[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-02-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm only pulling your leg, Stewart, obviously, but I do have a serious point to make regarding time keeping and respecting composers' wishes. Well, in that case we should level the same charges against Hoppy Smith, who both keeps country time and alters the

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-02-01 Thread Lute
] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?) On Feb 1, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: Well, in that case we should level the same charges against Hoppy Smith, who both keeps country time and alters the performing material. RT Yes, we should. SAM Has anyone, ever? RT Oh! Oh

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-02-01 Thread howard posner
On Feb 1, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: Well, in that case we should level the same charges against Hoppy Smith, who both keeps country time and alters the performing material. RT Yes, we should. SAM Has anyone, ever? RT Oh! Oh! Over here! I have! I have! Right on

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread Rob
And the Victor Meldrew Award for Music Criticism goes to Stewart McCoy! For those who have never heard of Victor, the archetypal grumpy old man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Meldrew I'm only pulling your leg, Stewart, obviously, but I do have a serious point to make regarding time keeping

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread Andrew Gibbs
I like these quotes. ..but do you think the occasional (and tasteful) spreading of chords is a bad or non-HIP thing? Andrew On 30 Jan 2008, at 17:17, Stewart McCoy wrote: In the last few years, Julian Bream has given master classes at Lute Society meetings in London. He stressed two

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread Roman Turovsky
From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm only pulling your leg, Stewart, obviously, but I do have a serious point to make regarding time keeping and respecting composers' wishes. Well, in that case we should level the same charges against Hoppy Smith, who both keeps country time and alters the

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread David Rastall
On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:39 AM, Andrew Gibbs wrote: ..but do you think the occasional (and tasteful) spreading of chords is a bad or non-HIP thing? No, not really. As long as it's not done to excess. Rolling too many chords in a piece tends to muddy up the counterpoint and blur the rhythm.

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread Jarosław Lipski
McCoy Cc: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?) I like these quotes. .but do you think the occasional (and tasteful) spreading of chords is a bad or non-HIP thing? Andrew On 30 Jan 2008, at 17:17, Stewart McCoy wrote: In the last few years, Julian Bream has

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread wolfgang wiehe
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2008 16:09 An: Andrew Gibbs Cc: Stewart McCoy; Lute Net Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?) On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:39 AM, Andrew Gibbs wrote: ..but do you think the occasional (and tasteful) spreading of chords is a bad

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread David Rastall
On Jan 31, 2008, at 12:49 PM, wolfgang wiehe wrote: Are these markings in historical tabulatures too? I do not remember i saw one. I was thinking of the French ornamentation markings: offhand the only one I can think of without searching through the music is a slanted line separating

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread Bernd Haegemann
Are these markings in historical tabulatures too? I do not remember i saw one. I was thinking of the French ornamentation markings: offhand the only one I can think of without searching through the music is a slanted line separating vertical tab letters, meaning to play them separated. But

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread David Rastall
On Jan 31, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Bernd Haegemann wrote: But that are separe signs! They don't mean rolling the chord. If there are three notes written vertically I guess you could call that a chord. What about that squiggly line drawn beside a chord to indicate rolling it? Surely that must

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread Jerzy Zak
On 2008-01-31, at 20:15, Bernd Haegemann wrote: Are these markings in historical tabulatures too? I do not remember i saw one. I was thinking of the French ornamentation markings: offhand the only one I can think of without searching through the music is a slanted line separating vertical

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread jslute
:40 AM To: Stewart McCoy Cc: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?) I like these quotes. .but do you think the occasional (and tasteful) spreading of chords is a bad or non-HIP thing? Andrew On 30 Jan 2008, at 17:17, Stewart McCoy wrote: In the last few years

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-31 Thread Jarosław Lipski
: =?ISO646-US?Q?Jaros=3Faw_Lipski?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/01/31 Thu AM 11:47:49 CST To: 'Lute' lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?) Actually Bream is not old fashioned. This is rather modern attitude - a need for steady rhythm and sharp accents

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-01-30 Thread Ron Andrico
Dear Stewart: I agree wholeheartedly. I recently bought a recording of a lutenist playing some of the most demanding repertory from an important published source of lute music. Donna and I listened to the recording in the car while on a road trip and we really could not believe our ears.