[LUTE] Re: pacoloni on youtube

2009-08-29 Thread Doc Rossi
Thanks, Sean! On Aug 28, 2009, at 1:50 AM, Sean Smith wrote: 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 fier

[LUTE] Re: pacoloni on youtube

2009-08-29 Thread Doc Rossi
Hey Stuart - Thanks. As Sean has pointed out, the cittern part was made by Viaera, published in the same year as the lute parts, if I'm not mistaken. Doc On Aug 27, 2009, at 5:50 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote: The Bacheler Consort plays Pacoloni : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJa0byWuhpU

[LUTE] pacoloni on youtube

2009-08-26 Thread Doc Rossi
The Bacheler Consort plays Pacoloni : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJa0byWuhpU To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] student lute needed

2009-08-22 Thread Doc Rossi
A friend of mine near Geneva is looking for a student-level lute to accompany her singing. Please drop me a line if you have something available. Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Apple Tuning Applet

2009-06-14 Thread Doc Rossi
Hey Gordon, Is this what you're talking about? http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/chromatictuner.html Doc On Jun 14, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Gordon Gregory wrote: Hi, Either my computer or I have lost the interesting post on the Apple tuning application that appeared a day or so a

[LUTE] Re: Lute recordings in meantone

2009-05-23 Thread Doc Rossi
In relation to the tuning question, how common was the use of a capo? Haven't they been in use since the 17th century? doc On May 23, 2009, at 8:51 AM, David van Ooijen wrote: On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: There may be one or two of you interested in the banjo c.

[LUTE] Carlo Cecconi

2009-02-06 Thread Doc Rossi
Has anyone got Carlo Cecconi's telephone numbers? I can't find them... Thanks, Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Green Sleeves

2009-01-23 Thread Doc Rossi
Anone with further information could reply to Brad directly. Thanks in advance. Begin forwarded message: From: Brad McEwen <[1]mill_r...@yahoo.com> Date: January 22, 2009 9:07:28 PM CEST To: Doc Rossi <[2]ro...@cetrapublishing.com> Subject: Re: Fwd: [LUTE] Re: G

[LUTE] Green Sleeves

2009-01-20 Thread Doc Rossi
-1610. Does John Johnson's version for two lutes predate Ballet? Thanks, Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Doc Rossi
For PDFs, Mac OSX has a built-in Print to PDF feature that works well. For Windows there are free virtual printers around that also work pretty well. I remember using one that had Pony in the name (sorry to be so vague). On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, New to t

[LUTE] Re: ok...need some more help...

2008-11-26 Thread Doc Rossi
The scan function is very nice now. It was pretty unwieldy a few years ago. I've been so overwhelmed with work these last months (plus moving house yet again...) that I've been neglecting publications. I'm hoping for a quiet new year break where I can catch up. I haven't even got my own

[LUTE] Re: ok...need some more help...

2008-11-26 Thread Doc Rossi
Sorry to disagree, but I don't have any problems doing good work with Finale. Fronimo was okay at first, but I've had issues with the quality of the print out when exporting to DTP programs. Finale is also very, very flexible - I find it much more so than Fronimo. There is a big learning c

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Doc Rossi
What gets me about the new technology is that we can record in such high fidelity yet so many people prefer downloads of MP3s which are quite lo-fi. It's rather curious to see these paths going in different directions. On Nov 19, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Anthony Hind wrote: Rob I heartily agree

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Doc Rossi
I agree with this assessment as well - from about the same amount of experience. On Nov 18, 2008, at 5:17 PM, Guy Smith wrote: I agree in principal, but in practice, I don't. I've been hanging out on groups like this for around 20 years (starting with USENET in the mid eighties), and I've s

[LUTE] Re: UR Research Nearly 1600 Irish Tunes

2008-11-11 Thread Doc Rossi
Wonderful - Thank you. I used to have this book but lost it somehow, so it's great to have it again. On Nov 11, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Arthur Ness wrote: This will surely excite some readers of this list. 3 vols., nearly 1600 tunes! - Original Message - New items are available in the

[LUTE] Re: UR Research Nearly 1600 Irish Tunes

2008-11-11 Thread Doc Rossi
Where do I get my copy?!?!? On Nov 11, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Arthur Ness wrote: This will surely excite some readers of this list. 3 vols., nearly 1600 tunes! - Original Message - New items are available in the UR Research collections you have subscribed to: New items in collection

[LUTE] Re: harpsichord substitute

2008-10-17 Thread Doc Rossi
This is a wonderful performance. I agree with you about the organ creating a kind of base that supports violin or flute - with the lute - which could be louder - adding a slightly percussive element. The figures are used as a guide to create a simple countersubject shared between the lut

[LUTE] Tablature Fonts for Mac

2008-10-07 Thread Doc Rossi
Has anyone got any suggestions for nice-looking French tablature fonts for Mac OS X? Thanks, Doc To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE]"Broken" consort

2008-10-06 Thread Doc Rossi
No wire strings??? What IS this world coming to... (very nice just the same) On Oct 6, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: I have had the same experience as Nancy, and playing consorts with a recorder was not a problem at all. You can just check that by listening to The Sacred End

[LUTE] Re: Broken consort

2008-10-05 Thread Doc Rossi
Rowbotham's 1569 publication) I hope you didn't read to earlier email that I was advocating such an instrument in this repertoire! My own knowledge of the cittern is limited and if you've anything to add, or correct, on cittern sizes, tunings, pitches etc for the 'Rro

[LUTE] Re: Broken consort

2008-10-05 Thread Doc Rossi
On Oct 5, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: More recently the gittern tuning (with highest string on the first course at g') seems to have found favour Which tuning is this? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: what the heck is this instrument?

2008-07-27 Thread Doc Rossi
too many for an early one, but not for a later one. On Jul 27, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote: Too many courses. RT Hello !! it looks like a colascione xx H.V --- On Sun, 7/27/08, Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LUTE]

[LUTE] Re: La Cetra Galante

2008-07-21 Thread Doc Rossi
i'm not sure it's up yet... On Jul 21, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: > Excellent. I'm off to the Magnatune site to download it. Maybe a > direct link would help others, Doc? > > Rob > > 2008/7/21 Doc Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've r

[LUTE] Re: Rene Mesangeau

2008-07-02 Thread Doc Rossi
I think it's spam from a spa On Jul 2, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: .Still blank, "heluth". What can the problem be ? Jean-Marie === 02-07-2008 14:36:23 === = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://poirierjm.free.fr 02-07-2008 To get o

[LUTE] cheap 7-course

2008-06-20 Thread Doc Rossi
Perhaps this might be of interest to someone: http://www.palmguitars.nl/page.php?cat_id=24 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: French Style

2008-06-20 Thread Doc Rossi
David, would you care to give us a reading list of what you consider to be the most important works for learning about the interpretation of this music? Doc On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:56 PM, David Tayler wrote: I think the good Jazz transcriptions are pretty good, and there are lots of them, bu

[LUTE] Re: Late 19th-century film of man playing lute

2008-06-20 Thread Doc Rossi
I thought it might have been Rob McBloch at first - who later had a sex change - but I think you're right. On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: Incredible ! He looks exactly like Rob MacDolmetsch... :-) Jean-Marie === 20-06-2008 18:21:37 === Very rare footage:

[LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make?

2008-06-07 Thread Doc Rossi
http://www.pickworld.com/delrin.htm perhaps one could cut these to the shape desired On Jun 7, 2008, at 8:53 PM, Guy Smith wrote: You can find Delrin at most plastics supply companies. I used to use it occasionally to machine parts for lab apparatus. It's one of the easiest plastics to work

[LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make?

2008-06-05 Thread Doc Rossi
From the Wikipedia article on Delrin: Delrin has also recently found use in the manufacturing of Irish flutes (traditionally made of wood), tin whistles (traditionally made of metal), and bagpipes (traditionally made of wood). Delrin flutes sound similar or identical to wooden flutes, but h

[LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make?

2008-06-05 Thread Doc Rossi
Do you put anything between the quill and the iron? What temperature do you use> On Jun 6, 2008, at 7:45 AM, David Tayler wrote: I take the quill and iron it with a heavy iron, then shape it. I prefer a slightly rounded tip. It's the only thing I iron, really. You can also cut a piece of de

[LUTE] Re: strumming

2008-05-29 Thread Doc Rossi
Thanks very much for the lesson, Rob. Great stuff. On May 29, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Somone asked me about my strumming techniques so I've added a video on strumming the baroque guitar here: http://www.vimeo.com/robmackillop/videos It's more MacKillop than Corbetta, but you mi

[LUTE] Re: first video

2008-05-25 Thread Doc Rossi
That's excellent, Rob. What a pleasure to hear you play again. The last time was in Evora! (Nice house, too, by the way.) On May 25, 2008, at 6:36 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: I've added four videos - one lute, three baroque guitar - to the vimeo site. This is my first attempt at making a vid

[LUTE] Re: tielke site

2008-05-16 Thread Doc Rossi
prego On May 17, 2008, at 7:41 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: > Wonderful. Great research. Great images. A great use of the internet. > > Thanks for directing us to it. > > Rob > > 2008/5/17 Doc Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It isn't ready yet, but this looks like i

[LUTE] Re: Bad news

2008-05-05 Thread Doc Rossi
time. Smashing your cittern was a particularly vindictive and spiteful thing for the thief to do. Please convey our sympathy to Roberto. I hope he can soon get his life back to normal. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. -Original Message- From: Doc Rossi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 May 2008 11

[LUTE] Re: look at me!

2008-05-05 Thread Doc Rossi
On May 5, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: I'm the only one allowed to play this instrument! How dare you! Merde! I don't remember you ever giving me permission to play this instrument. What can I do now??? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth

[LUTE] Re: look at me!

2008-05-04 Thread Doc Rossi
Nice one, Andy! On May 4, 2008, at 10:45 PM, Andrew Rutherford wrote: Hi citterners, If you type "English Guittar" on Youtube you can see me playing "Up We't Eli Eli" from the Bremner book on my Eng. Guit. (Thanks Rob McK for the music). andy rutherford PS Does anybody know what "Up We

[LUTE] Re: Reportage (was Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!)

2008-04-18 Thread Doc Rossi
second On Apr 18, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Dear all, I think my original Subject line of 'Aarrrgg!!!' still holds! Rob On 18/04/2008, gary digman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "former Vice Presidents who claim to have invented the Internet and be the Fount of All K

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-16 Thread Doc Rossi
Completely bizarre. Interesting that Scottish lute is "making a comeback" according to the article. I was in London last weekend and friends in the record business told me that sales of traditional Irish and Scottish CDs are falling and have been for some time. On Apr 16, 2008, at 11:28

[LUTE] Re: Memorization

2008-04-04 Thread Doc Rossi
On Apr 4, 2008, at 4:24 PM, Stewart McCoy wrote: If you really had to memorise a piece, for example, because you were going to perform it on stage in a play, you'd find a way to memorise it. Boy, if that were only true! It's exactly the pieces that I perform that I'm concerned about. I di

[LUTE] Re: 7c at 64cms

2008-04-03 Thread Doc Rossi
On Apr 3, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: Rob Sorry, I can't quite leave-off, you got me thinking too much. Of course, like everyone else, I can't help thinking about what lute I would like next, but also, how I wish I was a little more focussed and less dilettante (imore in the

[LUTE] Re: OT " Mac OS 9 Help

2008-04-01 Thread Doc Rossi
thanks to all who replied - problem solved On Apr 1, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Bruno Fournier wrote: > What's the question ? I may be able to answer you, although I have > not used OS 9 in a while. > > Bruno > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Doc Rossi > <[EMAIL

[LUTE] OT " Mac OS 9 Help

2008-04-01 Thread Doc Rossi
Sorry to intrude like this - if anyone has time to answer a Mac OS 9 question for me, please contact me ASAP off list. Thanks To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: my new theorbo! - pics and sound file

2008-03-27 Thread Doc Rossi
I agree with you completely, Rob - Malcolm is really a n excellent luthier. The diatonic cittern he made for me is going from strength to strength - really coming alive after a year of playing. Doc Rossi On Mar 27, 2008, at 11:10 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: I brought this home on Tuesday from

[LUTE] Re: I can't remain silent any longer....!!.....

2008-03-25 Thread Doc Rossi
On Mar 25, 2008, at 3:03 PM, Paavo R. Zakin, M.D. wrote: > the late Julian Bream, His house is for sale, but I hadn't heard that he'd died. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/09/22/pbream122.xml -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.

[LUTE] Re: plucked bass

2008-03-24 Thread Doc Rossi
Thanks, Eugene - I'd thought of these, too. Maybe I'm looking for something that doesn't exist. On Mar 24, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: At 06:06 AM 3/24/2008, Doc Rossi wrote: I'm working on a project involving mid-18th-century dance music mostly from

[LUTE] Re: plucked bass

2008-03-24 Thread Doc Rossi
I've thought of French arch-citterns and double-neck citterns, too. What I'd really like is bandora... Perhaps there was a bass cittern, like the one in the painting by Saftleven. On Mar 24, 2008, at 12:47 PM, David Tayler wrote: > Also, good look finding one, but it seems a nice place to try

[LUTE] Re: plucked bass

2008-03-24 Thread Doc Rossi
I thought of viol - that was actually my first choice after bassoon - but I'm wondering about bass instruments that I don't know about. The little cittern is too small for bass, but I've been lusting after a Tielke myself for a very long time. Baroque guitar and chitarra battente also cam

[LUTE] plucked bass

2008-03-24 Thread Doc Rossi
I'm working on a project involving mid-18th-century dance music mostly from France, Belgium and Austria. I'd like to have a non-keyboard plucked instrument in the bass. What are my options besides theorbo, archlute, harp? Mandora and Colascione come to mind - is there anything else? Thank

[LUTE] Re: larger theorbos

2008-03-21 Thread Doc Rossi
sorry - i thought it was bach's birthday, not april first... On Mar 21, 2008, at 10:46 AM, David Tayler wrote: People have been asking if I also play these larger Theorbos, So I have a picture of the largest one. http://www.voicesofmusic.org/klaus%20theorbo.html At a length of 1400 centimete

[LUTE] Re: Amateur recordings

2008-02-29 Thread Doc Rossi
http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1916 On Feb 29, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote: Dear Valéry, Excellent! Good to see you on this list again - there are now so many of us with the Zoom H2 we should share our experiences with this machine. Which settings

[LUTE] Re: Amateur recordings

2008-02-29 Thread Doc Rossi
Beautiful sound, Valéry! What exactly are you using? On Feb 29, 2008, at 9:26 AM, Valéry Sauvage wrote: Hello, Back on this list... I'd like to present some recordings I made with my brand new zoom h2... (nice machine !) http://pagesperso-orange.fr/luthval/musiques/packington.mp3 http://pag

[LUTE] Re: true amateurs

2008-02-28 Thread Doc Rossi
I'm on Mac and I got to hear them using a link someone sent yesterday or the day before - not very helpful, I know, but the message said something like "this link should work." It went straight to an MP3 file played with the QuickTime plugin in Safari. I'm sorry I can't give you a better i

[LUTE] my space

2008-02-25 Thread Doc Rossi
It's still quite simple, but I have a page on My Space which includes a sneak preview of the new CD: http://www.myspace.com/docrossi Doc To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Microphones on live performances

2008-02-23 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
Josephsons are very good, and I've also had excellent results with the small, clip-on mics you can find at Radio Shack and places like that. On Feb 24, 2008, at 7:21 AM, Antonio II wrote: Hi, people Does anyone have any advice on microphones for live performances? I'm thinking about p

[LUTE] Re: different-sized lutes

2008-02-17 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
Shepherd's Nine Day Wonder? On Feb 17, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote: I was amazed myself, which is why I remember that it was nine days. It took another couple of weeks to varnish it. I can't make lutes that quickly any more, alas. Martin Rob MacKillop wrote: On 17/02/2008

[LUTE] Re: great pics of cittern building process

2008-02-16 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
On Feb 16, 2008, at 8:27 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Looks like absolute perfection. It has whet my appetite for my theorbo by the same maker, currently being born on his workbench. Enjoy it, Doc. I hope you have the Scottish repertoire for that fret system - on my website somewhere. You be

[LUTE] some new research

2008-02-10 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
I've posted an encyclopedia entry from 1819 about "The Guitar, or Cittern". Please have a look - there are some points of interest. The lute and especially the theorbo are mentioned in the same entry. http://www.cetrapublishing.com/citterncafe/ To get on or off this list see list informat

[LUTE] Andrea Damiani on You Tube

2008-02-06 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qiwVIXdiU4 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXCmEE5pzeo -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: a liste-machine

2008-02-01 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
Hmm - this is exactly what I do with Mail, and I've been very happy with it. On Feb 1, 2008, at 1:54 PM, Ed Durbrow wrote: If you have a Mac, you may need to get SpamSeive. I used Mail's built in spam filter for quite a while until it became ineffective. The thing about SpamSeive is, if you

[LUTE] Re: a liste-machine

2008-02-01 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
rn there, and we shall see it. They also have many lutes & guitars. I really want to see the guitar by Sellas, and I understand they actually have 2 Edlinger baroque lutes there! It ought to be a great time for us. ed At 08:53 AM 2/1/2008 +0100, Gregory Doc Rossi wrote: We'r

[LUTE] Re: a liste-machine

2008-01-31 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
The guy who does my website is into some software called WordPress. I suppose we could call it blogging software, or interactive web software. It means people can post and comment on the posts. We're using this on the Cittern Cafe site, and except for the fact that the cittern crowd isn't

[LUTE] Re: mandora/gallichon music

2008-01-23 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
The usual - he copped it from someone else. I heard it from Pietro Prosser, I think. On Jan 23, 2008, at 6:02 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote: Gregory Doc Rossi wrote: On Jan 23, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote: I'm probably too late to thank Brescianello for writing it. Don&#x

[LUTE] Re: mandora/gallichon music

2008-01-23 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
On Jan 23, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote: I'm probably too late to thank Brescianello for writing it. Don't worry, Stuart, lots of people think he probably didn't write it anyway... To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/ind

[LUTE] Re: string organization

2008-01-11 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
On Jan 11, 2008, at 6:25 PM, Narada wrote: How short is short Doc? Less than 45cm. -Original Message- From: Gregory Doc Rossi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 January 2008 17:18 To: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: string organization I don't know how many of you ever use ir

[LUTE] Re: string organization

2008-01-11 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
I don't know how many of you ever use iron or brass, but it seems to last forever sound-wise. If I break one on a longer scale instrument, I file it away in case I break one on shorter scale instrument. I keep the old strings in envelopes according to gauge - must be my librarian experienc

[LUTE] Re: Di novo e' giunto

2008-01-01 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
Indeed, I meant the madrigal by JdB. Thanks to all who responded. On Jan 1, 2008, at 9:17 PM, Arthur Ness wrote: Stuart, Yes, that is the Trecento madrigal by Jacopo (Jacobo) da Bologna in Reese's middle ages book. Doc didn't give a composer's name, but it seems to be what he was looking for.

[LUTE] Di novo e' giunto

2007-12-29 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
Has anyone got the notes or tab to Di novo e' giunto? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Personal Awesomeness Index

2007-12-17 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
6 and 12 is actually much more common - the Gibson SG version is well known. On Dec 17, 2007, at 9:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Consider also that a 10-course lute has more strings than a double- neck guitar. But only one! Well, my 10-courser has 19 strings, 1 + 2x9. Haven't the doub

[LUTE] Re: Swanneck + loaded strings

2007-12-11 Thread Gregory Doc Rossi
I've been playing without nails for at least 30 years, and I play only metal-strung instruments. I have light calluses on my right hand, nothing like those on the left, but it never occurred to me to sand the right-hand fingers. Maybe I'll try it when I haven't got any concerts coming up.

[LUTE] Re: dedillo

2007-11-05 Thread Doc Rossi
a site devoted to Carlos Paredes with other views of his technique: http://www.cidadevirtual.pt/cdl/carlosparedes.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: dedillo

2007-11-05 Thread Doc Rossi
, > Ah ha! So the interesting point would be where they change to and > from it, how they negotiate going from a down stroke as a strong > beat to an up stroke being the strong beat. > > > On Nov 1, 2007, at 7:57 PM, Doc Rossi wrote: > >> Hi Ed, >> >> I think I

[LUTE] Re: dedillo

2007-11-01 Thread Doc Rossi
Hi Ed, I think I misunderstood your question earlier. They use the flesh side of the nail for the strong beat - the stroke towards the body. Doc On Oct 31, 2007, at 2:10 PM, Ed Durbrow wrote: > > On Oct 31, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Doc Rossi wrote: > >> I've seen people play

[LUTE] Re: dedillo

2007-11-01 Thread Doc Rossi
Hi Ed, I think I misunderstood your question earlier. They use the flesh side of the nail for the strong beat - the stroke towards the body. Doc On Oct 31, 2007, at 2:10 PM, Ed Durbrow wrote: > > On Oct 31, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Doc Rossi wrote: > >> I've seen people play

[LUTE] Re: dedillo

2007-10-30 Thread Doc Rossi
9th centuries who found such instruments in North Africa and the Middle East with names like the bulgaria. Doc Rossi On Oct 31, 2007, at 2:13 AM, John Griffiths wrote: > Hi Jocelyn, > No the guitarra portuguesa is closer to a cittern in its modern form > -- they still use the term vi

[LUTE] Re: Kirkby on the youtubes

2007-08-23 Thread Doc Rossi
Isn't that Paul Brier? On Aug 24, 2007, at 4:09 AM, Daniel Shoskes wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTV6F3lTU7o > > I think it's Linda Sayce on "turbo lute" during the recitative but I > don't recognize her continuo partner. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http

[LUTE] Re: piano-forte guittars

2007-08-15 Thread Doc Rossi
Strings the Tone of Catgut. --- I don't want anyone thinking that I keep all these references in my head - this is something I was going to use for my Lute Society talk next month. Doc Rossi On Aug 16, 2007, at 2:10 AM, Andrew Rutherford wrote: > Hi cittern bunch, > > Has

[LUTE] Re: Durante -was:Re: Matthew Locke

2007-08-02 Thread Doc Rossi
I thought parallel octaves and fifths were okay as long as they happen in the inner voices rather than the outer. And what about octave stringing, especially on the harpsichord? On Aug 2, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Rob wrote: > Here is another interesting continuo link. I've uploaded for a few > da

[LUTE] diamm

2007-06-02 Thread Doc Rossi
I suppose people know about this resource - I came across it while looking for something totally unrelated. http://www.diamm.ac.uk/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Tables (was cleaning a soundboard + Strap)

2007-05-21 Thread Doc Rossi
t;> lute- >> tables (if they do exist); but then, I so enjoy the moments when my >> research as a phonetician seems to cross the area of my hobby, lute >> playing (and the occasional hifi tweaking to better reproduce the >> sound of the lute). Therefore, I will also admit t

[LUTE] Re: OT but music or at least sound: Episyklofoni

2007-04-17 Thread Doc Rossi
mac os 10.4 - safari no, firefox yes. On Apr 17, 2007, at 9:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Perhaps someone is interested? > If my earlier applets did not work in your system, this will > neither... > ;-( -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wb

[LUTE] Re: ebony etc

2007-02-17 Thread Doc Rossi
On Feb 16, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: > Craig > Of course walnut oil comes form walnuts. The local village where my > wife comes from presses, walnuts for the oil. Olive oil comes from > olives, doesn't prevent the olive wood from being oily. It is not the > sound of the gun tha

[LUTE] Re: Bartoli lets it blast

2007-02-10 Thread Doc Rossi
I think it's just that her dress is too tight. On Feb 10, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote: > No, it is more like "Billions of Blue Blistering Barnacles (Armatae > Furiae), > faster! harder1 carbon fiber is it" > RT > - Original Message - > From: "Daniel Shoskes" <[EMAIL PROTE

[LUTE] Re: Did you ever know that....

2007-02-05 Thread Doc Rossi
okay, roman, you're brilliant... On Feb 5, 2007, at 7:31 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote: > A left-handed compliment, rather??? > RT > > From: "Narada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Not sure if that's an insult to Hendrix or an insult to the Lute. >> Mind >> you I never was a Hendrix fan. >> >> From: Roman T

[LUTE] Re: microphones

2007-02-04 Thread Doc Rossi
On Feb 4, 2007, at 6:44 PM, Louis Aull wrote: > Ask any performing acoustic guitar player and they will swear by > internal > pickups over external mikes. Sorry, Louis, not me. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: VERY OFF TOPIC! (political?)

2007-01-27 Thread Doc Rossi
e the many links among Mediterranean peoples in music, poetry and dance. A lofty perhaps even naive proposal for some, but it is something we can do. Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Chris Morrongello

2007-01-17 Thread Doc Rossi
I'm trying to reach Chris but his optonline.net address is bouncing. Does anyone have a different address? Thank you, Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Thumb on diapason?

2006-12-02 Thread Doc Rossi
On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:22 PM, Stewart McCoy wrote: > There is only one way to finger it, assuming you want to sustain the > part-writing. It doesn't involve the left-hand thumb I wonder if that is really the point; that is, one could find many possible fingerings, but that does not necessarily e

[LUTE] lute sighting

2006-12-01 Thread Doc Rossi
this one leaves me speechless, but check out the right hand towards the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b56WO5ctL8E Actually, I've been trying to find the videos of Hopkinson Smith playing Bach. Does anyone know where they are? To get on or off this list see list information at http:/

[LUTE] Re: thumb on diapason?

2006-11-30 Thread Doc Rossi
e fiddlers about how they held the violin as it was so similar to what he thought was the correct baroque position. Doc Rossi Element Music Le Grand Domaine Boulevard des Dames 26 13002 Marseille France www.cetrapublishing.com www.magnatune.com/artists/docrossi.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PR

[LUTE] Re: Scarboro Fair

2006-09-11 Thread doc rossi
> Somewhere in all this, John Renbourn's arrangement is surely worth a > mention. That said, was it ever a lute tune? > John's arrangement is indeed nice, but I think it's also post-Carthy. S.F. was Carthy's "hit" of that period. JR did several nice arrangements of old tunes like S.F. To ge

[LUTE] Re: Scarboro Fair

2006-09-11 Thread doc rossi
> Try > http://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=76 > > Paolo Declich > > > A little history - Paul Simon took Martin Carthy's arrangement of S.F. (which Martin had kindly (and rather naively, I guess) written out for him one evening at dinner) and copyrighted it out from under him. Fortuna

[LUTE] Re: close your eyes, or only hearing, without seeing, was: Police

2006-09-07 Thread doc rossi
> Could you explain a bit about that technique of sweep picking? > That guy's right hand looked like it was moving really effortlessly. > Think the dude sold his soul to the devil. > > Ed Durbrow > Saitama, Japan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ Have a look at the Chops From

[LUTE] Re: close your eyes, or only hearing, without seeing, was: Police

2006-09-06 Thread doc rossi
>> Talking about technique, who would venture to surpass this guy: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn99rAAgX4&search=gerardo%20nunez >> > > > This one for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7m3aIuGlUg > > > > Regards, > Bruno Correia. > > Yikes - He sure can shred. Pity about the tone, tho

[LUTE] Re: Police

2006-09-05 Thread doc rossi
> Talking about technique, who would venture to surpass this guy: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn99rAAgX4&search=gerardo%20nunez > > try this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22k&mode=related&search= To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/

[LUTE] Re: Police

2006-09-05 Thread doc rossi
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtbrM4OekrE > > not actually a lute...but a good technique indeed! > > Paolo > > That's nice, but check out this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCNH2M5SH-o To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/inde

[LUTE] Re: new online string calculator released

2006-04-19 Thread doc rossi
> So, lute gang, go to see Benjamin's calculator! And again Benjamin, > fine > work! > I seem to have lost the link - could someone post it again, please? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Doc Rossi website

2005-11-10 Thread doc rossi
Begin forwarded message: > From: "Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 10 November, 2005 21:09:17 GMT+01:00 > To: > Subject: [CITTERN] Doc Rossi website > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Dear cittern friends, > > Doc Rossi

string wire

2005-08-06 Thread doc rossi
Does anyone know a good shop in Paris for buying iron and brass string wire? I'll be there next Friday. Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

Re: Duets in guitar notation?

2005-07-11 Thread doc rossi
> you > must put every rhythm mark in place, even on the rests, before saving > as a > midi file or Finale will interpret things very differently. It will > still > playback with the correct rhythm, but the notes will be laid out very > differently than you'd expect. This is especially true if a

new list for historical citterns

2005-03-01 Thread doc rossi
on't expect too much mail just yet. Thanks to Wayne for setting up the list, Doc Rossi Via Secchi 40 42100 Reggio Emilia (RE) Italy http://www.magnatune.com/artists/docrossi tel: (+39) 0522 43 43 95 cell: (+39) 348 8000 572 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.c

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