[VIHUELA] Re: Sanz and the High G

2008-04-24 Thread Rob MacKillop
2008/4/24 howard posner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > To be fair, I think Monica was trying to avoid one here by not > reiterating her position on the high G octave string. > I agree, Howard. I'm sorry Stuart used my light-hearted bantering as a platform for raising an attack on Monica. I actually agr

[VIHUELA] Re: Sanz and the High G

2008-04-24 Thread howard posner
On Apr 24, 2008, at 3:36 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote: > Monica's position is rather like mysterianism in the philosophy > of mind. It's all just one big mystery: the stringing , the > tuning, the performance practice of the seventeenth century > guitarists- the existing evidence points anywh

[VIHUELA] Re: new website

2008-04-24 Thread Edward Martin
Thanks a lot, Rob. It is a very nice way to present recordings. I like the 2nd cello suite in the darker g minor dark chocolate! ed At 01:24 PM 4/24/2008 +0100, Rob MacKillop wrote: >I've decided to put all my mp3 sound files on a dedicated website called >Song Of The Rose (www.songofthero

[VIHUELA] Re: Sanz and the High G

2008-04-24 Thread Rob MacKillop
Phew! I got off lightly there, Monica. ;-) I'd better back out now... Rob PS I still agree with you 2008/4/24 Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Well > > There is some doubt as to whether it would have been practical to put a > high octave string on the 3rd course - tuned a minor 3rd above

[VIHUELA] Re: new website

2008-04-24 Thread Stuart Walsh
Rob MacKillop wrote: I've decided to put all my mp3 sound files on a dedicated website called Song Of The Rose (www.songoftherose.co.uk). I have no interest anymore in making CDs, so all my future solo files will be placed here. It currently includes Robert de Visee's Suite in Dm (bourdon on the

[VIHUELA] Sanz and the High G

2008-04-24 Thread Rob MacKillop
Here are two versions of Gaspar Sanz's Fuga 1: a) no bourdons and unison third course: http://www.songoftherose.co.uk/mp3/bg/sanz/RobMacKillopSanzFuga1.mp3 b) no bourdons and high octave third course - the highest octave on the thumb side: http://www.rmguitar.info/mp3s/Rfuga.mp3 (on an original i

[VIHUELA] Re: new website

2008-04-24 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Tremendous, and thank you. Eugene At 08:24 AM 4/24/2008, Rob MacKillop wrote: >I've decided to put all my mp3 sound files on a dedicated website called >Song Of The Rose (www.songoftherose.co.uk). I have no interest anymore in >making CDs, so all my future solo files will be placed here. It curre

[VIHUELA] Re: new website

2008-04-24 Thread robert fallis
thats a very nice web site Rob, I like the cantio sarmatica ones, which is mainly what I play,now days regards bob -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.ht

[VIHUELA] new website

2008-04-24 Thread Rob MacKillop
I've decided to put all my mp3 sound files on a dedicated website called Song Of The Rose (www.songoftherose.co.uk). I have no interest anymore in making CDs, so all my future solo files will be placed here. It currently includes Robert de Visee's Suite in Dm (bourdon on the 4th), new recordings do

[VIHUELA] Re: Going cheap?

2008-04-24 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 08:07 AM 4/24/2008, Alexander Batov wrote: >Well, even down to listing yew as rib material of those awful "lutes" they >don't seem to have a clue. Not violin dealer's business perhaps ... I >wonder who on earth is going to buy all that Franciolini's stuff? Not me! To get on or off this li