Re: Weiss on guitar (was: Willams Concert)

2005-04-09 Thread Joseph Mayes
We all have failing that we must rise above JM On 4/7/05 9:35 PM, Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lynda Sayce never played guitar. Ditto yours truly. RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv I agree - It's difficult to find a lute player who didn't begin

'Tastini' evidence

2005-04-09 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Martyn, The relevant passage is from: Christopher Simpson, _A Compendium of Practical Music in Five Parts_, edited and with an Introduction by Phillip J. Lord Lecturer in Music in the University of Sheffield Reprinted from the Second Edition of 1667 (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1970), pp.

Richard Darsie

2005-04-09 Thread Leonard Williams
Has anyone heard from Richard Darsie lately? I'm having trouble contacting him. Thanks! Leonard Williams To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

Re: Weiss on guitar (was: Willams Concert)

2005-04-09 Thread Michael Thames
We all have failing that we must rise above JM I hear through the grapevine, he's secretly investigating Weiss transcriptions for guitar. Michael Thames www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com - Original Message - From: Joseph Mayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED];

Re: Strap Buttons

2005-04-09 Thread Jon Murphy
Dana says it well, there are many old pictures of lutenists with straps, but I'd be careful to ensure the bridge end of the body can handle it. This is gratuitous, I admit, but there is another purpose. I've been playing my flat back, which is a thicker body, with a strap for some time - in my one