I have not heard this recording; from what I heard, the Vihuela is a small one tuned in a. If this is the case, and his lute is g, one ought to be able to distinguish between the two.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2018, at 1:21 PM, howard posner <howardpos...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > > >> On Aug 26, 2018, at 10:38 AM, Sean Smith <lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If we cannot hear the differences between the two instruments from a >> recorded performance, what conclusions should we draw? Is the >> difference more apparent when we are in the same room? Should we >> suspect they have been mixed (deliberately? inadvertently?) to make >> them more similar? > > I might conclude 1) that Nigel’s taste in instruments leads him to own a > vihuela that sounds like his six-course lute, > 2) that Nigel has an ideal sound that he tries to get from both instruments, > or > 3) My ears aren't refined enough to detect the difference. > > The last seems unlikely, given the time I spend applying ear-refining lotion. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
