[VIHUELA] Re: Landi - Quando Rinaldo

2014-09-16 Thread Arto Wikla
Monica, well here is my way, not the only possible, naturally. ;- on the first line in the second bar - are the figures over the second D 5-6? Yes. And I'd play 5-b6. (and also the last chord if 1st bar G-minor. on the first line in the third bar the second 7-6 - should the 6 be sharp

[VIHUELA] de Visee arr of Corelli - version to b-guitar?

2012-11-16 Thread Arto Wikla
and theorbo there are lots of Lully, and here and there some pieces also by other great names of those times. Best, Arto On 16/11/12 22:02, Arto Wikla wrote: Dear lutenists of every type and baroque guitarists, I find it quite interesting that monsieur de Visee made some arrangements

[VIHUELA] de Visee Chaconne in a minor to the guitar?

2012-11-10 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear flat back lutenists, My try on de Visee's Chaconne in A minor is - as I told - is in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqHHPeLMNYUfeature=youtu.be http://vimeo.com/53172045 As I said, there is the original(?) theorbo version of this d-minor lute version, but I have a strong memory

[VIHUELA] Re: de Visee by baroque lute

2012-10-28 Thread Arto Wikla
, Arto Wikla [1]wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote: Perhaps someone in the main lute list and in the vihuela list (mainly baroque guitar list) could be interested in de Visee stuff by baroque lute? I tried to play some: Robert de Visee: Pastoralle in F# minor [2]http

[VIHUELA] Re: G chord on Baroque Guitar

2012-09-13 Thread Arto Wikla
Great project and very beautiful video! Thanks Bud! Arto On 13/09/12 18:29, bud roach wrote: Hello Friends- On this issue I do have something to contribute- a very specific example from the alfabeto repertoire (along with some shameless self-promotion!) In preparation

[VIHUELA] Re: Hi All

2008-12-12 Thread Arto Wikla
gary digman wrote: There may be a reason to be concerned about whether one is tuned in E, G or A. Dissonances become more dissonant as pitch is lowered. This might noticeably change the texture of the music. This is interesting! Why dissonances would become more dissonant as pitch is

[VIHUELA] Re: Hi All

2008-12-12 Thread Arto Wikla
This is interesting! Why dissonances would become more dissonant as pitch is lowered? Is it an opinion or a physical fact? Speaking as a piano tuner, I can say it's a physical fact on a piano. Much less so on a harpsichord, and undoubtedly much less so on a vihuela also. Piano strings are

[VIHUELA] Re: Preludes, Cadences and Composition for Guitar

2008-12-07 Thread Arto Wikla
Roman Turovsky wrote: I've read through that PDF, and it contains quite a few Ukrainian items, some of them in really peculiar versions. For example- #22 is really based on http://www.torban.org/pisni/images/hryts1.pdf http://www.torban.org/pisni/images/hryts1.mid

[VIHUELA] Re: you tube debut

2007-05-03 Thread Arto Wikla
On Wednesday 02 May 2007 19:03, bill kilpatrick wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFyvrCMmt8k Nice! Very nice! Thanks Bill. Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[VIHUELA] Lute in 70's Was: hmm

2006-06-06 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear all, BTW, who of us played lute or vihuela better in 1970's than those video examples of Williams or Akkermann, not to speak of Bream? Just a thought... Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[VIHUELA] Re: Lute in 70's Was: hmm

2006-06-06 Thread Arto Wikla
James Tyler, Robert Spencer, Anthony Bailes, Diana Poulton, Dumbois, Donna Curry, Richard Glenn, Jurgen Hubscher, Walter Gerwig, Konrad Ragossnig, Anthony Rooley, Narcisso Yepes And you never know how far to the skies the Internet reaches today... Arto To get on or off this list see

[VIHUELA] Free music, was: Concert in Helsinki (fwd)

2006-04-06 Thread Arto Wikla
Utopia dir. and baroque harp Andrew Lawrence-King . * Ricardo Padilla, percussion * Annamari Pölhö, organ * Visa Jämsä, dulcian * Arto Wikla, chitarrino * Timo Peedu, baroque guitar * Teppo Hirvonen, baroque guitar Composers: Milan, Gutiérrez de Padilla, Hidalgo

[VIHUELA] Re: Mean tone temperament

2006-03-23 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear Monica I don't know whether there is still anyone on this list - but if there is There are! ;-) perhaps they can tell me what they know about Mean Tone Temperament on plucked stringed instruments, especially the baroque guitar. For background you perhaps can read the following

[VIHUELA] Re: Mean tone temperament

2006-03-23 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear all, still a tiny addon to my comment on Monica's message: On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Monica Hall wrote: As far as I'm aware the guitar was usually tuned to a sort of equal temperament - at least that is what Doisi de Velasco says and how else would they have been able to play in the 12

[VIHUELA] Re: Some music by me (Was: Sanz uploads

2005-11-15 Thread Arto Wikla
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, billkilpatrick wrote: scorching, arto. i took the liberty of posting your mp3 address to the various charango sites. complimenti - bill Thanks Bill. I added also my tab of the Bella Pedrina (and some other pieces) to the page. So you can see I strum much more than

[VIHUELA] Some music by me (Was: Sanz uploads)

2005-11-14 Thread Arto Wikla
Hi vihuela list On Friday 04 November 2005 21:26, Rob MacKillop wrote: Your comment about the bray harp (see below) is an interesting one. For those who are unaware, the 'bray' refers to a bit of wood on the soundboard of a Renaissance harp which touched the string gently. As the string was

[VIHUELA] Re: Sanz uploads

2005-11-04 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear Rob, you wrote among other matters: Your comment about the bray harp (see below) is an interesting one. For those who are unaware, the 'bray' refers to a bit of wood on the soundboard of a Renaissance harp which touched the string gently. As the string was struck it would buzz as it

[VIHUELA] 4 course music in Braye ms.

2005-11-04 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear vihuelists and early guitarists, this info has been already submitted to the lute list, but perhaps everyone here is not reading the main list. That is why I copy my messages here: In Yale, Beinecke Lib. there are some mss. online. I happened to notice that there are also some pieces for

[VIHUELA] Re: rasgueo

2005-09-15 Thread Arto Wikla
Hi (and a copy to the vihuela-list) On Thursday 15 September 2005 01:35, you wrote: thank you arto, i will. i think i have a cd of his ... does he play harp? He is a harpist virtuoso, but in his bands there have been also strummers of renaissance and baroque guitars. I'll google a little,

[VIHUELA] Re: rasgueo

2005-09-14 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear Bill, On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, bill kilpatrick wrote: andean. haven't a clue what rhythms might have been popular during the baroque period in europe (outside the conservatory, of course ... ) you game to try something from the baroque repertoire with a south american flavor? ..

[VIHUELA] Re: guitar continuo

2005-08-14 Thread Arto Wikla
Hi all On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Lex Eisenhardt wrote: There is Biagio Marini's op XXII. In this ensemble work of rather straightforward homophonic dances Marini added alfabeto. The guitar can be used, 'a beneplacito'. There is a modern edition by S.P.E.S. In this case the guitar is probably

Re: re-entrant tuning, las sirenas, jarana

2005-05-18 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear Bill, On Wed, 18 May 2005, bill kilpatrick wrote: a possible tuning for these pieces would be Gg-cc-ee-aa which is one course shy of a charango tuning. I am not sure, if I have understood your quest right, and if I tell something you already know, I am sorry! So only just in case: