[LUTE] Re: long strings?damping

2011-08-31 Thread sterling price 
   Hi-
   Even with gut strings on say a baroque lute it is still good to damp
   the strings, otherwise it sounds messy. Also just for articulation. If
   you listen to the top players of today damping basses is very
   common. There are different techniques for damping and it soon becomes
   trivial.

   --Sterling
   From: howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com
   To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:39 AM
   Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings?damping
   This discussion would make a lot more sense if posters explained what
   gut is being compared to.  In some cases, it's overwound strings, and
   in others, it's plain nylon.
   On Aug 30, 2011, at 5:00 AM, andy butler wrote:
Are there any players who reckon that damping is essential?
   Tympanists, mostly.  It makes the lute vastly more difficult to play:
   in an ascending passage on the diapasons, the thumb has to make three
   maneuvers (play note, reach back up to damp it, then move to the next
   one) instead of one for each note.  If you find you need to damp
   consistently to avoid the sound fogging over, change strings.
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[LUTE] Re: long strings?damping

2011-08-31 Thread Christopher Wilke 
Sterling,

Agreed.  Ideally, one wants the bass line to be articulated in the same 
manner as any line played on the fretboard.  In fact, basses frequently cross 
between fretted notes and diapasons.  Presumably these two types of passages 
should be performed in the same manner even though the diapason notes will 
require a different technique to get the same effect.  It takes years of work 
to make it sound natural.

Chris


Christopher Wilke
Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
www.christopherwilke.com


--- On Wed, 8/31/11, sterling price spiffys84...@yahoo.com wrote:

 From: sterling price spiffys84...@yahoo.com
 Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings?damping
 To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
 Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 2:21 AM
    Hi-
    Even with gut strings on say a baroque
 lute it is still good to damp
    the strings, otherwise it sounds messy.
 Also just for articulation. If
    you listen to the top players of today
 damping basses is very
    common. There are different techniques
 for damping and it soon becomes
    trivial.
 
    --Sterling
    From: howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com
    To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
    Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:39 AM
    Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings?damping
    This discussion would make a lot more
 sense if posters explained what
    gut is being compared to.  In some
 cases, it's overwound strings, and
    in others, it's plain nylon.
    On Aug 30, 2011, at 5:00 AM, andy butler
 wrote:
     Are there any players who reckon
 that damping is essential?
    Tympanists, mostly.  It makes the
 lute vastly more difficult to play:
    in an ascending passage on the diapasons,
 the thumb has to make three
    maneuvers (play note, reach back up to
 damp it, then move to the next
    one) instead of one for each note. 
 If you find you need to damp
    consistently to avoid the sound fogging
 over, change strings.
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 information at
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[LUTE] Re: long strings?damping

2011-08-30 Thread howard posner 
This discussion would make a lot more sense if posters explained what gut is 
being compared to.  In some cases, it's overwound strings, and in others, it's 
plain nylon.  

On Aug 30, 2011, at 5:00 AM, andy butler wrote:

 Are there any players who reckon that damping is essential?

Tympanists, mostly.  It makes the lute vastly more difficult to play: in an 
ascending passage on the diapasons, the thumb has to make three maneuvers (play 
note, reach back up to damp it, then move to the next one) instead of one for 
each note.  If you find you need to damp consistently to avoid the sound 
fogging over, change strings.



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