I think they're doable on lute plucked as usual although a ren guitar or a
cittern would be more suitable for strumming, IMHO.
Sean
On Oct 31, 2011, at 3:56 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote:
> How would a strummer strum chords to these tunes composed (arranged?) by
> Gervaise in the 1550s?
>
> http:/
If a lute's all you've got, strum away with impunity!
Quoting Sean Smith :
I think they're doable on lute plucked as usual although a ren
guitar or a cittern would be more suitable for strumming, IMHO.
Sean
On Oct 31, 2011, at 3:56 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote:
How would a strummer strum chords
:
I think they're doable on lute plucked as usual although a ren guitar or a
cittern would be more suitable for strumming, IMHO.
Sean
Thanks Sean and Benny. I actually meant ren guitar or cittern (I don't
have either!). I was wondering exactly which chords would be strummed -
for exampl
Thanks Sean and Benny. I actually meant ren guitar or cittern (I don't
have either!). I was wondering exactly which chords would be strummed -
for example in the two tunes
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/Gervaise/
If you put a chord to each note on the bass line (easy to do) you
sometimes would
I think you could play a chord on every bass note without too much
trouble. Two other techniques I've seen/heard/played are:
Strumming the rhythm of the top line;
subdividing into eighth-note strum patterns at the end of section,
especially leading into a repeat. This provides a nice rhythmi
It's nice on the R guitar when the 4-part harmonies work but that is
pretty rare. These bransles work best if the rhythm is accented rather
than the harmonies so I'd find a strum that works about twice a
measure and make sure a melody on the top works. For variation I'd rob
from the alto
Nov 2011 09:22:31 +
> To: lutesm...@mac.com
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> From: s.wa...@ntlworld.com
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: strumming Gervaise
>
> But that would be what a modern folk player might do, and I wonder
what a chordal instrument player might have d
Real musicians don't need bass lines and figures, and compose
their own bass lines with very nice accompaniments on the spot.
I would replace the word 'Real' with the word 'Some'. Otherwise
we will have to start talking about what 'Real' music is, which
is usually like debating politics
On 01/11/2011 13:44, be...@interlog.com wrote:
I think you could play a chord on every bass note without too much
trouble.
Maybe I'm thinking of these tunes as being quicker than they are usually
played. I haven't a clue about them as actual dances so I don't know
what would be a realistic sp
e', anyway?
In one of Peter Seeger's books he says not to use a maj6 because it's
like too much fat in the gravy. How dreary.
Are you wanting to mystify 'real' music?
Stuart
RA
> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:22:31 +
> To: [1]lutesm...@mac.co
Yup, what you end up doing depends a great deal on the tempo. Then you
have to use your ear. Over-playing and harmonizing each bass note is
the temptation. The best continuo players I've seen often do less
rather than more, really using the chord sounds as punctuation, and
never letting the
I think the comment about looking for the correct tempo by knowing how
it was danced is spot-on. There are now quite a few Renaissance dances
filmed and available on YouTube. Assuming that these troups are performing
the dances "correctly", an average tempo for a dance like #s 39 & 40,
Bran
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> From: s.wa...@ntlworld.com
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: strumming Gervaise
>
> On 01/11/2011 17:30, Ron Andrico wrote:
>
> Stuart:
> While the choices and execution by (notice I didn't use the ambiguous
>
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I think the comment about looking for the correct tempo by knowing how
it was danced is spo
Thank you for this, Val. Once again the French lead the way and have
set the standard for the rest of us.
RA
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 08:30:08 +0100
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> From: sauvag...@orange.fr
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: strumming Gervaise
>
> We
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