Dear "flat-back" lutenists,
I sent the message below to the lute list, and as far as I know, not
all of the vihuela list members are reading the lute list:
-- Forwarded message --
Dear lutenists,
I wrote about a concert of Latin American baroque last December:
> > Chamber Choir
> > What I don't understand is why Alfabeto would need another chord
> > before the
> > A, and why that should be E minor.
>
> Most people in Europe at that time were heavy duty Christians and so
> they deemed that it was right and proper to begin with the cross.
Actually this is not the case.
T
Dear Monica,
Thank you for the information. It intrigues me because
the fifth course, which is also octave strung, does
not have the same problem. I am tempted to convert
both 4th and 5th courses to re-entrant, even though I
am lead to believe that most of the repertoire I am
learning had at least
Thnak you Alfonso,
I think you are correct. It seems as though it is the
gut octave that is the problem, rather than the wound
string. I will try a new string.
Regards,
jason
--- Alfonso Marin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Daer Jason,
>
> You certainly have a "false" string there. Try
> changi
Daer Jason,
You certainly have a "false" string there. Try changing them for new
ones, one at the time and see what happends.
This is a very usual problem with gut strings. Not all of them a
really "true". Try Nylgut, they are quite precise in tuning and sound
really similar to gut.
I hope t
On Apr 6, 2006, at 5:05 AM, Lex Eisenhardt wrote:
> What I don't understand is why Alfabeto would need another chord
> before the
> A, and why that should be E minor.
Most people in Europe at that time were heavy duty Christians and so
they deemed that it was right and proper to begin with th
