[LUTE] Re: "lute volume" redux

2017-12-26 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Maybe it's my personal taste, but having worked with an Early Baroque group at one time taught me something. It consisted of Recorder, Violin, Viola da Gamba, Dulcian, Theorbo/Guitar, Harpsichord and a big Double Bass. Mostly the dulcian played with the Basso Continuo except for select sonatas.

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2010-10-21 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Fortunately for the people around me, I don't have any. Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Gary Digman > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 5:53 AM > To: Lute List > Subject:

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2010-10-21 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
tend to be closer in space to the performers. Best, Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of howard posner > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 6:42 PM > To: Lute List > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume

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2010-10-20 Thread Mayes, Joseph
; > Christopher Wilke > Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer > www.christopherwilke.com > > > --- On Wed, 10/20/10, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > >> From: Martyn Hodgson >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume >> To: "Lute Net" , "Stewart McCoy" >>

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2010-10-20 Thread Martyn Hodgson
--- On Wed, 20/10/10, Martyn Hodgson wrote: From: Martyn Hodgson Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume To: "Christopher Wilke" Date: Wednesday, 20 October, 2010, 14:26 I very much agree with your closing sentiments below. As you'll know, there

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2010-10-20 Thread Christopher Wilke
o in refined solo playing, is entirely appropriate. Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Wed, 10/20/10, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > From: Martyn Hodgson > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume > To: "Lute Net" , "Stewart McCoy"

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2010-10-20 Thread Martyn Hodgson
vage Valery Sent: 19 October 2010 10:18 To: [3][7]l...@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume Is it an HIP position to play with amplification ? Not sure it is coherent with what was said about gut strings... If you want to search for the lost sound...

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2010-10-19 Thread Ron Andrico
amplification has its > uses. Better to be amplified than not heard at all. > > Amities, > > Stewart. > > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Sauvage Valery > Sent: 19

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2010-10-19 Thread Christopher Wilke
Howard, --- On Tue, 10/19/10, howard posner wrote: > > > Howard, > > Huh?  Wait, that's me! > Yes, it is a custom to say the name of the person I'm addressing. > >   Alright, so next time I'll should ask > people if they did not hear me as a discrete component, but > rather as a subconscious

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2010-10-19 Thread Ed Durbrow
I don't know if it was the same concert, but I remember him playing an all DeVise concert at a Lute Seminar Dominican College. Someone told me later he had injured a finger and played the whole concert with three fingers. I think nobody noticed any flaws. I think Paul Odette started

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2010-10-19 Thread jslute
n Behalf Of howard posner Sent: 19 October 2010 05:15 To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume On Oct 18, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Christopher Wilke wrote: > Howard, Huh? Wait, that's me! > Alright, so next time I'll should ask people if they did not hear me as a discrete

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2010-10-19 Thread Anthony Hind
00s Objet : Re: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume some years ago we had a playersday in hamburg in a church. one performed piece was a duo between renaissance lute and soprano recorder. near the performers, i was able to hear more or less the recorder only. while walking away to the entrance of

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2010-10-19 Thread Gary Digman
artmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of howard posner Sent: 19 October 2010 05:15 To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume On Oct 18, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Christopher Wilke wrote: Howard, Huh? Wait, that's me! Alright, so next time I'll should ask people

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2010-10-19 Thread Gary Digman
- Original Message - From: "howard posner" To: "Lute List" Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 9:14 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume ".. But worrying about the theorbo player's desire to be heard isn't in their job description." We'

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2010-10-19 Thread Peter Martin
nvoye : mardi 19 octobre 2010 11:11 A : Lute list Objet : [LUTE] Re: Lute volume Ah, amplification... I remember that David T and others made some recommendations a couple of years ago about contact mikes suitable for lutes. Any fresh updates? I

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2010-10-19 Thread Sauvage Valéry
:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] De la part de Peter Martin Envoyé : mardi 19 octobre 2010 11:11 À : Lute list Objet : [LUTE] Re: Lute volume Ah, amplification... I remember that David T and others made some recommendations a couple of years ago about contact mikes suitable for lutes. Any

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2010-10-19 Thread Peter Martin
h.edu [mailto:[3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of howard posner Sent: 19 October 2010 05:15 To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume On Oct 18, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Christopher Wilke wrote: > Howard, Huh? Wait, that's me! > Alright, so nex

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2010-10-18 Thread howard posner
On Oct 18, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Christopher Wilke wrote: > Howard, Huh? Wait, that's me! > Alright, so next time I'll should ask people if they did not hear me as a > discrete component, but rather as a subconsciously perceivable part of the > composite tonal aggregate? Subconscious, no; pa

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2010-10-18 Thread Christopher Wilke
w long before they invent the synthesizer and GarageBand so that I can do this stuff on my own?" ;-) Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Mon, 10/18/10, howard posner wrote: > From: howard posner > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume > T

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2010-10-18 Thread howard posner
On Oct 18, 2010, at 5:52 AM, Christopher Wilke wrote: > I've been told this by several different directors, too. (Theorbo: toy > class. Stringing: synthetic and gut). Never believe them! After every > concert where I've been asked to hold back, I've asked people from the > audience whether

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2010-10-18 Thread Sauvage Valéry
yé : lundi 18 octobre 2010 14:53 À : wi...@cs.helsinki.fi; Anthony Hind Cc : lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Objet : [LUTE] Re: Lute volume Anthony, --- On Mon, 10/18/10, Anthony Hind wrote: >   I was told >    by a lutenist and theorbist that in a > recent rehearsal with a rather >

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2010-10-18 Thread David van Ooijen
On 18 October 2010 14:52, Christopher Wilke wrote: > I've never wanted to argue with a director.  I've also been tempted to lay > back in rehearsals, then simply disregard orders and amp it up in performance I trie two things in (first) rehearsals with conductors. They are slightly contradictory

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2010-10-18 Thread Peter Danner
I heard Hoppy under two very different situations back in the '70s when I was an officer with the Lute Society of America. Both were at summer seminars, which in those days were held in California. The first was at a seminar at Idyllwild in the mountains southeast of Los Angeles, where USC

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2010-10-18 Thread Sean Smith
Interesting point, Anthony. At one of the lute seminars in Cleveland an interesting duo played that put some of these ideas to the test. As you suggest, JH plays with a reserved and relaxed manner on all gut but projects quite well. In this concert he was paired with Ronn MacFarlane playin

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2010-10-18 Thread wolfgang wiehe
, Anthony Hind > CC: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume > Anthony, > > --- On Mon, 10/18/10, Anthony Hind wrote: > >   I was told > >    by a lutenist and theorbist that in a > > recent rehearsal with a rather > >    large Baroque group

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2010-10-18 Thread Christopher Wilke
www.christopherwilke.com >    Anthony > >     Message d'origine >    >De : wi...@cs.helsinki.fi >    >A : "Thomas Schall" >    >Objet : [LUTE] Re: Lute volume >    >Date : 18/10/2010 11:29:38 CEST >    >Copie `a : "Gary Digman"

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2010-10-18 Thread Anthony Hind
as Schall" >Objet : [LUTE] Re: Lute volume >Date : 18/10/2010 11:29:38 CEST >Copie `a : "Gary Digman" ; > lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > >I second Thomas' comment: I've seen and heard Bream play lute, I've seen > and with some troubl

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2010-10-18 Thread wikla
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume Gary, --- On Sun, 10/17/10, Gary Digman wrote: That being said, I have to admit that I have attended lute concerts given by some of the leading lights of the lute world for audiences numbering in the hundreds where the

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2010-10-18 Thread Thomas Schall
ay, October 17, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume Gary, --- On Sun, 10/17/10, Gary Digman wrote: That being said, I have to admit that I have attended lute concerts given by some of the leading lights of the lute world for audiences numbering in the hundreds where the lute litera

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2010-10-18 Thread Gary Digman
elevated platform affording everyone in the room the opportunity to both hear and see Hoppy play. Gary - Original Message - From: "Christopher Wilke" To: ; "Gary Digman" Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume Gary, --- On

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2010-10-18 Thread Gary Digman
I assure you that the inability to hear the lute in the situations I referred to was not due to lack of focus. Gary - Original Message - From: ""Mathias Rösel"" To: Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 4:51 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume Judge for yourself: ht

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2010-10-17 Thread Mathias Rösel
Yes, I'm sorry. Here's another link that will hopefully work better: http://www.esnips.com/doc/2e16bada-e956-4cc0-9f12-f891df8545bc/Bouvier_Reichard_Gehema Mathias "Ed Durbrow" schrieb: I get: Diese Session ist nicht mehr gültig (Timeout). Bitte schließen Sie dieses Fenster und melden Sie

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2010-10-17 Thread Edward Mast
Chris, As far as you've gone, I agree completely. But going further, expecting a solo lute - or guitar - to keep an audience's attention for a full program is optimistic. It doesn't for me, and I love the lute and its literature. More variety is needed. Lute with singer, or lute with gamba,

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2010-10-17 Thread wolfgang wiehe
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2010-10-17 Thread Christopher Wilke
Gary, --- On Sun, 10/17/10, Gary Digman wrote: > > That being said, I have to admit that I have attended lute > concerts given by some of the leading lights of the lute > world for audiences numbering in the hundreds where the lute > literally could not be heard at all past the seventh or > eigh

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2010-10-17 Thread Mathias Rösel
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2010-10-17 Thread Stephan Olbertz
Actually for most people any music is a signal to _not_ listen and start talking. :-) That's what they are used to with pop music. When I played gigs with guitar and flute, we tried to play when they were eating, that was a lot more quiet. :-) Stephan Am 17.10.2010, 08:29 Uhr, schrieb Gary

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2010-10-16 Thread Gary Digman
As a jazz musician, I play a lot of corporate events and parties. For years I thought the crowd would get louder every time we began to play, but now I think the perception that the crowd is getting louder is a result of focus, i.e. when we begin to play we focus on sound, giving the impression

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2010-10-16 Thread Gary Digman
I remember Thurston Dart talking about attending a clavichord recital (can't remember the source). He said that when the clavichord began to sound he could not hear it at all, but after a short while it was like surf crashing on the rocks. Gary - Original Message - From: "Ron Andrico