Ron, Thanks for your helpful responce. Concerning the stroke, this is what I foind myself through experimentation - the type of stroke that makes a sting vibrating up and down sonds much better for both high and low courses, so this stroke has been is the main focus in my the technique improvement excercises. Concerning the strings, what type of LaBella strings do you use? They have a variety of bass strings for lute such as bronze, copper, silver and aluminum wound. Do you know if they are wound on nylon or gut core?
Thanks. --- Ron Andrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --------------------------------- * Replying off-list, please respond directly to my e-mail address * Eugene: As you are discovering, it seems to take a great deal of expensive experimentation to find the best strings for getting the sound you want from your instrument. I've found it seems to depend a great deal on two factors: 1) the bass response of your particular instrument, and 2) how your thumb strikes the strings. Are you flattening your thumb and trying to get the strings vibrating up and down in relation to the top? This type of stroke can bring out a fuller sound from seemingly dull basses. I just read a summary, in the English Lute Society newsletter, of an article on strings written by Toyohiko Satoh. He confirms my experience that the best overall sound can be had from LaBella basses, which are inexpensive and sound bright at first but begin to sound warm as they break in. I like them when they are particularly old. Good luck in your experimentation. Best, Ron Andrico >From: Eugene Ivanov >To: Lute >Subject: Bass strings >Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 06:44:51 -0800 (PST) > >Hello, > >I'm a novice Renaissance lute player, a recent convert from classical guitar, so >please excuse my >ignorance. I'm trying to find the right bass strings and get a good bass sound on a >REnaissance >lute. I tried Nylegut (didn't like that at all), loaded gut from Aquila, gimped and >metal wound >gut from Gamut, but I'm still not happy with the sound. Loaded and gimped gut sounds >too dull, but >wound gut sounds a bit metallic. I can hear a good rich, deep and soft bass sound on >Lonardi, >Herringman and other's CDs, which proves that there have to be the right bass strings >somewhere. >Coud anyone give me an advice on this - what bass strings do you use, where do you >get them, etc? > >Thanks, >Eugene Ivanov > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. >http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > --------------------------------- Find a broadband plan that fits. Great local deals on high-speed Internet access. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
