Syria ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen W. Gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'James A Stimson'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'bill'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'lute society'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 9:26 PM Subject: RE: plectrum and lute
> Does anyone out there play an oud? If so, where did you get it? > > Stephen W. Gibson > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James A Stimson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 2:14 PM > To: bill > Cc: lute society > Subject: Re: plectrum and lute > > > > > > > Dear Bill, Kenneth and All: > I also have a Larry Brown five-course lute, which I play fairly often > (including earlier today). I play solos and duets, and also consort > music with my medieval group, Armonia Nova. At first I favored a long > skinny oud plectrum, and experimented with ostrich feathers and turkey > quills. Once I heard myself recorded, however, I decided the sound was > too thin and "slappy" -- too much plectrum noise. I switched to a very > heavy (1.5 mm) Plec (name of maker) plectrum with a blunt tip, which > enables me to produce a rounder, fuller tone with less chiff on the > front end. I find the recorded sound much more satisfying. Recorded? > Why recorded? Because I've found that my ears can deceive me while I'm > playing. Listening to a recorded version, I think, is a more accurate > guage of tone quality. Try it. It's like hearing your own voice recorded > for the first time. Perhaps not for the faint of heart! Yours, Jim > > > > > > > bill > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute society > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > irgilio.it> cc: > > Subject: plectrum and > lute > 04/12/2004 09:15 > > AM > > > > > > > > > > dear all - > > mostly because it's a holiday and it's raining and i'm running out of > excuses to not do my scales... > > i'm curious to know if any of you play lute with a plectrum. > > if so: > > - how many courses does your instrument have? > - what kind of strings to you use? > - what is your plectrum made of? > > . > > - from what period is the music you play? > > . > > - if you prefer using plectrum, why? > > just idle curiosity. > > regards - bill > > > > > > > > >
