: [LUTE] Re: 6 course
For me, it is so much in the quality of the way the six course lute
responds, with a simpler bar pattern in the soundboard, a less
complicated sound
with more emphasis on the fundamental, less in the higher frequencies, and
a
good volume balance between all the courses
Daniel,
One thing that may be helping and is often overlooked is the thicker,
half-round neck shape. When I play a friend's 8-c nowadays that throws
off my sense of where my left fingers are in relation to my thumb as
much as anything else.
Sean
On Feb 18, 2006, at 1:15 PM, Daniel Shoskes
For me, it is so much in the quality of the way the six course lute
responds, with a simpler bar pattern in the soundboard, a less complicated
sound
with more emphasis on the fundamental, less in the higher frequencies, and a
good volume balance between all the courses, that seem on
