On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV brai...@osu.edu wrote:
[Eugene C. Braig IV] Frankly, nor has any single temperament scheme. Every
New idea: combining temperaments! In my 'hard-core' hip group we are
doing that, actually. A quote from the schedule with info for this
month:
Groovy...and brrr.
Eugene
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of David van Ooijen
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:27 AM
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute recordings in meantone
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:26 PM
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Leonard Williams
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 5:34 PM
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute recordings in meantone
Suggested reading:
How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony
Has anyone heard of a well-tempered lute player?
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We recently had our Ivers Pond 1906 Upright Grand tuned to a
temperament that one of my lute students insists is Victorian
Meantone by her piano tuner that she referred us to. He says she
invented that term, but that the meaning is correct. The thirds are
sweetened up a little, but not enough
I reviewed it originally for FoMRHI but received no tape/CD and
mentioned this in the review
MH
--- On Fri, 22/5/09, Rob MacKillop luteplay...@googlemail.com wrote:
From: Rob MacKillop luteplay...@googlemail.com
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute recordings in meantone
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Rob MacKillop
luteplay...@googlemail.com wrote:
There may be one or two of you interested in the banjo c.1860-1900 (as
I am). There was a period of squabbles and unrest as players moved from
fretless instruments to fretted ones. Many of the old (fretless)
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
luteplay...@googlemail.com wrote:
There may be one or two of you
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:17 PM, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote:
I explained to him that pretty much all the solo renaissance lute
records made in the recent decades are in some sort of meantone, that
players don't tend to advertise their tuning systems,
I happen to have seen a
Of David van Ooijen
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 9:53 AM
To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute recordings in meantone
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:17 PM, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com
wrote:
I explained to him that pretty much all the solo renaissance lute
records made in the recent
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Guy Smith guy_m_sm...@comcast.net wrote:
I think POD is usually in 1/4 comma meantone. IIRC, the lutes he's played at
LSA all have tastini, and the fret spacing looks like 1/4 comma (it's too
irregular for 1/6 comma, anyway).
1/4 MT is just as regular as 1/6,
--- On Fri, 5/22/09, Guy Smith guy_m_sm...@comcast.net wrote:
From: Guy Smith guy_m_sm...@comcast.net
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute recordings in meantone
To: 'David van Ooijen' davidvanooi...@gmail.com,
'lute-cs.dartmouth.edu' lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Friday, May 22, 2009
Dear Rob and All,
Yes I still have it (the book) though I'm not sure where the tape is.
As I remember, the tape sounded truly dreadful (with due apologies to
Jacob, who doubtless was given an impossible job in this case) - the
first Prelude from Attaignant (now thought to be probably by
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk wrote:
Something I have only become aware of recently is that piano tuners in the
19th/20th century who thought they were tuning ET actually modified it
slightly,
They always did and still do. But intentionally, mind you,
Suggested reading:
How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (And Why You Should Care) by
Ross W. Duffin. It seems ET has never been universally accepted.
Regards,
Leonard Williams
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And nether was MT.
RT
From: Leonard Williams arc...@verizon.net
Suggested reading:
How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (And Why You Should Care) by
Ross W. Duffin. It seems ET has never been universally accepted.
Regards,
Leonard Williams
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i.e. neiter.
RT
And nether was MT.
RT
From: Leonard Williams arc...@verizon.net
Suggested reading:
How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (And Why You Should Care) by
Ross W. Duffin. It seems ET has never been universally accepted.
Regards,
Leonard Williams
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There may be one or two of you interested in the banjo c.1860-1900 (as
I am). There was a period of squabbles and unrest as players moved from
fretless instruments to fretted ones. Many of the old (fretless) guys
complained that the new frets forced you to play out of tune. Some
This link works better: [1]http://tinyurl.com/oaeu37
Rob
2009/5/22 Rob MacKillop [2]luteplay...@googlemail.com
There may be one or two of you interested in the banjo c.1860-1900
(as
I am). There was a period of squabbles and unrest as players moved
from
fretless
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