[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-04-01 Thread Edward Mast
Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 13:45 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity Hi Bill, Certainly Jim Tyler would be the most well known (at least as a performer) of Iadone's students. But I don't know if there is any similarity

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-31 Thread David Tayler
lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wed, March 28, 2012 6:14:15 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity Jim was one of these rare birds - a very fine musician AND a respected musicologist. Bill From: Edward Mast [1]nedma...@aol.com

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-28 Thread William Samson
plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity Fortunately, I think, Iadone had no teacher (of lute) . He was from quite a different musical and lute 'family' than Dolmetsch and Poulton; no relation to Dolmetsch, I would say, and only a very distant relation to Poulton. Best, Ned

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-28 Thread Edward Mast
...@aol.com To: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 21:36 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity Fortunately, I think, Iadone had no teacher (of lute) . He was from quite a different

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-28 Thread William Samson
plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity Hi Bill, Certainly Jim Tyler would be the most well known (at least as a performer) of Iadone's students. But I don't know if there is any similarity in playing styles - I haven't really heard Tyler. Chris williams studied

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2012-03-28 Thread Nancy Carlin
nedma...@aol.com To: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 21:36 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity Fortunately, I think, Iadone had

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2012-03-28 Thread howard posner
Diana Poulton and Suzanne Bloch knew each other in the 1930's, when they were both in the Dolmetsch fold, and chafing a bit. Bloch wrote about those times in LSA Journal in 1969. There are excerpts on the web: http://www.dolmetsch.com/Dolworks.htm

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2012-03-28 Thread Daniel Winheld
On Mar 28, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Nancy Carlin wrote: I was at the lute seminar (produced by Donna Curry) that Susanne and Diana attended. They played a lovely duet concert. I remember seeing them having a good time talking with each other, but Susanne was a great talker. I also

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-28 Thread Roman Turovsky
I got nearly adopted by Susanne (and her boyfriend) in the late 80's. She talked at least 10 miles a minute, having supposedly SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY by then... RT From: Daniel Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net On Mar 28, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Nancy Carlin wrote: I was at the lute seminar (produced

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-28 Thread Sean Smith
Dombois - yet another strand! Best regards, Bill From: Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com To: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 21:36 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-28 Thread Edward Mast
Dombois - yet another strand! Best regards, Bill From: Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com To: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 21:36 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-28 Thread David Tayler
. __ From: Daniel Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wed, March 28, 2012 9:23:22 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity Important to remember that Iadone worked with Paul Hindemith, starting out as a bass

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-27 Thread William Samson
. . . Bill From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 6:58 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity This is a weight of evidence vs minority report scenario (sorry, I'm from

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2012-03-27 Thread Martyn Hodgson
/3/12, William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity To: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net, lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Tuesday, 27 March

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2012-03-27 Thread William Samson
: Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 8:49 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity Dear Bill, Some things are, indeed, less certain than others (which is why it's prudent to speak in terms of significant probabilities) so that, for example, octaves

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-27 Thread Martin Shepherd
From: Martyn Hodgsonhodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk To: David Taylervidan...@sbcglobal.net; lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; William Samsonwillsam...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 8:49 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity Dear

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2012-03-27 Thread Valery SAUVAGE
Tarrega cut his nail near the end of his life. (around 1902)... before he played with. V. Message du 27/03/12 10:58 De : Martin Shepherd A : Lute List Copie `a : Objet : [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

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2012-03-27 Thread Lex van Sante
played with. V. Message du 27/03/12 10:58 De : Martin Shepherd A : Lute List Copie `a : Objet : [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity Just a minor point, but I thought Tarrega played without nails? Can someone give us the details? Martin On 27

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2012-03-27 Thread Christopher Wilke
Martyn, A related and by no means insignificant concern for performers is what modern audiences expect to hear. What if the close-to-the-bridge position implies that listeners back in the day expected a very brittle, nasally, banjo-y sound? That may be nice to know, but I'll

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2012-03-27 Thread willsamson
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:12:30 To: David Taylervidan...@sbcglobal.net; lutelute@cs.dartmouth.edu; William Samsonwillsam...@yahoo.co.uk; Martyn Hodgsonhodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity Martyn

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2012-03-27 Thread Monica Hall
To: Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com; lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu; David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net; lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 1:37 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-27 Thread Martin Eastwell
On 27/03/2012 12:12, Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com wrote: Martyn, A related and by no means insignificant concern for performers is what modern audiences expect to hear. What if the close-to-the-bridge position implies that listeners back in the day expected a

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-27 Thread Martin Eastwell
Dear Chris/All Certainly it is possible for close-to-the-bridge hand positions to give brittle, nasally, banjo-y sound, but it does not have to be that way. I recently gave a talk for the UK Lute Society on just this subject, and it should be written up in the next issue of Lute News, so I won't

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-27 Thread Edward Mast
. Bill From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk To: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net; lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 8:49 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-27 Thread William Samson
list list lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 20:55 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity It is true that Michael Schaeffer perfected the thumb-inside technique but only after Sigmar Salzburg showed him how to do it. Op 27

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-27 Thread David Tayler
Mast nedma...@aol.com To: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tue, March 27, 2012 10:53:46 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity With all due respect to Michael Schaeffer, it shouldn't