[VIHUELA] Re: Protocol of emails (again...)

Being a robot and lacking a friendly, smiling face, I am very grateful for the impersonal nature of e-mail. (Just kidding. ...kinda.) Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Stewart McCoy > Sent: Tuesday, December

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar bridges

Or, in my case, "Carpe carpio!" Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Monica Hall > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 8:07 AM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: Vihuelalist > Subjec

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar bridges

Sounds like a plan. ...If I can convince you to coauthor! Eugene > -Original Message- > From: Monica Hall [mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 11:06 AM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: Vihuelalist > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA]

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar bridges

> -Original Message- > From: Monica Hall [mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:32 AM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: Vihuelalist > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar bridges > > Exactly - now who will volunteer to write it. I would

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar bridges

Maybe a lot to ask, but it would be both valuable and interesting, and certainly is not impossible. As a fan of mandolin going back as far as there have been instruments to carry related names, one of my favorite references is: Morey, Stephen. 1993. Mandolins of the 18th century. Editrice Turris,

[VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar culture and habits?

That image was actually in reference to the supporters/fans/disciples of Carulli vs. the supporters/fans/disciples of Molino in Paris (i.e., the "Carullists" and "Molinists"). It didn't necessarily have to do with nail use (I don't know if either expressed preferences for nails). Molino's techniq

[VIHUELA] Re: list - protocol

Alas, the tyrannical giant Microsoft and its forced default of top-replying so dominates the universe of electronic communication that I fear there is no easy way back to a rational conversational civility. This note was typed using MS Outlook (with a tear in the eye for the memory of Eudora). Eu

[VIHUELA] Hopkinson Smith to give guitar concert and master class in Columbus, OH, April 2011

remaining!  The fee to simply attend as an auditor will be $15 at the door.  Feel free to reply directly (off list if you'd like) with any questions you may have.   Best, Eugene Eugene C. Braig IV Artistic Director Phone: 614-561-9204 The Columbus Guitar Society Capital University, Con

[VIHUELA] Re: Virgil, Vergil, & the usefulness of etymology or bourdon details

Almost like a symbiote... Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Monica Hall > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:56 AM > To: Chris Despopoulos > Cc: Vihuelalist > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Virgil, Vergil, & the usef

[VIHUELA] Re: The stringing of the baroque guitar - again

Mark Ahern [mailto:a-mah...@bigpond.net.au] > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 5:39 AM > To: 'Vihuelalist'; Eugene C. Braig IV > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: The stringing of the baroque guitar - again > > Dear Eugene, > > This is my first post to the list. I was ama

[VIHUELA] Re: The stringing of the baroque guitar - again

I am a dabbler in early strings. I don't ever intend to be anything but. However, I am a fan of scholarship (a biologist on the day job) and this extends to my appreciation of music. I watch this bourdon-vs.-not debate periodically because both sides tend to have insight that I appreciate. I don

[VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar, where to start?

Thanks for your thoughts, Monica. Eugene > -Original Message- > From: Monica Hall [mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 3:45 PM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: Vihuelalist > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar, where to start? >

[VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar, where to start?

mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Monica Hall > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 3:11 PM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: Vihuelalist > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar, where to start? > > I have just been reading part of the introduction to Alejandro Ver

[VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar, where to start?

; > > Alexander > > > > PS: If I remember it correctly there are also a few arrangements of his > > music for the seven string Russian guitar (supposedly from his period in > > Russia between 1804 - 14). > > > > On 03/02/2011 15:49, Monica Hall wrote: > >&

[VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar, where to start?

correctly there are also a few arrangements of his > music for the seven string Russian guitar (supposedly from his period in > Russia between 1804 - 14). > > On 03/02/2011 15:49, Monica Hall wrote: > >> > >> [Eugene C. Braig IV] Indeed, at least relatively spea

[VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar, where to start?

rgiveness and correction if >I'm wrong on that. In my opinion, there's no logical reason to have a >fully re-entrant 6-course guitar. You end up repeating a note on one >course or the other. [Eugene C. Braig IV] Indeed, at least relatively speaking. However,

[VIHUELA] Re: Four c. guitar

hink so? There should be room for all IMO... > > Best > > G. > > - Original Message - > From: "Monica Hall" > To: "Eugene C. Braig IV" > Cc: "Vihuelalist" > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 6:50 PM > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Four c. gu

[VIHUELA] Re: Four c. guitar

y-sounding suspensions, etc. that such improvisations can be distracting. Best, Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Chris Despopoulos > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 12:23 PM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV; L

[VIHUELA] Re: Four c. guitar

distracting. Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Stuart Walsh > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:20 AM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: 'List LUTELIST'; 'Vihuelalist' &

[VIHUELA] Re: Four c. guitar

ward Martin [mailto:e...@gamutstrings.com] > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 10:33 AM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV; 'List LUTELIST'; 'Vihuelalist' > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Four c. guitar > > Eugene, > > You apparently can get one in the USA for about $21. > &g

[VIHUELA] Re: Four c. guitar

Craddock's recording is now super-hard to find. I would love to have a copy, but can't seem to track one down at a reasonable price. Also look into: Lonardi, Massimo. 2006. Comiença la Musica para Guitarra. Stradivarius. Marincola, Federico. 1994. Pieces pour Luth/Pieces pour Guitare. Disques P

[VIHUELA] Re: Four c. guitar

I don't think he is talking about the earliest 16th-c. publications of guitar music (hopefully), but referring to the semi-obscure, iconography-based history of things like gittern, citole, etc. The dates he gives fall in the couple centuries before the music Jocelyn offered us. Eugene > -O

[VIHUELA] Re: 4-course guitar videos

The CD is nice too, a tasteful compilation of solo and song: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nelsonbartram As a fan of La Folia, I'm particularly fond of LeRoy's "Mes pas semez." Best, Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf

[VIHUELA] Re: some 19th century seven-string guitar pieces

Odd. Here are some lute-distant periphera: I had always known of plane tree as an English term for trees of the same taxonomic grouping as North American sycamore (i.e., of the genus *Platanus*). All trees of the genus *Acer* are technically maples, although common names don't always reflect tha

[VIHUELA] Re: 2 short pieces for seven-string guitar in G

Nice. I love this music. So very different from the bombast of mainstream European guitar at the time...which I also love...but it is different. Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Stuart Walsh > Sent: Sunday,

[VIHUELA] Re: Chord I

anger that > > the 1st finger won't get close enough to the 2nd fret, and you'll get a > > buzz. > > Yes - that's the fingering I use - and I guess I have much thinner > fingures > than all you gentleman - so thin in fact that I don't find stopping double >

[VIHUELA] Re: Chord I

I really think that fingering is common to most modern guitarists in most genres that use the intervals of the current standard tuning, classical included, and probably has been since the time of alfabeto. A long tradition indeed. Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmout

[VIHUELA] Re: A new-to-me vihuela

t.) Best, Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Rob MacKillop > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:15 AM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: vl > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: A new-to-me vihuela > >

[VIHUELA] Re: A new-to-me vihuela

en by Hans Jordan or an emulator. There really is very little left of the original now. Best, Eugene > -Original Message- > From: Garry Bryan [mailto:gar...@netins.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:24 PM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] A new-to-

[VIHUELA] A new-to-me vihuela

Greetings fellow punteadophiliacs: Nothing to tickle your scholarly mental muscles, but I'm a bit excited so thought I'd share. After years of inaudible unplayability, my quirky speculative vihuela has returned to me, artfully brought to functionality by Ohio luthier and Dartmouth

[VIHUELA] Re: Quills, 15the century dance and plucked duos

Regarding quills in the style of 18th-c. mandolinists, here's a link to an image of what I've been using in recent times: http://cittern.ning.com/photo/bic-synthoquill?context=user Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee cyrillienne

Thanks for word. I hope Oleg's trip proves fruitful. Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Roman Turovsky > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 8:57 AM > To: 'Stuart Walsh'; Eugene

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee

Of course indeed. Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Martyn Hodgson > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:38 AM > To: Monica Hall; Stuart Walsh > Cc: Vihuelalist > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee > > > >

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee cyrillienne

> -Original Message- > From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:20 AM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: 'Vihuelalist' > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee > > Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > > Oleg is a

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee

Oleg is a great scholar and fine player now based in Iowa City, but his "goes to eleven." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Timofeyev Eugene > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Stuart Walsh > Sent: Thursday, August 27,

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbe...or wee mandolino

> -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Monica Hall > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:01 PM > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbe > > And Stradivarius apparently made lutes and mandolins as well.

[VIHUELA] Re: PS to ...Re: Guitarre theorbee

I wholeheartedly agree, Martyn. Those pictured at the top of this page are of that later ilk, as is the link Alexander provided: http://www.harpguitars.net/history/org/org-form1a.htm Personally, I like the creator of this page very much, and I certainly appreciate his knowledge and enthusiasm. H

[VIHUELA] Re: CD recording today

...And, especially after this description, I can't wait for release! Eugene ___ From: Rob MacKillop [mailto:luteplay...@googlemail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:27 PM To: Eugene C. Braig IV

[VIHUELA] Re: CD recording today

Awesome! I already want that CD on my shelves. Break that proverbial leg. Eugene > -Original Message- > From: Rob MacKillop [mailto:luteplay...@googlemail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:58 AM > To: Vihuela > Subject: [VIHUELA] CD recording today > >I'm just about to le

[VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar duo (Merchi)

> -Original Message- > From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:12 PM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: 'Vihuelalist' > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar duo (Merchi) > > > That first wave of treme

[VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar duo (Merchi)

Brescia’) since almost > all their published works simply have the name ‘Merchi’. I'll see if I can dig up any more when back home. Best, Eugene > -Original Message- > From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 2:27 PM > To:

[VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar duo (Merchi)

*Pssst*, that's "misspelling." Teasingly, Eugene > -Original Message- > From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 7:11 AM > To: Monica Hall > Cc: Vihuelalist > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar duo (Merchi) > > Monica Hall wrote: > > Spelling

[EARLY-GUIT] Re: b-guitar hero

Ah, I see what you mean now. I'm definitely not so good at that! I enjoyed Elias' playing. I'm guessing there was a particularly unpleasant error he felt obliged to edit out around 4:47. His choice of guitar for Legnani is interesting. Of course, Legnani himself used a much more "modern" instr

[VIHUELA] Re: b-guitar hero

..And where can this spectacle be seen? I have been known to play Legnani on original 19th-c. guitars, but am not so good at walking on stage. I thus favor café, soirée, or living room performance. Best, Eugene > -Original Message- > From: Jelma van Amersfoort [mailto:jel...@gmail.com]

[VIHUELA] Re: b-guitar hero

Funktastic! Eugene > -Original Message- > From: David van Ooijen [mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 3:01 AM > To: Vihuela List > Subject: [VIHUELA] b-guitar hero > > Slightly OT. > Yesterday I was playing baroque guitar in he opening choir of the > fifth

[VIHUELA] Re: Aria 19th-century guitar

3_products/pro_ag_a19c_200n.html > > > > Great price and colour but available in nylon or steel strings (!). > > > >Rob MacKillop [Eugene C. Braig IV] Interesting. It obviously hybridizes some Panormo-like aesthetics with vaguely French aesthetics and the f

[VIHUELA] Re: Hi All

t citation or >image for a capo? [Eugene C. Braig IV] I think this came up very recently, but I can't remember the outcome...or maybe it was on a different forum. In any event, I can't provide any kind of definitive answer regarding iconography, but they were certainly well estab

[VIHUELA] Re: Hi All

That would seem a perfectly logical argument to capo at II, which I don't believe I've ever seen in approaching vihuela music on modern guitar. Best, Eugene > -Original Message- > From: Daniel F Heiman [mailto:heiman.dan...@juno.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:41 PM > To: kale

[VIHUELA] Re: Hi All

There's nothing at all wrong with a capo. I own several and actually use them (albeit rarely). When I do, however, I use the capo as a transposition tool. I personally don't see much use for transposition in playing unaccompanied solos. I also don't entirely buy into efforts to emulate a "less

[VIHUELA] Re: Hi All

At 10:35 AM 12/11/2008, Joshua Horn wrote: >I was under the assumption that putting a capo on the third fret would >place a standard tuned Guitar into Lute or Vihulea "G" tuning. Yes, >solo work. =) My first bit of advice would be to get rid of the capo unless you need to adjust pitch

[VIHUELA] Re: New guitar construction history book

This one looks yummy too. Thanks for linking to its source. Best, Eugene At 01:37 PM 11/28/2008, Alexander Batov wrote: >There are some nice pictures but don't expect much of the text ;) >And you are right, it's certainly hugely overpriced for what it gives ... > >If I were you I'd better persua

[VIHUELA] Re: Bartolotti

At 04:37 PM 10/4/2008, Rob MacKillop wrote: >Bravo, Monica. Excellent stuff, as usual. Makes me want to play >Bartolotti. Thanksalotti... > >Rob MacKillop Me too! Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[VIHUELA] Re: Guerau on

At 11:12 AM 9/29/2008, Fred wrote: >It makes me wonder why Sanz is so popular amongst modern guitarists. > >Could it be that the modern guitarists who are creating the current >popularity (which is a good thing, mind you) are simply unaware of the >sounds created whilst playing the music on an in

[VIHUELA] Re: Guerau on "modern" guitar

Ha! I do. Eugene At 10:47 AM 9/29/2008, Music wrote: >Then you might like Guerau... > > > >>>Mmmm... But I prefer pecan pie. > >Eugene<<< To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[VIHUELA] Re: Guerau on "modern" guitar

At 10:35 AM 9/29/2008, Music wrote: >There's a simple answer, Eugene: he wrote (or compiled) great tunes. >They sound great with recorder ensemble, mandolin and guitar, >harpsichord and apple pie. Whatever, it always sounds good. Mmmm... But I prefer pecan pie. Eugene To get on or off this l

[VIHUELA] Re: Guerau on "modern" guitar

Indeed. It makes me wonder why Sanz is so popular amongst modern guitarists. Best, Eugene At 07:57 AM 9/29/2008, Monica Hall wrote: >Sorry Gary > >Wires have got crossed here I think! > >What I said (I hope!) was that Guerau's music doesn't work very well >without low octave strings or bordone

[VIHUELA] Re: Nagging Erratum

At 12:09 PM 9/25/2008, Fred wrote: >Dear List, > >To those whose time I've wasted whilst contemplating my previous message, >I am truly sorry. I have thoroughly scolded myself for putting fingers to >keyboard before putting mind into action. I am unquestionably guilty of >thinking without an i

[VIHUELA] Re: To all

At 03:57 AM 9/24/2008, Josh Horn wrote: >To all, > >For those whom I might of offended with my demonstration tuning video, I >apologize. That was not my intention. I have been and always will be an >improvisor and an inventor always trying new things. Sorry for the >confusion or anything that mi

[VIHUELA] Re: Lineage of early Guitars

Ah, this humor is bittersweet. *sniffle* At 05:39 PM 9/23/2008, Jocelyn Nelson wrote: >Heard on a recent "Prairie Home Companion" show: > >"What's the difference between a rock guitarist and a classical guitarist? > >A rock guitarist plays three chords for a thousand people, and a classical >guit

[VIHUELA] Re: More of the delectable Gordon Ferries

At 03:42 PM 9/23/2008, Eleanor Smith wrote: >Thought this had better go to the list as a whole... > >These pieces are all available on the Fires of Love CD that's >advertised at the beginning of the videos ... it's a mix of pieces >from the time of Adrien le Roy. I don't think Gordon currently has

[VIHUELA] Re: More of the delectable Gordon Ferries

A fine player! I've enjoyed these as I have his CDs. Thanks for sharing. Is there a 4-course recording in the works? Best, Eugene At 05:38 AM 9/23/2008, Rob MacKillop wrote: >Oh, ye of little faith...already on his website... > >Rob MacKillop, webmeister! >2008/9/23 Eleanor Smith

[VIHUELA] Re: Lineage of early Guitars

At 10:35 AM 9/22/2008, Michael Gillespie wrote: >Friends, > >I read somwthere that the tuning pattern is more important than the >shape (of the instrument), like the theorboed guitar - lute shaped, >guitar tuned. Just a thought. A little side topic to that at hand, but "theorboed g

[VIHUELA] Re: Lineage of early Guitars

At 02:40 PM 9/22/2008, Fred wrote: > >Personally, I think a body of dedicated repertoire naming an instrument > >type is one of the most useful tools for tracking instrument development > >through time. > >If one were to perform five-course repertoire from the original tablature >sources, particul

[VIHUELA] Re: Lineage of early Guitars

At 01:49 PM 9/22/2008, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: >At 11:05 AM 9/22/2008, Fred wrote: > >This is precisely what I'm suggesting. The modern guitar is linked to the > >renaissance vihuela _only_ by way of its relation to the renaissance lute, > >which is the ancestor of

[VIHUELA] Re: Lineage of early Guitars

At 11:05 AM 9/22/2008, Fred wrote: >This is precisely what I'm suggesting. The modern guitar is linked to the >renaissance vihuela _only_ by way of its relation to the renaissance lute, >which is the ancestor of the theorbo/chitar...rone (stress chitar), and >the later mandora that shares the s

[VIHUELA] Re: Lineage of early Guitars

At 10:35 AM 9/22/2008, Michael Gillespie wrote: >Friends, > >I read somwthere that the tuning pattern is more important than the >shape (of the instrument), like the theorboed guitar - lute shaped, >guitar tuned. Just a thought. I would say "it depends." That would make the modern

[VIHUELA] Re: Lineage of early Guitars

These are all excellent reasons why the concept of "lineage" doesn't work beyond very superficial analogy regarding instrumental organology. Systems of nomenclature, standard tunings, functional construction features, decorative conventions, etc. all interact in musical instruments and can be

[VIHUELA] Re: arch-guitar

I'd love to see it too. Eugene At 09:14 AM 9/10/2008, Monica Hall wrote: >Well - if you find it - do let us know! > >Monica > >- Original Message - From: "Martyn Hodgson" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Monica Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: "Vihuelalist" >Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008

[VIHUELA] Re: Double headed 12 c/loaded/ Demi-filé

At 09:41 PM 6/5/2008, Alexander Batov wrote: >howard posner wrote: >>Does dyeing? The question, if I am again unmistaken, was whether a >>process used for dyeing might incidentally increase the density/ weight >>of a string. As far as I can see, adding anything to the >>string's innards is goi

[VIHUELA] Re: Sanz and the High G

At 07:33 AM 4/25/2008, Monica Hall wrote: >The reason why I get into scraps with people is because they think that >they can prove categorically that the way they want to play the music >themselves must be the way which the composer himself intended it to be >played - and that everyone who plays

[VIHUELA] Re: new website

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: Going cheap?

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

[VIHUELA] Re: {EARLY_GUIT} 4c music.. is there any?

Marvelous. Thanks for this. Eugene At 07:14 AM 4/13/2008, Peter Forrester wrote: >Please excuse me if I have missed something, having only been thinking about >citterns recently, but.. > >Rasguedo or, more properly? strummed music does seem to exist for the 4c >guitar from England. See John M.

[VIHUELA] Re: Chi passa Boogie

At 05:25 AM 4/11/2008, Arto Wikla wrote: >Is this acceptable or horrible insult to the holy instruments? ;-) Whatever. It looks like you had fun, and I'm all for that. >The "mandora" here means the tiny soprano lute, perhaps it should be >called mandolino? Depends, but in this case, it defini

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

At 05:20 AM 4/9/2008, Monica Hall wrote: >Well - I'd agree with most of what you say. > >But actually no-one has mentioned vihuela music which can be played on the >classical guitar just as it is if you tune the 3rd string down to F#. > >But perhaps someone did before I joined this discussion.

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

At 04:09 PM 4/8/2008, Monica Hall wrote: >Didn't get Stuart's message. > >But most 5-course music isn't suitable for classical guitar because of the >octave stringing and re-entrant tuning - at least as notated. Of course, I wouldn't want to imply otherwise, although much 5-course music is workab

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

At 02:45 PM 4/8/2008, Stuart Walsh wrote: >Lots of music was published for for the five-course guitar. There is a >fair amount online too. Wouldn't a five-course be more promising than a >four-course guitar? > >Bear in mind that the little four-course guitar is very unlike a modern >classical gu

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

At 01:17 PM 4/8/2008, Monica Hall wrote: >The moral of this tale - never rely on what anyone else says - always >check the original - if you can. Always seems prudent. This kind of stuff makes me glad I'm a biologist on the day job. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

At 12:45 PM 4/8/2008, Monica Hall wrote: >Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?! >>Check out this little page from Appalachian State University (Dr. Douglas >>James' program): >> > >Which is a bit inaccurate. The music in Barberiis

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

At 09:15 AM 4/8/2008, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: >The most obvious and easily accessible are probably the pieces at the back >of Mudarra's vihuela book and some of the French pieces by Morlaye and Le Roy. PS: I'd branded the French music as "easily accessible" only beca

[VIHUELA] Re: 4c music... is there any?!

At 08:00 AM 4/8/2008, Michael Gillespie wrote: >Hello all, > >I am a classical guitar major but I am interested in learning either early >guitar (4c) or the lute. I would love to stay with guitar but I cannot find >and music for it. I dont want to have to transcribe everything before I >play. Any i

[VIHUELA] Re: OT: any ideas on this mandolin?

At 12:01 PM 4/6/2008, Stuart Walsh wrote: >Eugene, did you see the photos of this mandolin? > >http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/mandopics/ I have now. thanks for the reference. >Do you think this mando could be a de Meglio (or imitator)? This >particular mandolin didn't really strike me as a go

[VIHUELA] Re: OT: any ideas on this mandolin?

At 03:51 PM 4/4/2008, Stuart Walsh wrote: >My boss at work brought in an old mandolin which belongs to a friend. >Evidently it has been lying around in a farmhouse attic for years. She >would just like to know something about it; she has no illusions about its >value. She thinks it has been in t

[VIHUELA] Re: The French are strange

At 12:14 PM 3/23/2008, Rob MacKillop wrote: >Here is Gerard Rebours playing brilliantly despite the distractions... > >*http://tinyurl.com/37bnnc* >** >*Rob* That was some fine music...in support of a particularly odd puppet show. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http:

[VIHUELA] Re: chitarra da gamba

down market attempt at >going baroque. frankenstein was looking for the secret of life and his >monster did, indeed, experience soul. perhaps these deviants will find >themselves sailing into bleak and desolate arctic wastes and end their >wretched existence on a lost and lonely

[VIHUELA] Re: chitarra da gamba

At 01:00 PM 2/22/2008, bill kilpatrick wrote: >interesting curio: > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dvnteWmVLo&watch_response Looks like a weird amateur effort to re-concoct the arepggione of the early 1800s from something that was built with the intent to be something else. My sense of aesth

[VIHUELA] Re: fuenllana videos from the 30's

At 02:56 PM 2/17/2008, bill kilpatrick wrote: >i would imagine you already know about these but if not: > >http://www.youtube.com/user/PujolDisciple Thanks, Bill. I, for one, did not know of these and really enjoyed them. Of course, Pujol was instrumental in bringing the great vihuela books t

[VIHUELA] Re: Tombeau de du But

At 03:33 PM 2/12/2008, Rob MacKillop wrote: >'Mesmeric' ...hmm...possibly. I don't know the Campion piece Monica >mentioned, but the de Visee piece is certainly very beautiful. I'm quite >scared of playing it as it is so hard to get right, physically and >otherwise. I'll give it a try, Eugene. Can'

[VIHUELA] Re: Tombeau de du But

At 02:44 PM 2/12/2008, Monica Hall wrote: >>Very enjoyable, Rob. >> >>Do you think (Baroque) guitar tombeaux (if that's the plural) have the >>same mesmeric effect as the lute ones? > >There is a beautiful one in Campion dedicated to M. de Maltot who >apparently passed on to Campion the "Rule o

[VIHUELA] Re: Tarantella - ground, melody or rhytm?

At 05:14 PM 2/7/2008, Stuart Walsh wrote: >There's a 'Tarantelas' in Santiago de Murcia's 'Resumen de Acompaner la >Parte Con La Guitarra' (1714), p111. It's in D minor, in 6/8, in 12 >four-bar sections. > >Stuart I love that one...and de Murcia's music in general. Play it with verve. Shouldn

[VIHUELA] Re: Andrea Damiani on You Tube

At 07:39 AM 2/6/2008, Gregory Doc Rossi wrote: >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qiwVIXdiU4 > >and > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXCmEE5pzeo Very nice. Thanks for these! Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[VIHUELA] Re: la bella strings

At 12:36 PM 1/11/2008, bill kilpatrick wrote: >i would guess that my 1/4 size guitar(lele) can't be too far removed in >size from your baroque guitars and vihuelas. i don't know how much you >have to pay for strings but i just put on a set of relatively inexpensive, >la bella 1/2 guitar strings

[VIHUELA] Re: C=F3dice_de_Fray_Gregorio_de_Zuo?=

At 03:56 AM 1/3/2008, Monica Hall wrote: >Grazie! > >I never realized all this things. > >I must flag up baroque guitar in case I'm missing something. I've been posting a few to a general forum elsewhere in cyberspace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4xVXZQFuhQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCAJ

[VIHUELA] Re: Calvi

..And without attachments as they appear to be stalling the post to the list: At 05:36 PM 12/14/2007, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: >At 04:47 PM 12/14/2007, Stuart Walsh wrote: > >>I' not sure what a 'mandola' is. Tyler refers to this genre as mandolino/ >>mandor

[VIHUELA] Re: Calvi

At 04:47 PM 12/14/2007, Stuart Walsh wrote: >I' not sure what a 'mandola' is. Tyler refers to this genre as mandolino/ >mandore/mandola. Does 'mandola', as you understand it, mean something other? Mandora/mandore was similar but usually referred to something a bit different with a different st

[VIHUELA] Re: you tube oddity

At 11:40 AM 11/16/2007, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: >At 01:27 AM 11/15/2007, bill kilpatrick wrote: >>selections from "pictures at an exhibition" on >>guitalele: >> >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQPWagp20I&feature=user > >Ah, shades of Yamashita...b

[VIHUELA] Re: you tube oddity

At 01:27 AM 11/15/2007, bill kilpatrick wrote: >selections from "pictures at an exhibition" on >guitalele: > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQPWagp20I&feature=user Ah, shades of Yamashita...but decidedly post-classic-vihuela literature on all counts. Eugene To get on or off this list see l

[VIHUELA] Re: dedillo

At 07:00 PM 10/30/2007, Stuart Walsh wrote: >Is the vihuela the only instrument that uses this technique? I don't >think there is anything like it in 4 or 5 course guitar, or any kind of >lute, technique. There couldn't be anything in the construction of the >instrument that makes this a more l

[VIHUELA] Re: dedillo

At 06:27 PM 10/30/2007, RALPH MAIER wrote: >...and index and middle finger (like modern guitarists). The last was >apparently Fuenllana's fingering of choice. Intriguing. Also like what Guerau recommended for scalar passages on treble courses in his guitar book. Eugene To get on or off thi

[VIHUELA] Re: dedillo

At 05:25 AM 10/30/2007, bill kilpatrick wrote: >not sure what the difference is between tremolo and >dedillo... Depending, both techniques can coincide. Dedillo is striking the string with both the up and downstroke, or both the contraction and extension, of a finger. Tremolo is the rapid rep

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