[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-23 Thread Christopher Stetson
Hi, Kevin, Thanks for your info. In answer to Kevin's question, I certainly paid more attention because I got an oud. It's great fun! Why didn't you tell me? :-) Best to all, and keep playing. On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Kevin germain [1]kdgerm...@charter.net wrote:

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-22 Thread alexander
These pictures here from Cantigas de Santa Maria were looked at up and down, by countless people. It is hard to deny that most likely, those lute-ouds do not have frets. http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/images/03.gif Of course, some people argue that, as always, a pencil-challenged

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-22 Thread Martin Shepherd
I remember someone discussing a treatise by Al Kindi (? 11-12th century?) which discusses how to place frets on the oud and discusses Pythagorean schemes, etc. - so it seems that at least some ouds had frets. Can anyone supply the details? Martin On 22/05/2011 12:59, alexander wrote:

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-22 Thread Stuart Walsh
On 22/05/2011 13:39, Martin Shepherd wrote: I remember someone discussing a treatise by Al Kindi (? 11-12th century?) which discusses how to place frets on the oud and discusses Pythagorean schemes, etc. - so it seems that at least some ouds had frets. Can anyone supply the details? Martin

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-22 Thread Bruno Fournier
Here weA go again with this debate.A I play lute and Oud A in a medieval ensemble , [1]www.estavel.org.A A I must say, that I like the sound of the Oud when playing Cantigas or Livre Vermeil stuff, however I move to a fretted luted for later stuff, Dufay, Landini, etc. A I

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-22 Thread corvo di bassetto
Hi, Al-Kindî died ca. 874 CE; his is only one of many treatises in which the fretting of lutes is unequivocally described. Al-Kindî also specifies the gauge of the various strands of gut used as frets, much like Dowland. The entire medieval music theory system was based on the geometric

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-22 Thread corvo di bassetto
@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2011 9:48 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger Here weA go again with this debate.A I play lute and Oud A in a medieval ensemble , [1]www.estavel.org.A A I must say, that I like the sound of the Oud when

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-22 Thread Christopher Stetson
Thanks, David. Fascinating. I've copied my oud-playing friend Kevin on this one, to see if he has any comments. fretting my new favorite Chinese instrument: a Johnson stratocaster. Chris. On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 3:42 AM, David van Ooijen [1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-22 Thread David van Ooijen
Thanks Danyel Cold facts in stead of heated debate and *un*sub*stan*tia*ted claims. Very good. David PS: Third effort of sending this mail. Wayne's Robot took a dislike to it ... ;-) On 22 May 2011 16:50, corvo di bassetto r...@recout.de wrote: Hi, Al-Kindī died ca. 874 CE; his is only one

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-22 Thread Christopher Stetson
-- Forwarded message -- From: Christopher Stetson [1]christophertstet...@gmail.com Date: Sun, May 22, 2011 at 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger To: David van Ooijen [2]davidvanooi...@gmail.com Yes, thanks

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-21 Thread Roman Turovsky
Nah, real men tune equally. RT - Original Message - From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 2:36 PM Subject: [LUTE] two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger I tried to send this a while ago but it never

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-21 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
:-) All men are equal, some more than others, ask DSK ;-))) ! Jean-Marie = == En réponse au message du 21-05-2011, 20:40:13 == Nah, real men tune equally. RT To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-21 Thread Monica Hall
- Original Message - From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 7:36 PM Subject: [LUTE] two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger I tried to send this a while ago but it never showed up. Maybe someone was

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2011-05-21 Thread Roman Turovsky
It would do so as soon as it had frets on its neck. RT - Original Message - From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk To: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com Cc: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 3:57 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged

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2011-05-21 Thread Miles Dempster
: Saturday, May 21, 2011 3:57 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger - Original Message - From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 7:36 PM Subject: [LUTE] two fifteenth century songs

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2011-05-21 Thread Stuart Walsh
On 21/05/2011 20:57, Monica Hall wrote: - Original Message - From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 7:36 PM Subject: [LUTE] two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger I tried to send this a while ago but it

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-21 Thread Monica Hall
Subject: [LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger - Original Message - From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 7:36 PM Subject: [LUTE] two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger I tried

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2011-05-21 Thread benny
- Original Message - From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk To: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com Cc: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 3:57 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger - Original Message - From: Stuart Walsh s.wa

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2011-05-21 Thread Edward Mast
Very lovely, Stuart, and I'm happy to have this site. The ensemble I play with plays mainly 14th and 15th century music (in early notation, which I'm slowly learning); it will be nice to have some lute intabulations of this music. On May 21, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote: I tried to

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-21 Thread Stuart Walsh
- From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk To: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com Cc: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 3:57 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger - Original Message - From: Stuart Walsh s.wa

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2011-05-21 Thread wikla
, May 21, 2011 3:57 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger - Original Message - From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 7:36 PM Subject: [LUTE] two fifteenth century songs arranged

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-21 Thread David van Ooijen
On 21 May 2011 23:08, Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 21/05/2011 21:47, Monica Hall wrote: It would do so as soon as it had frets on its neck. But when did that first happen? Monica (fretfully). According to Crawford Young, around 1400. (But the small lute-like gittern was

[LUTE] Re: two fifteenth century songs arranged by Eric Redlinger

2011-05-21 Thread Christopher Stetson
Really, David? More, please! fretfully playing my oud, Chris. On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 5:22 PM, David van Ooijen [1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 May 2011 23:08, Stuart Walsh [2]s.wa...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 21/05/2011 21:47, Monica Hall wrote: It would