[LUTE] Re: The English Guitar

2013-01-31 Thread G. D. Rossi
I've published articles on this topic - it was indeed called English at the time, and several other things as well. I play the JCB in concert regularly and have recorded it, too - it's a delight to play - both parts work well on the guittar even though the other part is for violin.

[LUTE] Re: Louisiana and the Sun King, Louis XIV

2010-02-19 Thread G. D. Rossi
This question of swing or inegalite is something I've been thinking about for a long time. My friend Reg Hall - an ethnomusicologist who specializes in Irish traditional music, English traditional music, and New Orleans jazz - once told me that, when we talk about traditional music, playing

[LUTE] Chiave

2010-02-19 Thread G. D. Rossi
Dear Collective Wisdom, Was the word chiave used to mean tuning peg in 18th-century Italian sources? Were there other meanings/uses? Grazie mille - GDR To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Chiave

2010-02-19 Thread G. D. Rossi
appears? Alexander G. D. Rossi wrote: Dear Collective Wisdom, Was the word chiave used to mean tuning peg in 18th-century Italian sources? Were there other meanings/uses? Grazie mille - GDR To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute

[LUTE] Baroque lute radius profile

2010-01-21 Thread G. D. Rossi
I'm working on a little comparison of fingerboard radius and string spacing in the 18th century. Could anyone lead me to or send me drawings or specs of baroque lute nuts and or saddles in profile? Many thanks, Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Where Arthur Ness?

2010-01-19 Thread G. D. Rossi
I'm glad to hear that. By the way, has anyone heard from Peter Danner lately? On Jan 19, 2010, at 8:06 AM, Edward Martin wrote: Yes, I talked with Art last week. He is fine and well. ed At 05:26 PM 1/18/2010, Rainer wrote: Dear lute netters, has anybody heard from Arthur recently?

[LUTE] Re: Finale tab question

2009-12-30 Thread G. D. Rossi
Well, one very simple way to do it - if you don't need playback to check - is to enter the ledger lines, letters, and/or numbers as text. If you do this in Scroll View, they will stay locked in position to the staff. If you do it in Page View, they lock to the page position, so take note

[LUTE] Re: Liuto forte

2009-12-20 Thread G. D. Rossi
Some videos of a type of liuto forte or lute-guitar from about 45 years ago or so. I believe it's from Armenia : http://www.youtube.com/user/peglegsam#p/u/92/uuSkaD30VW4 http://www.youtube.com/user/peglegsam#p/u/115/6Raw90U-AOQ http://www.youtube.com/user/peglegsam#p/u/89/YnbvozcGAnY GDR On

[LUTE] Re: The under-appreciated Jaques de Saint Luc

2009-11-29 Thread G. D. Rossi
Very nice, Daniel - thanks. On Nov 28, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Daniel Shoskes wrote: I've been sight reading through the collected works of Jaques St. Luc and I'm really surprised that he is not better known, or at least better represented in the recorded lute literature. Other than the g

[LUTE] Re: The Music Machine

2009-11-13 Thread G. D. Rossi
That sort of graphical representation is called Piano Roll - it's typical of MIDI language. On Nov 13, 2009, at 7:57 PM, David Tayler wrote: A very talented fellow has figured out a new way to visually represent music. You can see all the parts in different colors and it shows the pitches,

[LUTE] Re: the cittern in meantone

2009-11-11 Thread G. D. Rossi
my memory's not that great... On Nov 11, 2009, at 10:44 AM, David Tayler wrote: Could be--I thought he was suggesting an octave higher. Let me know how it works, and also how you moved the frets :) dt At 11:05 PM 11/10/2009, you wrote: David, isn't this the tuning that has been suggested by

[LUTE] Re: the cittern in meantone

2009-11-10 Thread G. D. Rossi
David, isn't this the tuning that has been suggested by Eph Segerman, I think, for the shorter string length English instrument? Actually, there shouldn't be any problem with strings or tensions as the top courses in the new tuning are similar to the pitches of the octave strings in the