. I would wager most in the Lute community would instantly understand that Francesco is most surely Francesco Canov DaMilano DeParigi. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Anthony Glass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: S

Re: Damping of bass strings described in historical treatises?

2004-08-12 Thread Vance Wood
even though I am pretty sure what the answer is going to be. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Harald J. Hamre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 1:30 PM Subject: Damping of bass strings described in historical treatise

Re: Steel-string acoustic guitar glue.

2004-08-11 Thread Vance Wood
the Mini-Ice Age. During this period, the exact dates I can not pull from the top of my head, caused the trees then living to grow very slowly. This causes the growth rings to be very close together as many as 220 rings across the face of one these violins. Vance Wood. - Original Message

Re: Imitations

2004-08-08 Thread Vance Wood
them while another voice moves on. =20 Vance Wood. - Original Message -=20 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Imitations Thanks for your reply, Vance. For from thinking I am too ignorant to = cope with normal notatio

Re: Imitations

2004-08-07 Thread Vance Wood
and = uneducated musicians who are unable or too lazy to learn staff notation = or read regular music as we understand it today. Vance Wood. - Original Message -=20 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 8:13 AM Subject: Re: Imitations

Re: Imitations

2004-08-07 Thread Vance Wood
ce when in fact there are two closely intertwined voices. Vance Wood. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 3:55 AM Subject: Imitations > > > So making the move > > >from notation to

Re: Imitations

2004-08-04 Thread Vance Wood
ut try not to make it too mechanical or you might miss the "phantom voices" that often materialize in his music. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:53 AM Subject: Imitations > Hi

Re: Mike Godfrey - Found someone local to fix my lute ALSO, HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION

2004-07-19 Thread Vance Wood
Hydrate with a humidifier. A lot of Guitar shops carry little humidity devises for putting in the guitar case I assume that would work with the Lute as well. I am also assuming that since I bought my humidifier there have been many and more sophisticated devices available. Vance Wood

Re: Sorry, help me....what to buy????

2004-07-19 Thread Vance Wood
instrument unless it gets larger. The only real solution to this issue considering your state of mind would be to have a new sound board made and replace it. This will not be a cheap repair, but it will be cheaper than a new Lute. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "timothy motz&quo

Re: Thoughts

2004-07-03 Thread Vance Wood
Hi Jon: Very well put and touching. It is true many love music who will never be able to play it, others play it and will never be able to play it well but it is the love of the same that makes us kindred spirits. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Jon Murphy" <[EM

Re: A lute's moment of truth.

2004-06-24 Thread Vance Wood
come up with a different sounding instrument each time. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Alain Veylit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Laute

Re: A lute's moment of truth.

2004-06-23 Thread Vance Wood
producing. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 7:14 AM Subject: A lute's moment of truth. > > Does a lute maker know how a lute is going to sound as he's bu

Re: who's zooming who?

2004-06-22 Thread Vance Wood
If we are referring to the same video shown early in this affair some may forget that this is bogus. It was revealed that the video was staged by an Eastern European Porn site and was not shot on location as some would like to believe. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "

Being gracious as a performer

2004-06-17 Thread Vance Wood
in a bath tub sounded like the Bells of St. Mary's. If they come at you with excuses then you can address those issues. But, really, in cases like this the less said the better, and offering up empty compliments will do nothing but make you look condescending at patronizing. Vance Wood.

Re: Being gracious as a performer.

2004-06-17 Thread Vance Wood
g wrong with letting people know that you enjoy playing the Lute, and that you enjoyed playing it for them. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Candace Magner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursd

Re: Manuscript of Per Brahe - Skokloster

2004-06-11 Thread Vance Wood
Dear Kenneth: Thank you for writing. I was on the verge of asking this list if anyone had a new link to your web site which I can no longer find? I truly enjoy your research and writing and of course the subject matter. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Kenneth Sparr&quo

Re: Tempo / Performance speed

2004-06-11 Thread Vance Wood
ed to them. I had made the comparisons concerning The Earl of Essex Galliard being played to fast, which as you know is also an ornamented version of Dowland's Can She Excuse. I had forgotten to make that link in my opinion. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Ed Durbro

Re: Tempo / Performance speed

2004-06-10 Thread Vance Wood
point the nature of which I am unaware of. So before someone else says it, I am unaware of a lot of things, I just offer an opinion. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "G.R. Crona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thur

Re: More about tuning

2004-06-10 Thread Vance Wood
was not pretty or cheap. I would say half the life span (or less) of plain Nylon. So? I'm not that traditional but I have found that an out of tune Lute is more difficult for me to play. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Tim Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: More about tuning

2004-06-10 Thread Vance Wood
rt my purchase lasts for years. I have found if I order twice as many first and fourth courses per set I cover the breakage pretty well. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Alain Veylit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed

Re: More about tuning

2004-06-09 Thread Vance Wood
the word "we" in case I am the only one still doing this, but I assume I am not. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Alain Veylit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 12:58 PM Subject: Re: Mor

Re: Mute (off topic)

2004-05-31 Thread Vance Wood
e who would otherwise be your friends . There are several lists on the net that revel in the kinds of discussions that from time to time tear this little group apart, go there where you will get as good as you give. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[E

Re: Goodbye!

2004-05-24 Thread Vance Wood
be sorry to see you go. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 3:45 PM Subject: Goodbye! > > Dear lutenists, _really dear_ lutenists! > > To me the previous events in the

Re: Tablature

2004-05-23 Thread Vance Wood
where the line begins is to be held to the point where the line ends. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Craig Robert Pierpont" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 8:43 AM Subject: Tablature > Hi List, > I am looking at

Re: Off topic

2004-05-13 Thread Vance Wood
No Timothy, they will poop out before mid-summer like a water bed suffering from a shot-gun injury. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "timothy motz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 1:49 PM Sub

Re: Off topic: extracts of one private answer

2004-05-13 Thread Vance Wood
uot;Stifle it!". Please! Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 4:14 PM Subject: Off topic: extracts of one private answer > > > I seem to continue my off topic posti

Re: Off topic, politics: there are limits!

2004-05-10 Thread Vance Wood
sorry that you are not able to keep private what was sent to you in private. It shows me a lot about you and I am disappointed. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL P

Re: Off topic, politics: there are limits!

2004-05-06 Thread Vance Wood
ning, this does not belong on the Lute list and I really wish you would post this kind of stuff somewhere else. Thank You Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Stupid query from beginner

2004-05-03 Thread Vance Wood
g the neck in the V of the thumb and first finger. This leads to all kinds of problems that can become habit once you stop agonizing over the right hand and start realizing you still can't play because now you are not fingering the frets properly. Vance Wood. - Original Message - Fro

Re: Lute by Haldon Chase

2004-04-14 Thread Vance Wood
talk you into using Gorilla Glue. This is a Water and Ploy Urethane based glue, and will permanently glue almost any thing but it is a nightmare to clean up and the squeeze out swells and makes a mess all over everything. If it dries on the finish it has to be chiseled off. Vance Wood. - Ori

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-06 Thread Vance Wood
Roman: Again you prove yourself wrong as well as wrong headed. There is evidence that goes back into India, China and Mesopotamia. However this is not a site about Bonsai and I did not bring it up. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-05 Thread Vance Wood
long before they were cutting them down and making Lutes of them. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 6:13 AM Subject: Re: Non-lute composers poll.

Re: Acrimony in pop music.

2004-04-05 Thread Vance Wood
I think that in today's "Pop Music" the questionable behavior is part of the image they hope to project, or at the least, their questionable behavior often results in the kind of publicity that generates business. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "bill&quo

Re: Acrimony in pop music.

2004-04-05 Thread Vance Wood
Are we sure that this is not just a quest for some to find historical evidence to support their tendency to be as nasty to everyone as is possible? Also I have read that one of the Gaultiers was involved in a murder. It seems that the "brothers" were a wild bunch. Vance Wood.

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-05 Thread Vance Wood
Another good one, a shot across the bow from Roman. It is probably a good idea that you did not root your pot either. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" &

Fw: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-04 Thread Vance Wood
Ron: Though my family has lived in The USA for many generations my European roots are Welsh. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Ron Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 20

Re: rose and sound

2004-03-14 Thread Vance Wood
Drear Bernd: There was a discussion on this very issue not too long ago. Search the archives on the subject and you should be busy reading for a few days. From what I remember the consensus seems to be that it does make a difference. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "

Re: Life, the universe...

2004-03-12 Thread Vance Wood
wishing I could go back to some mythical good ol' days. I know enough about the history of that period to know, with my disposition, I would not last a week. I don't dress up in period costumes unless I am called to do a gig that requires it like a period festival. Vance Wood. --

Re: Why paintings but no lutes?

2004-03-06 Thread Vance Wood
Seriously, you can build a tree house in a bonsai if the tree is big enough and the house, small enough. Just don't try to live in it. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; &quo

Re: Why paintings but no lutes?

2004-03-06 Thread Vance Wood
stand, were converted into Hurdy Gurdys. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 1:58 PM Subject: Why paintings but no lutes? > > > Support also comes ... from paintings &g

Re: 5th course: octave or unison?

2004-03-04 Thread Vance Wood
se of octaves was probably more one of convenience and cost than musical preference. To be fair, I have heard octaves played by some good players that sound decent, to be critical I have heard Milano played with octaves and this configuration in my ear takes away from the flow of the counterpoint. Vance

Re: more fingers needed

2004-03-02 Thread Vance Wood
have other methods. Usually a chord like this out of necessity will be slightly arpeggiated. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Bernd Haegemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:46 AM Subject: more fingers needed &

Re: 90 & 91

2004-02-27 Thread Vance Wood
Thank you Ron, I agree. Browsers don't always give you everything available without looking through pages and pages of links. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Ron Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: The "likeness" of John Dowland

2004-02-23 Thread Vance Wood
that way. I know some will respond that they play thumb under on a 13 course Lute. That's fine, I am not trying to convert anyone one way or the other, I am merely voicing a point of view as skewed as it may be wrong. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Jon Murphy" &l

Re: The "likeness" of John Dowland

2004-02-22 Thread Vance Wood
Would it be possible for anyone with access to a link showing said painting/image please post a link? I would be most grateful. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "adS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Fingerpicks

2004-02-22 Thread Vance Wood
want to. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Jason Kortis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 12:58 AM Subject: Fingerpicks > Hello all, > I read that Milano experimented w/fingerpicks - has anyone tried this? > Jason > > >

Re: Archlute damage

2004-02-17 Thread Vance Wood
ld be substantial. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Edward C. Yong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 8:58 PM Subject: Re: Archlute damage > Edward, > > I don't

Re: Notations

2004-02-17 Thread Vance Wood
god-awful political rhetoric from time to time so I don't see how you are creating a problem. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Lute List" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: Archlute damage

2004-02-16 Thread Vance Wood
might think. If the joint you are gluing is not clean and free of debris it will not stick well and will break apart easily, and it is UV sensitive and will break down quickly when exposed to a good deal of direct sun light. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Steve Ramey&quo

Re: Notations

2004-02-15 Thread Vance Wood
supplied with the base line and a series of numbers that designate chord inversions. Do you think this might work for you? As I remember in Guitar related fake books most of the time things were set up around a chord progression. Just a thought Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: &quo

Re: Elizabethan pieces for gov. figures.

2004-02-12 Thread Vance Wood
een's Lutenists, to no avail. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:47 AM Subject: Elizabethan pieces for gov. figures. > > I've noticed several Dowland p

Re: Developing Thumb under speed

2004-02-11 Thread Vance Wood
hn Dowland). With the thumb out this passage is awkward and difficult to play using thumb and index unless you do it thumb under, then it just falls right into place. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Using hide glue.

2004-02-11 Thread Vance Wood
Hi Herbert: Hide glue does not dry quite that fast, you still have a couple of minutes working time. Even if is does set up to a point where it seems unworkable a little heat will usually soften it enough to work with. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Herbert Ward&quo

Re: Do pegs get smooth and begin slipping?

2004-02-11 Thread Vance Wood
ear a respirator, a dust mask is not enough, when major sawing and sanding procedures are taking place or you can cause yourself damage. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "

Re: Do pegs get smooth and begin slipping?

2004-02-11 Thread Vance Wood
, regardless of why and how this happens it is one of the several annoying traits common with owning, and trying to play, the Lute. The better the marriage between pegs and peg box in both cut and compatible materials will go a long way in lessening these problems. Vance Wood. - Original Message

Re: Do pegs get smooth and begin slipping?

2004-02-09 Thread Vance Wood
the string and dust the peghole with a little chalk, this should help. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 10:13 AM Subject: Do pegs get smooth and begin slipping? >

TEST II

2004-02-08 Thread Vance Wood
Second test, first did not go through.

Re: Church authority in the Renaissance.

2004-01-31 Thread Vance Wood
yed by Royalty and the upper classes. It would be interesting to see how their careers were moved, shaped, and even ruined by the political/spiritual events happening around them. I remember reading that one of the Glautiers got himself involved in some sort of murder plot. Vance Wood. - Ori

Re: Church authority in the Renaissance.

2004-01-30 Thread Vance Wood
Wow! That's a good one Roman, you really got me that time. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUTE-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 6:55 PM Subject: Re: Church authority in the Ren

Re: Church authority in the Renaissance.

2004-01-30 Thread Vance Wood
l Cross of Christ found in England to make Noah's Ark. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Caroline Usher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 1:37 PM Subject: Re: Church authority in the Renaissan

Re: Church authority in the Renaissance.

2004-01-30 Thread Vance Wood
there were other factors involved here but his conversion to Catholicism seems to be the major excuse given. God forbid, but dare we discuss The Plague? Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Caroline Usher" <[EMAI

Re: Church authority in the Renaissance.

2004-01-29 Thread Vance Wood
heretic nation, not just a heretic monk. And yes you are right there were a lot of other factors, movers and shakers, but the ones I have mentioned are cruicial. Vance Wood - Original Message - From: "Caroline Usher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vance Wood" <[

Re: Church authority in the Renaissance.

2004-01-29 Thread Vance Wood
t out. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:46 PM Subject: Re: Church authority in the Renaissance. > > On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Vance Wood wrote: > > It took the in

Re: Church authority in the Renaissance.

2004-01-29 Thread Vance Wood
crumble, and the corruption of that institution begin to be known by an increasingly educated population. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "James A Stimson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent

Re: vite liutistiche

2004-01-24 Thread Vance Wood
The Saustscheck fraud continues? Or am I missing something here? - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUTE-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:35 PM Subject: vite liutistiche > Dear e-friends, > A few days ago a couple of very inter

Re: Lute resonance.

2004-01-21 Thread Vance Wood
mment about the Lute body producing or resonating at a particular pitch it was with this in mind. Of course it is still possible that we are assigning a function to the Lute body from our technical understanding of acoustics that was totally ignored by the original builders, or maybe not. Vance

Re: Tuneing via meter ...

2004-01-21 Thread Vance Wood
thing in tune all the time, but sometimes I only have a few moments to pound out a piece or two so I choose not to carefully check the tuning all the time as I should unless it really sounds horrid. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To

Re: Electronic tuners

2004-01-21 Thread Vance Wood
from an audience point of view we did not suck. I remember only once having a tuning problem in five years. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL P

Re: Focus ...

2004-01-19 Thread Vance Wood
takes instant root if allowed to do so. This also means that you have to, at some point, practice the piece with this in mind, you just can't do it out of the gate so to speak. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ""Ma

Re: Focus ...

2004-01-18 Thread Vance Wood
m to enter into your thinking. That area of the brain where doubt and panic enter in are occupied with something related to playing the composition. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Ed Durbrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tim Mills" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; &

Re: Electronic tuners

2004-01-18 Thread Vance Wood
. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ed Durbrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 11:35 PM Subject: Re: Electronic tuners > Wow Ed, > >

Re: Electronic Tuners

2004-01-17 Thread Vance Wood
ear? The entire history of the Lute was tuned by ear, meaning the original instruments and not the modern revival. To this date I have never used anything other than a tuning fork. Are there any good suggestions and or methods for doing this properly (by ear)? Vance Wood. - Original Message

Re: Lute Finish

2004-01-11 Thread Vance Wood
dry properly. If you are not familiar with finishes and how to work with them I would not recommend doing this your self. As I said earlier it is important to know what kind of finish you are working with before you experiment. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "sterling

Re: Lute Finish

2004-01-10 Thread Vance Wood
t out with a very fine rubbing compound. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "sterling price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 3:29 AM Subject: Lute Finish > Hi all-I have a question about the finish on my > a

Re: Double out/under?

2004-01-09 Thread Vance Wood
learn how to play the first course the same way you play the second, or third course for that matter. If done correctly the doubled course sounds fine, in my opinion, even better than the single string ,even with diminutions. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Arne Keller&quo

Re: Double 1st (HIP message included)

2004-01-05 Thread Vance Wood
me to the back room as an ahistorical bore that does not have a clue and should not be allowed to even look at a Lute let alone own one and try to play it. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Double 1st (HIP message included)

2004-01-05 Thread Vance Wood
instrument itself. The more I try to learn about the Lute the more I realize how much I and We don't, and possible cannot, know about it. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Martin Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> C

Re: new pictures

2004-01-04 Thread Vance Wood
of the two strings will become false. This demands that the string be replaced, and probably the entire course, there is no way to adjust the difference in the two strings, the falseness becomes pronounced within two frets. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Stewart McCoy&

Re: new pictures

2004-01-04 Thread Vance Wood
Dear Roman: I am just parroting what I have picked up from this forum. If I am wrong I apologize but I guess you have to consider the source of my information. Vance Wood - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vance Wood" <[

Re: new pictures

2004-01-04 Thread Vance Wood
/hear someone of some repute start playing the instrument strung this way. I understand you not wanting to post the price, I will check out your site for that information. I would love to hear this instrument and love to play it even more. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "M

Re: new pictures

2004-01-04 Thread Vance Wood
on this instrument? Some of them appear to be over-spuns. Would it be rude to ask what the price on this Lute might be? Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Martin Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 4:17 AM

Re: How do lute makers achieve good sound?

2003-12-30 Thread Vance Wood
revealed by taping on the bridge with the index finger. Usually the dead spots are in the middle ranges. It becomes necessary to trim the afore mentioned bars to get these dead or tight spots to lighten up. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL P

Re: Out of tune horns

2003-12-28 Thread Vance Wood
annot play them, or our generation of builders who cannot make them properly, they are missing some critical if miniscule detail that makes all the difference. Thank you for you post the response has been interesting. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: John Cage, etc.

2003-12-19 Thread Vance Wood
investment. As far as criticizing this kind of thing, well, maybe I don't have a right to do so, but on the other hand legally I do. I guess it boils down to whether or not you want to go to the pillories for your opinion. Vance Wood. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: The ecological sustainable lute & luthier

2003-12-19 Thread Vance Wood
= over the place. However it has now become a recognizable part of the = ecosystem. Vance Wood. - Original Message -=20 From: Michael Stitt=20 To: Vance Wood ; lute list=20 Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 3:51 PM Subject: Re: The ecological sustainable lute & luthier Va

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