[LUTE] A shared thought about lute music performance.

2018-10-01 Thread Tobiah
language, or simpler, which might also be more impressive, that one might practice slowly, and progress quickly. Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Retirement

2016-03-07 Thread Tobiah
On 03/04/2016 03:41 PM, Braig, Eugene wrote: I plan to turn on my television and never feel obliged to cover my boxer shorts again. P... You're going to wear boxers? :) To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Converting tablature to grand staff

2015-02-19 Thread Tobiah
I'm able to do this with Finale to some extent, but it feels as though I'm expending too much effort in the process. Are there any other favorite computer tools for doing this, or do people just sort of convert on the fly with their eye? Thanks, Tobiah To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: how to amplify lute?

2015-01-27 Thread Tobiah
On 01/27/2015 01:49 PM, Arto Wikla wrote: Hi all Just an innocent(?) question: If you need amplification, why to use the lute? Electric guitars are made for that purpose, loud music. ;-) Oh right, and we can just use a Rhodes electric piano instead of those bulky awkward concert grands! To

[LUTE] Re: how to amplify lute?

2015-01-27 Thread Tobiah
an omni or dynamic mic doing the job, but a good condenser is the best I've found for classical guitar where natural sound is the goal. If feedback is the problem you could try mixing the mic with a contact pickup for some of the best of both worlds. Tobiah I have an option to buy those

[LUTE] Re: 16th century tuning and stringing

2015-01-20 Thread Tobiah
My guess is that advances in the state of string making over the 16th cen. made it possible to do away with octaves on 4-6. It is just a guess of course. --- Hehe. I get it. Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http

[LUTE] Re: those Pignoses! - especially the Hog 30!

2014-08-07 Thread Tobiah
I have this guy: http://www.crateamps.com/products/pindex.php?prodID=25 It has one of those brick-sized lead-acid batteries so it has plenty of amps to burn. There is a 'clean' input with a 4-channel eq section. I tried two other battery powered solutions before this one and sent them back.

[LUTE] Re: those Pignoses!

2014-08-05 Thread Tobiah
On 08/04/2014 06:12 PM, howard posner wrote: On Aug 4, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Tobiah t...@tobiah.org wrote: I'm interested in how they played, but I like what Jimmy Hendrix did with Francis Scott Key You mean John Stafford Smith, unless you’re admiring the way Hendrix recited poetry. I knew I

[LUTE] Re: Bare spot on soundboard.

2014-08-04 Thread Tobiah
of technologies and knowledge that we now have. Perhaps I will now be flooded by videos of people who do just that. I'll welcome it. I'm just a fringe lurker on the world of the lute player, so be gentle in correcting my assertions please. Tobiah To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: those Pegheadz!

2014-08-04 Thread Tobiah
had a pedal. I'm more interested in what I will do now that I have one. Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Nancy Carlin Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA [4]http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org PO Box 6499

[LUTE] Re: those Pegheadz!

2014-08-04 Thread Tobiah
synthetics are the ones that go the most frequently. I may change over just that one peg to a traditional, real peg if I can get someone to redo the holes to accommodate a normal peg. Dan On 8/4/2014 11:06 AM, Tobiah wrote: On 08/04/2014 10:56 AM, Dan Winheld wrote

[LUTE] Re: those Pegheadz!

2014-08-04 Thread Tobiah
That was fun Sean thanks. You have a great ability to express yourself keeping the reader int mind. Tobiah On 8/4/2014 5:11 PM, Sean Smith wrote: Hi Tobias, Despite holding it upside down, Hendrix did adhere to a lot of standard techniques of electric guitar playing. His rendition

[LUTE] Re: Bare spot on soundboard.

2014-07-28 Thread Tobiah
as far as to say that you are witnessing the impression made by an appendage that has been long used as a crutch. Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Bare spot on soundboard.

2014-07-28 Thread Tobiah
style playing was developed by players with inadequate right hand techniques. Not to mention bluegrass banjo players… Fair enough. I retract my comment! Tobiah On Jul 28, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Tobiah t...@tobiah.org wrote: On 07/27/2014 01:51 PM, Herbert Ward wrote: I've worn a spot

[LUTE] Re: Bare spot on soundboard.

2014-07-28 Thread Tobiah
On 07/28/2014 10:33 AM, Tobiah wrote: On 07/28/2014 10:23 AM, David Rastall wrote: We-ell, not exactly. The pinkie-on-the-soundboard thing is legitimate renaissance lute technique. It's described in treatises dating all the way back to the 16th century. I once had an opportunity to play

[LUTE] Re: Ebay lutes.

2014-05-14 Thread Tobiah
In case your email client got the URL wrong: http://tinyurl.com/lpb9j2b I bought a $300 lute on ebay. I haven't brought it out in many years, but as I remember, it was generally playable. The overall construction was rough, and I the back and top were made of thicker wood I expected. The

[LUTE] Re: Luciano Faria CITES documentation

2014-03-24 Thread Tobiah
On 03/24/2014 11:57 AM, Dmitry Medvedev wrote: Hello, I own a vihuela made by Luciano Faria in 2006. Unfortunately, its back and sides are made from Brazilian Rosewood, and the previous owner had lost the accompanying documentation, and I was not aware of CITES regulations at

[LUTE] Re: Luciano Faria CITES documentation

2014-03-24 Thread Tobiah
On 03/24/2014 12:29 PM, Dmitry Medvedev wrote: Well, I can use it as much as I like, as long as I don't take it across the border. As far as I understood, CITES is concerned only with international import/export... Interesting. How do they determine that the wood is actually one

[LUTE] Re: Luciano Faria CITES documentation

2014-03-24 Thread Tobiah
On 03/24/2014 12:53 PM, William Brohinsky wrote: What a world, where government officials will destroy a musical instrument of beauty and quality sound because they think, somehow, this will stop people from cutting down the same variety of tree in another country... Has anyone noticed how much

[LUTE] Re: Lute publications

2014-03-19 Thread Tobiah
On 03/19/2014 05:45 AM, Anthony Hart wrote: Following my previous posts I am in the final stages of preparing the lute sonatas of Antonino Reggio. The delema is should I include the tablature in the samr volume as the staff edition of would it be better to publish two separate

[LUTE] Re: Segovia and Pujol (was Bream Collection…) and now what?

2013-12-16 Thread Tobiah
On 12/16/2013 08:55 AM, Sean Smith wrote: What? No love for Frederick Noad's, The Renaissance Guitar? That book and others put me off of the Renaissance because I found that most of the pieces, though simple enough looking, were full of awkward fingerings that took more effort to master then

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-15 Thread Tobiah
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[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-15 Thread Tobiah
. My cursory perusal of the available YouTube videos show mostly an aging man. I'll make an effort to expose myself to more of his recordings. Toby Chris Barker -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Tobiah Sent: Sunday

[LUTE] Re: Segovia whatever

2013-12-15 Thread Tobiah
On 12/15/2013 10:31 AM, howard posner wrote: On Dec 15, 2013, at 9:26 AM, Tobiah t...@tobiah.org wrote: I find his tone anemic, his rhythm unmusically erratic, I certainly agree about his rhythm (and unless you've heard his recordings from around 1930 you don't know the half of it), but he

[LUTE] Re: Tablature for publication

2013-11-19 Thread Tobiah
On 11/19/2013 11:44 AM, Arto Wikla wrote: Dear all, I understand wholeheartedly the need for a good tool for tabulature publishing, but how beautiful are many of the original tabulatures! And they all - also those that are not so beautiful - are very personal! So why not write also nowadays

[LUTE] Re: Recording the lute, Part 1, sample rate

2013-11-07 Thread Tobiah
Sample rate Why start with the sample rate? In a recording, you need to start at the end and work backwards. If you record at the CD sampling rate of 44.1Khz, that's not only not ideal, it is not ideal for the internet. So most recordings are recorded in the wrong container, and although you

[LUTE] Re: Recording the lute, Part 1, sample rate

2013-11-07 Thread Tobiah
I suggest you google ABX, get the software, and blindly compare sample rates above 44.1kHz. Then do the same for various bitrate .mp3's and FLAC. On 11/7/2013 4:04 PM, David Tayler wrote: snip 44.1kHz is fine for most things. 96k is great too, if you're one of the one's that think that

[LUTE] Re: My tiny little Hendrix ...

2013-11-04 Thread Tobiah
note in each measure, resulting in a jarring effect that comes off as inaccurate timing. A worthwhile tongue in cheek endeavor. Do you do any Zepplin? Tobiah On 11/01/2013 09:47 PM, Dan Winheld wrote: Very cool, Arto! Keep exploring, do more- it keeps us alive. Dan On 11/1/2013 4:05 PM, Arto

[LUTE] Re: My tiny little Hendrix ...

2013-11-04 Thread Tobiah
Meh, I listened again, and think I have the wrong analysis as to why the timing seemed a little off to me in the beginning. On 11/04/2013 09:03 AM, Tobiah wrote: I couldn't find the OP to reply to. I noticed that the timing is a little off in the beginning. After the dissonant chords

[LUTE] Re: Time to work on how we look?

2013-08-20 Thread Tobiah
that you don't. Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Time to work on how we look?

2013-08-20 Thread Tobiah
On 08/20/2013 12:57 PM, erne...@aquila.mus.br wrote: It is easy to talk about what is not liked, any piece of art has some small detail which can be despised. Tell us what you do like, which art satisfies your soul, and we will know a lot about your taste, ideas and background. It's much more

[LUTE] Re: Optical tuner.

2013-08-19 Thread Tobiah
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[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-09 Thread Tobiah
follow. If you took a fee, then the choice of booking you or a professional would be on more even ground. By providing your services for free, you look much more attractive then the professional, and in that way more surely cost them the job. Tobiah To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: colonel public Lute awareness

2013-08-08 Thread Tobiah
I believe the criterion for judging good music from bad lies in the quote (also Ellington??): If it sounds good, it is good. This is either tautology or useful advice for anyone in the habit of judging music by its smell. It's not a tautology. After all, I said so! To get on or off this

[LUTE] Re: Lute in North America?

2013-06-21 Thread Tobiah
: Worldwide Association Toward Eerie Research ;) Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Changing tempo.

2013-05-16 Thread Tobiah
of a passionate artist channeling a long dead composer's haunts, while the artist knows in his heart that it's an expression of the pain of all of the failed attempts to execute the approaching passage. Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute

[LUTE] Re: Changing tempo.

2013-05-16 Thread Tobiah
into ritardando, in as graceful a manor as possible Haha, Sutton Court, for instance. I guess I'm in my cups, in a manner of speaking. Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Getting dings and scuff marks off of a stringed instrument

2013-05-10 Thread Tobiah
on glossy wood finishes. Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Frank from Milan

2013-05-07 Thread Tobiah
as da Milano. Wouldn't that be like one of you referencing this letter and remarking that it was written by From California? I expect much from the ever flowing fount of knowledge and wisdom that is this list! Thanks, Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http

[LUTE] Re: Classical Guitar Music in Tablature

2013-04-23 Thread Tobiah
On 04/23/2013 03:39 AM, WALSH STUART wrote: On 23/04/2013 04:36, Edward Chrysogonus Yong wrote: Chaps, just a random silly thought. There're plenty of classical guitar players who play lute music in CG transcriptions, but does the reverse exist? Obviously those who're CG players can play on

[LUTE] Re: Classical Guitar Music in Tablature

2013-04-23 Thread Tobiah
On 04/23/2013 11:37 AM, Dan Winheld wrote: One thing we shouldn't lose sight of here. Like Bruce Lee pointing at the moon and reciting the old Zen wisdom of Do not mistake the finger pointing at the moon for the moon itself, we must likewise keep in mind that we are talking of the re-creation

[LUTE] Nigel North

2012-05-20 Thread Tobiah
I happened across some YouTube videos of him. He has a wikipedia article, so I'm sure you all know about him. I favor his playing over that that I've heard in some time. Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Of Mice Milk

2012-04-07 Thread Tobiah
Anyway with all those mice around perhaps it is safer to use wireless technology as these rodents have been known to cause trouble when hungry. Instead of using mice one could do with nice. The difference is small but significant. Ok, back to the original topic, which I believe, was nicing a

[LUTE] Re: Bach by Anna Kowalska

2012-04-04 Thread Tobiah
On 4/4/2012 1:48 PM, Leonard Williams wrote: While watching/ listening to Benjamin Narvey's wonderful performance, my attention was drawn to a YouTube performance of a Bach cello composition played by Anna Kowalska at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wi1IC6YQnMfeature=relmfu I have heard that

[LUTE] Recorder and Lute

2012-04-03 Thread Tobiah
How are the timelines of these instruments related, and what pieces include both instruments? Thanks, Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Vallet score and recording

2012-04-01 Thread Tobiah
On 4/1/2012 1:20 AM, Lex van Sante wrote: To me it sounds like a classical guitar with a capo on III Lex You caught me, the heretical witch that I am. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Vallet score and recording

2012-03-31 Thread Tobiah
On 3/31/2012 2:12 PM, stephen arndt wrote: Hello, Tobiah, That was very impressive. Your tone is exceptionally clear. What did you record with? Thanks! I have a pair of RØDE NT1-A mics. They are hailed for their low self-noise. I plug those into a Mackie 1402-VLZPro mixer, and into my

[LUTE] Re: Vallet score and recording

2012-03-31 Thread Tobiah
Thank you for your detailed explanations. I recently bought a Rode NT1-A and 1402-VLZPro as well, and am very pleased with the very clear recordings I can make now. How strange that our choices of equipment were so similar. Great minds think alike? This is getting way off topic, but I'm not

[LUTE] Grand Staff Lute Sheet music.

2011-11-07 Thread Tobiah
I'd be grateful for a pointer to a site that has any amount of lute music arranged for the grand staff. Thanks, Tobiah To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

Re: Gut Frets, a crazy idea

2004-01-03 Thread Tobiah
Just a suggestion for those not totally invested with a passion for absolute originality. Always a fascinating topic for me, ever since one of my professors interjected into a debate about using the sustain pedal while playing Bach: and what would Bach have done if he had had a

Re: Odd tablature notation

2003-12-31 Thread Tobiah
Leonard Williams wrote: Tobiah-- That notation is Capirola's (perhaps) unique notation for a split course. Stop one string only of the course, play the other string open. Oh, thanks. I can make sense of the measure now. Unfortunately, I am using a guitar to play the music, and so

Re: Odd tablature notation

2003-12-31 Thread Tobiah
Just one thing though, what does the IV{ indicate? Thanks, Tobiah Never mind. Obviously it means that both notes are to be played on the fourth course.