Hi, folks - I've been given a bunch of old lengths of gut that would
probably due for either strings or frets. Could anyone kindly point me
towards a good site that might have some info about care/maintenance
of these kind of strings? PM me if you like - best, Ben S
do, not due!
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Hi, folks - I've been given a bunch of old lengths of gut that would
probably due for either strings or frets. Could anyone kindly point
me towards a good site that might have some info about
care/maintenance of these kind of strings? PM me if you
Hi, folks! I've just done an introduction to the theorbo video, and
posted it on Youtube/Facebook, etc. Please have a look - hope you
enjoy it.
Now that I've had to create my own Youtube channel, I'm planning to
try to record some further lute/theorbo/vocal pieces.
I have a
Hi, folks - anyone who lives near Toronto - meaning northeast USA, I
guess - happen to have an archlute for sale? I'm looking for one.
Cheers, Ben S
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Hi, folks! Hope all is well. I'm sending out a request for a couple of
De Visee tabs that I can't seem to locate.
In the A minor Suite d'Amila, there's a prelude and a courante. In the
(awesome) Richard Civiol tabs that are available
http://luthlibrairie.free.fr, I can't seem to find those
Hi, fellow lute folk - I've been loaned a very nice Baroque lute,
which unusually has an extra bass course. I'm taking part in a concert
of French music in the spring, and would like to play some De Visee.
Are there online resources for his music that someone could direct me
towards?
Hi, folks - would anyone have a pdf of original music for Purcell's
Music for a While that they could kindly send me, or direct me
towards? I'm doing a lecture for high school students - yikes - and I
want to show 'em some original basso continuo scores. There's nothing
on the 'net that
Hi there - as a choral singer, director and journalist as well as lute
player, I have to object to the generalizations about choral musicians
below.
Of course, musicians of all stripes are as prone to demagoguery,
bloviation, rudeness and snarkiness as any other human being; But I've
Ok, lute list - in your opinion(s), can a solo lute player or
theorbist actually do a convincing version of Purcell's If Music be
the Food of Love - the one with the florid bass line - or do you
really need a gamba player to do it justice? Cheers to all - Ben S
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Hi, everyone - does anyone have a modern edition of Dario Costello's
Seconda Sonata for Sopran solo they'd be willing to send me as a
pdf? It's for a house concert. Cheers, Benjamin Stein
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rhythmic
impetus, and you get heard a bit, 'cause the other instruments are
often on held notes. BCS
Quoting Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk:
Thanks Sean and Benny. I actually meant ren guitar or cittern (I don't
have either!). I was wondering exactly which chords would be strummed -
for example
:
Thanks Sean and Benny. I actually meant ren guitar or cittern (I don't
have either!). I was wondering exactly which chords would be strummed -
for example in the two tunes
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/Gervaise/
If you put a chord to each note on the bass line (easy to do) you
sometimes would have
If a lute's all you've got, strum away with impunity!
Quoting Sean Smith lutesm...@mac.com:
I think they're doable on lute plucked as usual although a ren
guitar or a cittern would be more suitable for strumming, IMHO.
Sean
On Oct 31, 2011, at 3:56 PM, Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com
Hey, everyone - there's an interview with me on Canadian radio -
CBC's Tapestry - about the phenomenon of picking up a new instrument
at (ahem) mid-life.
Here are the coordinates:
Sunday, Oct 23 @ 2:05 EST on CBC Radio One (99.1FM in Toronto)
I'll be playing theorbo, singing and playing
Whoops - here's an international website link. They podcast as well, I
believe.
http://www.cbc.ca/tapestry/
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Hey, everyone - there's an interview with me on Canadian radio -
CBC's Tapestry - about the phenomenon of picking up a new instrument
at (ahem)
Very nice improvs on the repeats. Ben S
Quoting Dominic Robillard ubaldrosa...@hotmail.de:
Hello Lute listers,
Perhaps some of you may have some interest in the music Bellorofonte
Castaldi. Although I would prefer to play his amazing theorbo duets,
his solo works for theorbo are
I capoed a ten course lute one time with a ballpoint pen and a some
rubber bands.
Quoting William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk:
Is there any evidence that capos were ever used with lutes?
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Hi, folks - a couple questions about Galilei lute works:
Is the Primo Libro D'intavolatura di Liuto the only collection of his
stuff, or did he write more?
I've got the Edizioni Suvini Zerboni of this book - found it in the
Toronto library. Would anyone know how where I might go to find
Thanks, folks! BCS
Quoting Stephen Arndt stephenar...@earthlink.net:
I found this in our local music library a few years ago and rather liked it:
Le gagliarde dal Libro d'intavolatura di liuto (Gal; 6): edizione
critica con intavolature per liuto e con trascrizione in notazione
moderna
Thanks for the suggestions, folks - happily struggling through some
simple elder Gaultier and Weiss. Cheers, Ben S
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Hi, everyone. I've got the use of a D minor Baroque lute for a few
weeks - borrowed it from the Tafelmusik Jeanne Lamon instrument bank.
It's a completely new tuning for me. Could anyone recommend some
online sources/beginner pieces for from the 11 course French
repertoire? Thanks very
Do it! My guess is Bakfark would have liked to have his music played
with a few notes missing, or on open courses, than not played at all.
And I guarantee you that no audience member will know or care, ever.
Unless they have taken part in this list-serve discussion, naturally.
Quoting
Hi, everyone - hope you are all looking forward to a productive, lute
plucking-filled summer.
I'm planning a concert next year focusing on Bach as an improviser.
Along with some of Bach's works - I'll be playing an arrangement of
his fourth cello suite for theorbo - we will be jamming on
Quoting howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com:
On Jun 7, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Stewart McCoy wrote:
The words come and die have two meanings.
If you're suggesting that come has an orgasm-related secondary
meaning, I think you're centuries early. I'm pretty certain Dowland
would not have
What does it matter? The world's going to end in an hour or two
anyhow. I'm putting down the lute and picking up a martini.
Quoting Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk:
It would do so as soon as it had frets on its neck.
But when did that first happen?
Monica (fretfully).
RT
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Hi, everyone! I may be taking my life in my hands (in the sense of
inviting a deluge of emails), but what the heck. What are people's
opinions regarding a repeat in performance of the third section of
Dowland's Flow My Tears; yes, no, and why?
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Just about to play Like as the Lute on Sunday - thanks for people's
thoughts and links to that piece. Does anyone know of any online
resources for more of Danyel's music, or have a recommendation of a
good recording? Thanks - Benjamin Stein
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I did this workshop for several years, and am now starting to work
professionally as a theorbist and lutenist. I can confirm that Lucas
Harris is an amazing musician and teacher - easily worth a trip to
Toronto. It's an intense but rewarding workshop - a lot of music to
learn in a short
Hi, everyone! I've got a question about John Danyel's Like as the
Lute Delights. This is a version of it that I found online.
http://www.acadiau.ca/~gcallon/www/archive/like.pdf
On page three, second bar there is pause after the words her touch,
and you can see that the tab denotes the
There's a brief section on it in the Diana Poulton lute book.
Quoting Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com:
Because my life is not complicated enough...is there a tutor in English
for learning German tablature, either published or online?
Rob Mackillop
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Hi, everyone - I'm taking part in a concert of Josquin music, for
which I'm planning to play some transcriptions of Josquin pieces
transcribed/adapted for lute by other composers. I've been listening
to Jacob Heringman's album of these kind of transcriptions, and I'm
wondering if anyone
Hi, all! I'm doing a concert of Renaissance and Restoration settings
of Shakespeare lyrics, as well as including some lutesong from the
Elizabethan era - Dowland, Pilkington. I've got some Thomas Arne
settings of lyrics from As You Like It. Any other suggestions for
similar rep? There are
Hi, folks. I have a vocal student who loves lutesong and is looking
for a lutenist or guitarist to collaborate with on an amateur basis.
He is a gentleman in his 60's and is legally blind, but gets around
very well and resourcefully. He lives in the Toronto area and is
essentially
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