Vance Wood wrote:
So the question is: Why do some paintings depict this method of
playing? Is it perhaps possible that we place too much credence on the
accuracy of paintings in determining some of the finer points about
the Lute
and the way it was played?
It's not just paintings. I
Again we are faced with the great string conundrum of not really knowing how
and of what the original strings were made. If the finger behind the bridge
technique was actually used, then the strings must have been incredibly
flaccid and or the Lutenists used nails. I have tried this technique
Dear Christopher,
do you know Seegermanns papers on the matter? They're online on his northern
renaissance instruments page.
Regards,
Stephan
Am 29 Sep 2005 um 19:44 hat Christopher Schaub geschrieben:
I agree and do play this way. But putting the pinky on or behind the bridge is
a bit
On Thursday 29 September 2005 21:58, Christopher Schaub wrote:
Ok, it's been a tough week and I've only been making it worse by messing
with my tunings, string tensions etc. :?) I've been bothered lately about
all of those paintings with rh pinky fingers planted behind or on the
bridge, even
On Sep 30, 2005, at 4:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
do you know Seegermanns papers on the matter? They're online on his
northern
renaissance instruments page.
Do you have a link for that? The page I got with a Google search was
a dead link.
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
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http://www.nrinstruments.demon.co.uk/Guide.html
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Von: Ed Durbrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gesendet: Freitag, 30. September 2005 12:13
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Betreff: [LUTE] Re: frustrated with tuning, strings, lutes, the world
etc
Dear Chris,
the problem is not with the position shown in the paintings, but the sound we
expect to come from a lute.
If you play in ensemble even with a renaissance lute, to be heard it is often
better to go for a harder tone that may sound for the player rough, but could
mean that it is
I agree and do play this way. But putting the pinky on or behind the bridge is
a bit more extreme. I've not heard any modern player do this. Even with slack
strings it would be a much different sound. I think it's also a difference
between playing for microphones (recording) and playing for an
