On Sat, Mar 18, 2006, Christopher Witmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
My first question:
Assuming one will eventually be playing variety of lutes, is there any
consensus on a best type of instrument with which to begin?
Your 13-yr old daughter probably has some growing to do, hand size will be
At 06:31 PM 3/20/2006, Thomas Schall wrote:
That's exactly my point. It's a matter of imagination: If I imagine the
lute of Weiss or Dowland I would be far off if I would call a
Wandervogellute the appropriate instrument (and similar would be the
mandolin, Liuto Forte, Charango or what else).
On
At 01:37 AM 3/18/2006, Stephen Fryer wrote:
Well I've seen a lautengitarre but this is my first for a
theorbengitarre! Basically it is a guitar trying to be a theorbo.
Not as common as the 6-string Wandervogel-era lauten, but they still aren't
uncommon. Of course, they are more functionally
to Weiss and
Dowland rather than to the german Folk-music of the Wandervoegel.
Best wishes
Thomas
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Von: Eugene C. Braig IV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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An: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Hello from total newbies who
So what makes a lute?
The main thing which confuses could be that if we/I am/are speaking of lutes I
think of double-strung historical european instruments with a corpus in shape
of a pear.
Although I would count the Oud, Saz, Shamisen but also the mandolins and - yes
- the Wandervogellute
Nothing beats trying out different instruments yourself first. A man
of many lutes who lives in Tokyo is Ed Drubrow: http://
www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
Going to local society meetings can also be a great resource, and
beginners are typically welcome and encouraged. Here is one in
Japan:
Now of course if you are from Tokyo, Ohio (not just Ohayo Gozaimashita),
ROTFLOL!
Thank you, very funny.:-
David
David van Ooijen
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To get on or off this
Welcome to the world of Early Music and the Lute. I don't know whether I am
giving you a consensus on what Lute to obtain, there are as many opinions as
there are Lute players. However logically, an 8 course Lute makes the most
sense. Early Lute works were written mostly for a 6 course
On Mar 18, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Christopher Witmer wrote:
My first question:
Assuming one will eventually be playing variety of lutes, is there any
consensus on a best type of instrument with which to begin?
This question comes up periodically here and you may get a bunch of
follow up
