[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-28 Thread Sean Smith
Then it would appear I've played a part in the confusion as well. I hadn't understood that Ed hadn't heard it. My apologies. Sean On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 5:37 AM Edward Martin <[1]edvihuel...@gmail.com> wrote: Dear ones, I was asked to provide the answer to the list,

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-28 Thread howard posner
> On Aug 27, 2018, at 11:31 PM, Martyn Hodgson > wrote: > > do you really mean to say that a prospective purchaser > shouldn't try and find out something of what a recording is like before > shelling out any cash No To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-28 Thread Martyn Hodgson
: Monday, 27 August 2018, 19:43 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2 Maybe it's time to be reminded that nobody has said the vihuela can't be distinguished from the lute in this recording. Ed asked which cuts were on vihuela and which were on lute precisely because he HADN'T

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-27 Thread Sean Smith
wrote: __ From: Sean Smith <[2]lutesm...@gmail.com> To: lute <[3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, 26 August 2018, 12:41 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2 Dear Sean Don`t worry, Don Quijote de la Ma

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-27 Thread Edward Martin
l.com>; lutelist Net <[6]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Monday, 27 August 2018, 8:24 >Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2 >My knowledge of instrument making is limited but lute and vihuela >construction are somewhat different. Obvi

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-27 Thread howard posner
ourse, it may be that NN had his viola belly constructed like a > lute .. > MH > __ > > From: SW > To: Martyn Hodgson ; Sean Smith > ; lutelist Net > Sent: Monday, 27 August 2018, 8:24

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-27 Thread Martyn Hodgson
be that NN had his viola belly constructed like a lute .. MH __ From: SW To: Martyn Hodgson ; Sean Smith ; lutelist Net Sent: Monday, 27 August 2018, 8:24 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2 My

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-27 Thread SW
__ From: Sean Smith To: lute Sent: Sunday, 26 August 2018, 18:41 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2 If we cannot hear the differences between the two instruments from a recorded performance, what conclusions should we draw? Is the difference

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-27 Thread Martyn Hodgson
a viola da mano 'should' sound like a lute and make the necessary adjustments MH __ From: Sean Smith To: lute Sent: Sunday, 26 August 2018, 18:41 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2 If we cannot hear

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-26 Thread Sean Smith
Fair enough. On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 11:20 AM howard posner <[1]howardpos...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > On Aug 26, 2018, at 10:38 AM, Sean Smith <[2]lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If we cannot hear the differences between the two instruments from a >

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-26 Thread Edward Martin
I have not heard this recording; from what I heard, the Vihuela is a small one tuned in a. If this is the case, and his lute is g, one ought to be able to distinguish between the two. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 26, 2018, at 1:21 PM, howard posner wrote: > > >> On Aug 26, 2018, at 10:38

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-26 Thread Antonio Corona
__ From: Sean Smith To: lute Sent: Sunday, 26 August 2018, 12:41 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2 Dear Sean Don`t worry, Don Quijote de la Mancha couldn't hear a difference either, back

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-26 Thread howard posner
> On Aug 26, 2018, at 10:38 AM, Sean Smith wrote: > > If we cannot hear the differences between the two instruments from a > recorded performance, what conclusions should we draw? Is the > difference more apparent when we are in the same room? Should we > suspect they have been mixed

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-26 Thread Sean Smith
If we cannot hear the differences between the two instruments from a recorded performance, what conclusions should we draw? Is the difference more apparent when we are in the same room? Should we suspect they have been mixed (deliberately? inadvertently?) to make them more similar?

[LUTE] Re: Nigel's Francesco vol 2

2018-08-26 Thread Christopher Stetson
Thank you, Edward. On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 8:36 AM, Edward Martin <[1]edvihuel...@gmail.com> wrote: Dear ones, I was asked to provide the answer to the list, so here it is: Nigel plays on both kinds of instrument: approximately 2/3 of the pieces on lute;