Re: 5c vs many more

2004-10-05 Thread Vance Wood
. - Original Message - From: "timothy motz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: Re: 5c vs many more Hi Vance, Yes, I'm working with a local lutenist (actually, he's the local lutenist)and he has me con

Re: 5c vs many more

2004-10-04 Thread Vance Wood
Wood. - Original Message - From: "timothy motz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 1:59 PM Subject: Re: 5c vs many more Hi Vance, I suppose that if you change the tuning of the eighth course you can play the later music without the bulkier

Re: 5c vs many more

2004-10-04 Thread Vance Wood
OTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 9:57 AM Subject: Re: 5c vs many more > >Ed, > When I built my present lute I took the plans for a 7-course and > spaced 6 courses out over the same bridge and nut width. I find it > more comfortable than the normal spacing. As a beginner,

Re: 5c vs many more

2004-10-04 Thread timothy motz
. Tim > > > Original Message >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: 5c vs many more >Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 00:17:04 +0900 > >>Stewart McCoy wrote: >> >>>Dear Ed, >>> >>>If you have seven courses spread ove

Re: 5c vs many more

2004-10-04 Thread Roman Turovsky
>> If you have seven courses spread over an 8-course lute, the strings >> would be slightly further apart than they would be with eight >> courses. Does this help explain why you have difficulty with that E >> flat chord? In other words, does the difficulty arise from wide >> string spacing rather

Re: 5c vs many more

2004-10-04 Thread Ed Durbrow
Stewart McCoy wrote: >Dear Ed, > >If you have seven courses spread over an 8-course lute, the strings >would be slightly further apart than they would be with eight >courses. Does this help explain why you have difficulty with that E >flat chord? In other words, does the difficulty arise from wide

5c vs many more

2004-10-04 Thread Stewart McCoy
how wide the end of your fingers are? Just a thought. All the best, Stewart McCoy. - Original Message - From: "Ed Durbrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "bill kilpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, Octob

Re: 5c vs many more

2004-10-04 Thread bill kilpatrick
> became less difficult to play by a factor of 7 to 8. dear ed - yes, i understand ... of course (heh-heh). in my mind's eye, so to speak, i naturally see three courses at a time, depending on which key i'm playing in. anything outside those three courses ( different register, higher or l

Re: 5c vs many more

2004-10-03 Thread Ed Durbrow
>recently i removed the 6th course from my oud and >found it much easier, more spontaneous to play - as if >it were a hinderance instead of an option. > >i wonder if anyone else has noticed this when playing >an instrument with either less or more than their >accustomed number of courses. Yes. I h

5c vs many more

2004-10-03 Thread bill kilpatrick
in correspondence relating to the vihuela, someone (vance?) mentioned that they encountered some difficulty playing with a reduced number of courses. recently i removed the 6th course from my oud and found it much easier, more spontaneous to play - as if it were a hinderance instead of an opti