[VIHUELA] Re: G chord on Baroque Guitar

2012-09-12 Thread RALPH MAIER
age - From: Monica Hall Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 1:37 pm Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: G chord on Baroque Guitar To: RALPH MAIER Cc: Vihuelalist >I don't think that it is particularly convenient or > good practice to >finger the chord in the wa

[VIHUELA] Re: G chord on Baroque Guitar

2012-09-10 Thread RALPH MAIER
Interesting thread. Just a thought, and I'm obviously spitballing, but I wonder if there is anything that might be gleaned from this observation in regards to the use of the fourth finger in general. Is there anything in the sources that might suggest its avoidance/preference? Just c

[VIHUELA] Re: Murcia - Cifras selectas online

2012-06-12 Thread RALPH MAIER
Fabulous! Thanks very much for this, Monica. Ralph - Original Message - From: Monica Hall Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 4:56 am Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Murcia - Cifras selectas online To: Vihuelalist > I just received this message. Those of you who are interested in

[VIHUELA] Re: Pakistani Baroque Guitar?

2010-10-14 Thread RALPH MAIER
Thanks for this. It may be a good opportunity for students to get into it. Anyone tried them yet? Ralph - Original Message - From: Luca Manassero Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010 3:45 pm Subject: [VIHUELA] Pakistani Baroque Guitar? To: vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu

[VIHUELA] Re: Sanseverino

2010-01-24 Thread RALPH MAIER
Thanks very much for this, Monica. Much of the work I'll be doing this Spring and next Fall will involve some very capable singers. With any luck some of this will see some action fairly soon. Cheers. Ralph Maier - Original Message - From: Rob MacKillop

[VIHUELA] Re: Chord I

2009-10-11 Thread RALPH MAIER
It's interesting that Murcia would suggest a partial barre with the 2nd finger in his table. There are however plenty of instances where the I chord is written out using a partial barre with the first finger (for example, the Gallarda fol.5, line 2, m.3). If you find the barre dif

[VIHUELA] Re: dedilo

2009-06-23 Thread RALPH MAIER
I'd also be keen on finding out how many players use it, and to what extent. If you want to hear it in use might I be so bold as to suggest checking out my CD as well. I seem to recall using dedillo on almost every track. Ralph PS: glad the website discussion was useful to y

[VIHUELA] Re: advice on strings for 7-string 19thC guitar

2008-12-13 Thread RALPH MAIER
Hi Stuart, If you're in North America, my experience with Curtis Daily (Aquila USA) has been great: [1]i...@aquilausa.com (email) [2]www.aquilausa.com (website) Email Curtis with the details (pitches, string-length) and he should be able to supply you with something

[VIHUELA] Re: Hi All

2008-12-11 Thread RALPH MAIER
Sorry if this is a double-post. Forgot to hit "reply all". Cheers. Ralph -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[VIHUELA] Re: Hi All

2008-12-11 Thread RALPH MAIER
I agree. What's wrong with the capo? Yes, we're way past any notions of fixed pitch. Technical expedience and audience perceptions aside, the advantage of the capo and reason I encourage students to at least give it a whirl is that it allows the player to temporarily suspend his disb

[VIHUELA] Re: dedillo

2007-11-01 Thread RALPH MAIER
e until > > the end of the 15th > > century - and probably played only a single line. > > Playing finger style in > > several parts began to be deveolped towards the end > > of the 15th century - as > > I understand it. > > > > Monica > &g

[VIHUELA] Re: dedillo

2007-10-30 Thread RALPH MAIER
t; please, what are the other two? > > - bill > > --- Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wayne has told me that the archive computer has > > decided it doesn't like > > me...and is refusing to archive my posts. I'm trying > > not to ta