On Nov 22, 2007, at 12:15 AM, Guy Smith wrote:
> You should try to get to an LSA seminar, if possible. Next year is in
> Cleveland, which isn't all that far from Montreal (a good bit
> closer than
> Seattle, anyway). You will see all sorts of lutes there, and folks are
> usually more than happy
From: Rebecca Banks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 3:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tuning Blues
November 21st, 2007
Dear David:
Thank you for your kind email. I have already ordered the replacement
gut strings
Hi all,
Nigel Solomon wrote:
> Benjamin Stehr wrote:
> >Do the others on this list change the strings on their instruments
>> between 415 and 440?
>
> Big instruments like theorbos don't seem to mind being tuned up or
> down a semi-tone, a slightly harder or weaker tension doesn't make
> mu
End of Tuning blues,
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Nigel Solomon schrieb:
Benjamin Stehr wrote:
Hi Steward,
i choosed a tension that works well in 440 on the extension of my
theorbo.
Changing to 415 ca
I'll try that David
Le 20 nov. 07 à 12:32, Daniel Winheld a écrit :
Not me- keep the gimps; and if the Korg keeps giving you trouble tell
it you're taking it out for coffee again...
Any ideas about this. Yes I know you are going to tell me to swap my
gimped for wirewounds!!!
and that the Korg
Benjamin Stehr wrote:
Hi Steward,
i choosed a tension that works well in 440 on the extension of my theorbo.
Changing to 415 caused the 8th course to touch the fretboard when playing
very loud, but putting something under the saddle on the extension (about
1mm) increased the forward pull on the
Hi Steward,
i choosed a tension that works well in 440 on the extension of my theorbo.
Changing to 415 caused the 8th course to touch the fretboard when playing
very loud, but putting something under the saddle on the extension (about
1mm) increased the forward pull on the extension so that this i
Not me- keep the gimps; and if the Korg keeps giving you trouble tell
it you're taking it out for coffee again...
>Any ideas about this. Yes I know you are going to tell me to swap my
>gimped for wirewounds!!!
>and that the Korg is telling me that the string has gone false
>
>One big problem wit
Dear All
After leaving my bag in a motorway cajé with papers some music and
Korg OT12 tuner, I was forced, while waiting for it to be sent on to
me. (There are some honest people about!), to use my equal
temperament Zen-on Chromatina 331 tuner. I bought this 20 years ago.
Yes I know I sho
>In case someone doesn't know it, there's an enjoyable paper by Ross
Duffin online:
"Why I hate Valotti (or is it Young?)":
http://music.cwru.edu/duffin/
Regards, Stephan
How nice to be validated! Thank you so much for the above reference-
great article. When I was actively messing around with
>In case someone doesn't know it, there's an enjoyable paper by Ross
>Duffin online:
>"Why I hate Valotti (or is it Young?)":
>http://music.cwru.edu/duffin/
>Regards, Stephan
How nice to be validated! Thank you so much for the above reference-
great article. When I was actively messing around wi
A must read.
Just say no to Valotti.
http://music.cwru.edu/duffin/
dt
At 03:56 PM 11/19/2007, you wrote:
>In case someone doesn't know it, there's an enjoyable paper by Ross
>Duffin online:
>
>"Why I hate Valotti (or is it Young?)":
>http://music.cwru.edu/duffin/
>
>Regards,
>
>Stephan
>
>
>Am
Hi Rebecca- love to help, but we need to know the string length. I
don't know the extreme limit for a D [EMAIL PROTECTED], but when I had a
short scale bass for solo work, I could get up to E @A=440 on 72 cm.
w/nylon before the instrument's response pooped out. I usually kept
it at 415 to 420 f
In case someone doesn't know it, there's an enjoyable paper by Ross Duffin
online:
"Why I hate Valotti (or is it Young?)":
http://music.cwru.edu/duffin/
Regards,
Stephan
Am 19 Nov 2007 um 18:03 hat Stewart McCoy geschrieben:
> Dear David,
>
> The temperament known as Valotti was presumably
I know the feeling. For me, every now and then a correct chord creeps
in. It's very gratifying when that happens.
On Nov 19, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Stewart McCoy wrote:
> I can happily read figured bass on a G lute and an A theorbo, but
> when I swap the tunings around, mistakes start to creep in
Ever try just tuning down a semitone and playing a G instrument?
On Nov 19, 2007, at 10:03 AM, Stewart McCoy wrote:
My theorbo is tuned at A=415, and is not designed to go up to
A=440. However, if I need to play at A=440, I get round the problem
by turning the 14th course (G) down to nothing,
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