[LUTE] Email Change

2015-04-14 Thread tom
How do I go about changing the email address I have registered with the Lute List? Thanks in advance, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists_tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] Blocked Emails Was : To Chris Goodwin

2015-04-14 Thread tom
: Change to a different web host! My site, www.heartistry.com, is now hosted on Pair Networks: www.pair.com I have never had a problem with this since. All the best, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music www.heartistry.com 715-682-9362 On 13.04.2015 07:36, gary wrote: Some servers block emails from

[LUTE] Re: how to amplify lute?

2015-01-27 Thread Tom Haigh
I've been lurking on this list for a while.. time to contribute! Soundboard transducer type pickups could be an option, i.e. Fishman: [1]http://www.fishman.com/products/filter/type:pickups The link you gave would seem to be a simple type of soundboard pickup or contact microphone

[LUTE] Re: Lute Bridge vs Guitar Bridge Functioning

2014-08-01 Thread tom
the bridge? (i.e. Violin family, Arch-top Guitar ... ) I have found that, on my steel-string guitars with bridge pins, (i.e. Martin D18 etc.) a higher saddle (thus more downbearing?) creates a similar result. (It also throws off intonation!) Thanks again for these great explanations! Tom

[LUTE] Re: Lute Bridge vs Guitar Bridge Functioning

2014-07-31 Thread tom
Thanks Bruno! So far, yours is the only response. I hope to hear some more also : ) Tom Date sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:57:28 -0300 To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu From: Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com Subject

[LUTE] Re: Lute Bridge vs Guitar Bridge Functioning

2014-07-26 Thread tom
done in violin research? Looking forward to your responses, Thanks, Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com Date sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:27:26 +0200 To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu From: Anthony Hind agno3ph

[LUTE] Re: Hieronymus Bosch's Ass Music

2014-02-18 Thread Tom Draughon
Whodathunkit?!! Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com Sent from my iPhone 715-682-9362 On Feb 18, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Franz Mechsner franz.mechs...@gmx.de wrote: Maybe of (some) interest...:-) [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br3SunLc8zU Hieronymus Bosch's Ass Music

[LUTE] Re: How to cut fret shims.

2014-02-09 Thread Tom Draughon
Wow! Somehow, I feel a lot better now! Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com Sent from my iPhone 715-682-9362 On Feb 9, 2014, at 9:44 PM, Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com wrote: I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate changing frets with an abhorrence that defies all

[LUTE] Re: Mace

2013-12-13 Thread tom
' knowledge and experience. All the best, Tom Date sent: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 15:10:03 + From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu However, once again, Mace offers this advice in acknowledging the antecedent: strike . . . your strings

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

2013-12-10 Thread Tom Draughon
With Viagra he may have had more! Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com Sent from my iPhone 715-682-9362 On Dec 10, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com wrote: Well, with our lifestyle they wouldn't have produced any lute music at all. With a big screen

[LUTE] Re: Recording the lute, Part 2A, lutes noise, what is possible, what isn't

2013-11-09 Thread tom
. Looking forward to the next installment of your article. Thanks again, Tom http://www.heartistry.com/artists_tom.html Part 2: noise. Rest assured dear reader, that I have done my Maths. You will find many opinions on sample rates, and presumably for all the rest of these posts

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

2013-11-01 Thread tom
.. just in case there is any interest, my just a tiny little modest try in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFN2nc9B0lcfeature=youtu.be best, Arto Well ... obviously not HIP ... but i like it anyway! How about Renard-like Lady? T Tom Draughon Heartistry Music

[LUTE] New Christmas CD

2013-10-29 Thread tom
early, and All the best, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists_tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Capo use on early instruments

2013-10-12 Thread tom
From: Mayes, Joseph ma...@rowan.edu Subject:RE: [LUTE] Re: Capo use on early instruments Well...as long as you used authentic 16th Century hair-ties I just went with my gut feeling ... :) Tom Lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re

[LUTE] Re: Capos and Lutes

2013-10-11 Thread tom
From: Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com Subject:[LUTE] Re: Capo use on early instruments Tom, Nice thinking. On a recording, I doubt few, if any people would notice that you capo-ized. Just to keep your early music street cred, be sure to make

[LUTE] help on tuning

2013-10-10 Thread Tom
of a tone. I've tried lowering the fundamental by a few cents, but it doesn't seem to help until the the two strings of a course are out of tune when open. Help!!! (please) -- Sincerely, Tom -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re;: help on tuning

2013-10-10 Thread Tom
KFG132 - 8 course lute 7th F NNG88 - 8 course lute 8th octave d KFG160 - 8 course lute 8th D As you can see, the srings are either New Nylgut and KFG -- Sincerely, Tom -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin

[LUTE] Re: help on tuning

2013-10-10 Thread Tom
David, I forgot to mention the lute is 63 cm. Thanks for your suggestions. I have had Chris at [1]catlines.com help calculate the tensions, but as I've only had a lute for 3 months, the tension is a bit of a mystery at this time. -- Sincerely, Tom -- References 1

[LUTE] Re: Capo use on early instruments

2013-10-10 Thread tom
as well. All the best, Tom From: Dan Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net Subject:[LUTE] Re: Capo use on early instruments Another good point- the only lute for which I built my own capo (pain in the butt piece of fussy work) was a 72 cm SL Division bass lute that worked very

[LUTE] Re: strategies to acquire more general public Lute awareness

2013-08-13 Thread tom
Thanks Ernesto, I think you just organized it! At least, it's a good start. I'll see what I can do with these ideas soon, but won't have any time 'til next week. I'll re-visit it then. Thanks again, Tom I agree to the out-reach being needed. Would someone organize the thread-suggested

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-12 Thread tom
The lute world needs to reach out to the non-traditional audience. Thanks Stephen. I agree. Tom [Stephen] There is an interesting book by Phyllis Tickle entitled The Great Emergence. It deals with modern Christianity and how it is evolving. I think her main theme applies to the lute

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-12 Thread tom
the faintest idea how to make a good pie, and the pie makers probably don't want them to bother trying to make a pie correctly. Still, it benefits the pie makers to have these people buying and consuming their pies. Tom Tom, I am by no means opposed to the idea of reaching out to other

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-12 Thread tom
Kirsch as ensemble partners. Wonderful music! Tom If we want more audience we need to be inclusive and not exclusive. A number of comments on this thread appear exclusive; almost a parody of the attitude that has been attributed to main stream classical musicians

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-11 Thread tom
-Stories-Civil/dp/B000V6MF4C http://bruceburnside.com/civil-war.html Tom OK - I'll agree that a lot of folks who get into SCA and go to Renaissance Festivals have a very non-HIP viewpoint on what it's all about. For them it's basically play-acting, in the same way as those who attend Civil War Re

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-11 Thread tom
at SCA and Ren Faires solely as a group of potential music buyers. Why not encourage the interest and point it in the right direction? Tom On 8/11/2013 11:08 AM, Geoff Gaherty wrote: On 11/08/13 9:41 AM, Ron Fletcher wrote: My main point is that true historical re

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-10 Thread tom
that you will not compromise. Use that as a negotiation point. If they won't pay what you feel you're worth, it's their loss. Play for nothing and be treated like nothing. Play for a king's sum, and get treated like a king. Tom

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-09 Thread tom
by the instruments, and it will leave a good lasting impression. I was able to get Jacques Ogg and members of Lyra Baroque into our elementary school. How cool is that! Tom I must extend my sincerest thanks to ye olde SCA. I once went to a Renaissance Faire with a fellow modern musician

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-08 Thread tom
, If they had ultimate respect for what you do, would you not want to see them as an audience member at your next concert? BTW - don't ALL of us have slightly warped views of reality? (Except for me, of course ... ) Tom My sentiment exactly. RT On 8/8/2013 6:12 PM, Braig, Eugene wrote

[LUTE] Re: colonel public Lute awareness

2013-08-07 Thread tom
I hope nobody thinks I was trashing Brahms. On the contrary, I have great respect for his music. My point was that there are people who are so focused on one genre of music that they seem to disdain all others. I am definitely not one of those people. Thanks, Tom Date sent

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-07 Thread tom
://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Nancy Carlin Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org PO Box 6499 Concord, CA 94524 USA 925 / 686-5800 www.groundsanddivisions.info www.nancycarlinassociates.com Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-07 Thread tom
lots of people calling you because they think you'll play for free. Tom On Wed, 7 Aug 2013 11:23:07 +, Ron Andrico wrote Briefly, playing for free (or worse, paying to play) doesn't really do any lasting good. It only makes the potential audience think that your music should be free

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread tom
performers (that happens to play a lot of Brahms) consistently draws well and is - a duo! Absurd, and one reason that I stepped down from that board. How can the early music community begin to change these perceptions? Tom Draughon Heartistry Music www.heartistry.com Chris

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread tom
From: Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness Dear Tom, I play mostly solo and in duo, that's not just because I like it but above all for financial reasons. Sure, a big ensemble

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread tom
;) In short - It's ALL good! Thanks, Tom Duke Ellington is reputed to have said: There are only two kinds of music; good music and bad music. Playing early music on recorders and later music on the cello, I feel fortunate to have playing access to both Dufay and Dvorak

[LUTE] Re: Lutes and amps

2013-05-31 Thread tom
the contact-mic idea is one possible solution. I have also been using Samson Airline Micro wireless mics for voice, and I love them! If I could figure out a way to mount one unobtrusively on the Gui-lute I would go with that. VERY natural sound! Tom Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com

[LUTE] New Year's Greetings

2012-12-31 Thread tom
Happy New Year ALL !! Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Fun with Fronimo

2012-11-05 Thread tom
in advance for modernizing the spelling. In table format - 2 printable 11 x 17s Since I can't do an attachment for the list, just email me if you want a copy. Tom To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Best Body Frets?

2012-09-26 Thread tom
That short fret recalls me of an African instrument, the Malagasy Kabosy. See here: http://www.boutique.laterit.fr/img/p/69-279-thickbox.jpg I think have seen this sort of fret arrangement also on Tamburitza. Tom Paolo Busato lute-maker www.busatolutes.com e-mail

[LUTE] Consort Suggestions Please

2012-09-09 Thread tom
- but ... leave one out maybe ... ? ) Thanks in advance, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Lute and guitar

2012-09-09 Thread tom
a nail. I don't get a bright honky sound on classical, but I never liked that anyway.BTW, I believe Tarrega didn't use nails. Bets of luck, Tom Dear Christopher, (and dear lute wisdom), I just see that you are playing and teaching the guitar as well as the lute. How do you

[LUTE] Re: Consort Suggestions Please

2012-09-09 Thread tom
suggestions for composers and / or specific pieces that would fit well with 3 recorders, etc. and lute? Dowland's Lachrimae, perhaps? (I know that's 5 parts - but ... leave one out maybe ... ? ) Thanks in advance, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com

[LUTE] Re: Over the Dyke, and kisse her ladie, mr. Beck's way

2012-09-05 Thread tom
That title isn't quite PC these days, is it ... ? Tom .. well, more Balcarres ... the piece is beautiful. Could of course be played more cleanly. Just in case somebody is interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVnkBa1hdQcfeature=youtu.be http://vimeo.com/48826023 Best

[LUTE] Re: What's the historical reason for the bent down peg box?

2012-09-03 Thread tom
AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: The neck and peghead of the theorbo is in two seperate pieces and are, indeed, glued together at the join. MH -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Tom Draughon Heartistry

[LUTE] Re: Folksong (2of 2)

2012-08-12 Thread tom
affected by industrialization at a much earlier date. This is the theory, at least. Thanks again, Tom Here's the other one from Appalachia by Sharp. Some other interesting folksong collections. - Original Message - From: nore...@ur.rochester.edu To: arthurjn...@verizon.net Sent

[LUTE] Re: folksongs

2012-08-10 Thread tom
it. I think that between folk musicology and Renaissance musicology, there may be much valuable information to be gleaned from each other on both sides. Thanks, Tom Dear list: True, it's difficult to date folk music. But one would be wise to consult

[LUTE] Re: Survival of folk music from 1400-1650.

2012-08-09 Thread tom
it is all but gone now, the oral tradition was still very much alive in rural areas into the 20th century, and many source singers were recorded by Barbeau, Sharp and others as early as 1916 on Edison cylinders. I'll be happy to share some bibliographies if anybody is interested. Tom Herbert

[LUTE] Re: A Gig gone bad

2012-07-30 Thread tom
Thanks C! Exactly why my contracts read, Payment will be made immediately prior to performance. Tom Thought the lute listers might enjoy this glimpse into the life of working musicians in 1790's Virginia. No Lutes involved, just some unpaid loot. C.Etter http://www.virginiamemory.com

[LUTE] Re: YouTube going too far?

2012-07-04 Thread tom
in Chicago in the 1920s, and the current copyright law is allowing them to do it with impunity. There DOES need to be a class-action lawsuit! How can I help? Tom They're really fishing. Our first flagged video was for an unaccompanied 5th century Gallican Chant, with a text written

[LUTE] Re: YouTube going too far?

2012-07-04 Thread tom
From: Adam Olsen arol...@gmail.com They probably want to air on the safe side and expect you to dispute it, because it's much less of a problem to go that route rather than ending up with a lawsuit. Yes - a lawsuit from ASCAP ... Tom On Jul 4, 2012 4:39 PM, Ron

[LUTE] Re: Tuning

2012-07-01 Thread tom
To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362

[LUTE] Re: New post

2012-06-28 Thread tom
independent of CD Baby, iTunes, etc. if they want to. Tom The main CDBaby website seems to have disappeared, though the music download page seems to work. Martin On 28/06/2012 00:45, Ed Durbrow edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp wrote: I think I see. So the buyer goes to CDBaby

[LUTE] Re: New post

2012-06-26 Thread tom
to their CDs, I think the writing is on the wall. Will my grandchildren stare in wonder at them like I did 78s? Still, the big question in MY mind is, what will THEY be listening to? Thanks all, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West

[LUTE] Re: Tuning

2012-06-25 Thread tom
for tuning. Tom I have to say, I'm always amused by these discussions that broadly outline the imprint of theoretical measurements on the phenomenon of sound. If we look at all the factors, including thickness and stiffness of string material, variability in trueness of dimension

[LUTE] Re: New post

2012-06-25 Thread tom
about how an entire generation demographic between 20 and 40 years of age views buying (or NOT buying) recorded music. And she's working for National Public Radio!! Thanks again, Tom This may seem off-topic it isn't really. We have a blog post discussing a crisis in the viability

[LUTE] Re: Portqble recorders

2012-06-16 Thread tom
can say after this, that I probably won't buy another Tascam product. Good luck with all the rest, and all the best, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 I am using the ZOOM H4n , together

[LUTE] Re: greetings with saman and ballard

2012-06-05 Thread tom
Absolutely lovely! Tom Dear all, I am new on the list and instead of introduction I am sending you a link to the short video from the concert in Toronto with Toronto Continuo Collective. My solo was just a small part of a concert. Both courantes (by Saman and Ballard

[LUTE] Re: Calatas

2012-06-01 Thread tom
If it really was a dance it seems strange that the tunes would be in different time signatures. It would be very difficult to dance a structured dance to common time if the dance was designed for 3/4 and vice versa. I'm interested to know what the rhythm is supposed to be. Thanks, Tom

[LUTE] Re: how to make a good tone

2012-05-29 Thread tom
playing of songs from John Dowland's First Booke of Ayres (and the second) with good results. It is a very different tactile feeling to come at the strings vertically, then brush sideways, but the results speak for themselves. Thanks again! Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http

[LUTE] Re: Making Fronimo Files Into EPS

2012-05-17 Thread tom
, Tom I use InDesign a lot and one of the problems with bringing any pdf into it is that what you see on the screen is quite fuzzy. It always prints out beautifully, but it's sometimes hard to add things on top of the pdf because of the lack of resultion. I have done the imports

[LUTE] Making Fronimo Files Into EPS

2012-05-16 Thread tom
other graphics format in Fronimo ? Thanks, Tom To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Android app for recording lute

2012-04-30 Thread tom
the doors off your phone's mic. A big part of the sound problem could be preamp / converter in your android. Tom Is there a good app for recording yourself on Android? I tried a few apps, but the sound came out very distorted and blown out. I know the phone's microphone is better than

[LUTE] Re: Zamboni re-tubed...

2012-04-30 Thread tom
Arto, I think you do a fantastic job of driving a zamboni ! ( ... http://www.zamboni.com/ ) Really very nice music and very nicely played. Thanks, Tom Dear lutenists, just in case our List will come alive again: I re-recorded some Zamboni when warming up my 10-course Vieil Accord

[LUTE] Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-26 Thread tom
with the world. And anything done to place the word Lute in front of a wider audience is going to be good for lutes and lutenists. I'll look forward to future responses. Tom However, there is at least a fair amount of reference to primary source material (the manuscripts themselves). It's

[LUTE] [LUTE] Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-25 Thread tom
A very interesting article. I can't wait to see the responses from the rest of the list! I am reminded that Walther Gerwig did an arrangement of Bach's Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV1007. Very nice and beautifully played - in Renaissance tuning! Tom An interesting post: [1]http

[LUTE] Re: Lundberg's contribution to lutemaking in the age of Galileo

2012-04-23 Thread tom
$119.95 from the following: http://www.biblio.com/details.php?dcx=79067124aid=bkfndr Tom Dear List, I just discovered what it seems a very interesting book: Victor Coehlo (ed.), Music and Science in the Age of Galileo, Kluwer Academic Publishers 1992 Preview here: [1]http

[LUTE] Re: Saturday quotes

2012-04-21 Thread tom
what's happening now. Tom We have contributed our Saturday quotes, this week placing the lute song in its noble context. [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-ni Ron Donna -- References 1. http://wp.me/p15OyV-ni To get on or off this list see list information at http

[LUTE] Re: Saturday quotes

2012-04-21 Thread tom
The connection would be Saturday Quotes. Excuse me, Tom. Since my vision isn't what it used to be and these glasses are a bit smeared at the moment, would you kindly point out the lute content of your post? I seem to be having a hard time spotting it. On 4/21/2012 10:18 AM, t

[LUTE] Re: New vihuela

2012-04-15 Thread tom
VERY nice on all levels! Tom D Hello, I'm happy to present my new vihuela, made by Didier Jarny... Rosewood and maple back and sides, maple neck and head, snakewood fretboard. Probably not an historical model (but iconographical inspiration), we choose, with Didier the woods

[LUTE] CD Viability was Miking a lute/theorbo

2012-04-15 Thread tom
? Or is there one? I'll look forward to all of your opinions. Tom Draughon http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net The dynamic range of digital exceeds the background noise in your room. For example, if your DR is 110 dB, and your

[LUTE] Re: All about micing...redux

2012-04-10 Thread tom
From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu Subject:[LUTE] Re: All about micing...redux I'm assuming it's still pronounced 'mike' but maybe it's 'mick'? Perhaps we should be talking about 'micking'? I think Jagger has a copyright on that term ... T To get

[LUTE] Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-25 Thread tom
are much higher quality than many others. I pity young people who are trying to sift through it all (am I sounding OLD, or what?). How can one develop a filter for what is good art, or music, or film, or TV, when there is so much junk to wade through? Tom To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-25 Thread tom
and other early music, and see how cool it really is. It's amazing what one can find on YouTube. But there's even another component: unless you're an audiophile, why buy music when you can hear and watch it on YouTube for free? We live in a very strange world! All the best, Tom CDs

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE]Folk Process was: Saturday quote: Sean nos for St. P

2012-03-22 Thread tom
that the song was traditional. For a very interesting thread on this topic see http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=12983 Thanks, Tom JJNiles didn't take credit where he should have, as I recall. For authoring folk material. RT - Original Message - From: t

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE]Folk Process was: Saturday quote: Sean nos for St. P

2012-03-22 Thread tom
interesting thread on this topic see http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=12983 Thanks, Tom JJNiles didn't take credit where he should have, as I recall. For authoring folk material. RT - Original Message - From: t...@heartistrymusic.com To: Ron Andrico praelu

[LUTE] Re: Saturday quote: Sean nos for St. P

2012-03-21 Thread tom
We offer a video of Donna singing an Irish ballad that may or may not be old. [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-lK RD Beautiful! Published by Boosey Hawkes, 1909. Irish Country Songs Collected in Donegal by poet Padraic Colum and Herbert Hughes Tom Draughon Heartistry

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE]Folk Process was: Saturday quote: Sean nos for St. P

2012-03-21 Thread tom
. Both are great, and both deserve a place in the repertoire, but the folk process is more alive in Don's playing and my catching it, and there's stuff in there that just cannot be written on paper. Tom D Thanks, Tom and Mark. Forgive the off-topic nature of this but we actually saw

[LUTE] Re: Ban the lute

2012-03-14 Thread tom
they lived if you want to understand the music. True, but it's so tiresome having to drop acid every time I listen to Hendrix. -- I only had to do it once ... To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Tom Draughon Heartistry

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-07 Thread tom
, very cool. Tom D Yes- I got the news from one of my lute students yesterday. I heard a sample sound bite on the radio on the way home from work today, somewhat strange sounding- reedy, webby, a touch ethereal otherworldly in a nice way. How the hell did they harvest and process it? About

[LUTE] Re: Physiology of playing fast.

2012-03-06 Thread tom
) from person to person enable some musicians to play faster than others, or (alternatively) whether fast playing results exclusively from practice and technique. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Tom Draughon Heartistry

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread

2012-03-06 Thread tom
sample I can't tell if it's the violin that's responsible for the overall sound and tone, or the string(s). Still, very cool. Tom D Yes- I got the news from one of my lute students yesterday. I heard a sample sound bite on the radio on the way home from work today, somewhat strange sounding

[LUTE] Re: Ford Airs de Coeur

2012-02-26 Thread tom
hate this modern slang?) Thanks everybody! Best to all, and keep playing, Ditto! Tom Chris. On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Sean Smith [1]lutesm...@mac.com wrote: Hi Tom, I don't see any replies to your question --Have you driven a Ford discussion

[LUTE] Ford Airs de Coeur

2012-02-24 Thread tom
Are these available anywhere in Fronimo or PDF? Thanks, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: Kapsberger

2012-02-13 Thread tom
Absolutely beautiful! What a wonderful way to begin my day. Thanks David! Tom Yet another Kapsberger video :) enjoy http://youtu.be/CpQw0UH-YV4 dt To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Tom Draughon Heartistry Music

[LUTE] Re: Dumps and Downes

2012-02-09 Thread tom
) these. Are there others, perhaps by different names/titles? Thanks and regards, Leonard Williams To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- End of Forwarded Message Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http

[LUTE] Re: Saturday quotes

2012-02-06 Thread tom
, while the person next to him was having a religeous experience. If you like Karajan's Brandenburgs buy them, listen to them, love them, bask in their lush soundscapes, and to e11 with the critics! ENJOY Music! Tom On Feb 5, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Ron Andrico wrote

[LUTE] Re: Some history questions

2012-02-03 Thread tom
? Looking forward to your responses. Thanks, Tom I don't know about the scholarship, but from personal experience, I can say that in a small room a lute can produce enough sound for a few people to dance. Especially if you aren't competing with post-industrial white noise from

[LUTE] Facsimile Dimensions

2012-01-20 Thread tom
larger? And were all the parts for a song printed on one sheet of paper? What was the original format? Thanks, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] Re: Facsimile Dimensions

2012-01-20 Thread tom
Thanks Sean, Mine measures 19cm (7.5) by 13.5cm (5 3/8) actual print on the page. Roughly 75% + of your edition. Fine for sitting in a chair and perusing. And the price was very reasonable. Thanks again, Tom Tom, I just looked at my old Scolar Press facsimile and measured the height

[LUTE] Re: tuning fork at 433Hz?

2012-01-07 Thread tom
- bearing. Not only are the strings higher tension, they are also longer. Vuillaume was one of the first makers to start effecting these alterations for players like Pagannini. Interesting thread. Thanks again, Tom Thank you all for your responses, and your detailed

[LUTE] Re: tuning fork at 433Hz?

2012-01-06 Thread tom
of this effect. Anthony, if you ever decide you'd like to part with your 433 fork I'd be interested in having it. Then maybe I, too, can be in harmony with the universe! (Or close to it?) Tom Dear luthenists A friend gave me an amusing tuning fork, which is clearly of some age

[LUTE] Re: 2 Christmas Tunes

2011-12-24 Thread tom
Fleece Navidad! I love it! Thanks David, Tom All right then, spirit of the season, or season of the spirit, never seem to get that one right. Here's what I have my pupils play this year: lots of strings involved, steel as well as gut, and with a bit of patience you will even see even

[LUTE] 2 Christmas Tunes

2011-12-23 Thread tom
Christmas tunes arranged for guitar. Hope you like these: [1]http://youtu.be/pGUP-Moim9c [2]http://youtu.be/SB6wWLNjH-Q Compliments of the season! Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI

[LUTE] Re: English Folksongs in Appalachia

2011-12-20 Thread tom
beyond the means of normal musicians, this is very welcome. Thanks again! Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistry.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 Tom Date sent: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:55:39 -0500 To: Lute List

[LUTE] English Ballads French Ballad and Song Equivalent

2011-12-20 Thread tom
on Appalachian collection. Is there a comprehensive work on ancient French ballads and songs from continental Europe? Title and author(s)? And are there such works for other European languages also? Many thanks in advance! Tom -- To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: strumming Gervaise

2011-11-01 Thread tom
by memory, and would have known from experience how to strum to facilitate the dance. Like Ron Andrico said in his post - it ain't rocket science. It's a matter of really knowing the dance and what fits musically. Hope this helps, Tom Draughon How would a strummer strum chords to these tunes

[LUTE] Re: Robert Dowland - Nolde thesis

2011-07-27 Thread tom
brothers - Rogert, Over and Out (the black sheep of the family). Tom -- *** David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl *** To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound'

2011-07-13 Thread tom
Tres bon!! Very cool! Those pieces lie well on the uke. And are those your paintings in the background? Thanks Valérie! Tom P.S. I can easily envision those tunes being played on a medieval great pipe or a musette, or even scottish pipes. 6 notes and dorian melody - perfectly suited

[LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound'

2011-07-12 Thread tom
to harpsichord because it could play a range of dynamics). But I do think that, IF he had access to one AND IF he decided to write for it, he would have have exploited a Bechstein's tonal capabilities unlike anybody else. Tom --- On Tue, 12/7/11, David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com

[LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound'

2011-07-12 Thread tom
strumming Beatles and Cat Stevens songs for 9 years, and my older brother came home from college with the LP and a brotherly, Let's see you do that. OMG! My jaw dropped. I'm still trying to play like that - trying ... BTW, is it synchronicity ? Tom Hey Tom, its so strange that you should

[LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound'

2011-07-12 Thread tom
Hi Nancy, Thanks for the email. I'd love a copy of the interview. I should also talk with you about formally joining LSA : ) Tom I am also a big Renbourn fan and agree that he has great technique.Those early records of his were a big inspiration years ago. We published a nice interview

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