Really? That isn't a typo? That is little more than an inch at the nut.
On Mar 20, 2006, at 4:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The distance between the lowest and
highest strings is 2.6 cm at the nut and 6.8 cm at the bridge.
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
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On Mar 26, 2006, at 5:13 AM, bill kilpatrick wrote:
here's a lovely detail of some plectrum picking on a
5c. lute:
http://schulze-kurz.mine.nu/Seite_Ekkehard/Instrumente_Galerie/
Laute/lauteMA3.jpg
taken from an interesting collection of chordaphone
illustrations here:
--- Stuart Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are we seeing a quill plectrum protruding from
between the second joint
of the first and second fingers? And what is the
third finger doing? The
left hand is fretting notes both where the quill
would strike the
strings and several courses
bill kilpatrick wrote:
here's a lovely detail of some plectrum picking on a
5c. lute:
http://schulze-kurz.mine.nu/Seite_Ekkehard/Instrumente_Galerie/Laute/lauteMA3.jpg
It's interesting that the little finger is definitely not placed on the
soundboard. There is another image on the site
when last seen, this thread was being threatened with
deportation to the early guitar list.
.. afore ye go ...
apart from the article by joseph baldassare, mentioned
earlier, is there any early european documentation
relating to how the lute was played prior to the
advent of thumb over plucking
Bill,
This is an interesting question for which I have no answer. Consider the
likelihood that a playing style developed with a quill of several inches in
length would very likely differ considerably from the relatively loose wristed
playing style of modern players using a short Fender style
of the widely
stretched five- and six-note chords in Tablature A a bit easier.
In the absence of any relevant European descriptions, information concerning
the appropriate lute plectrum is offered by the partly still-living
tradition employed by al- 'ud players in the Islamic world. According
Syria
- Original Message -
From: Stephen W. Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'James A Stimson' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'bill'
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Cc: 'lute society' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 9:26 PM
Subject: RE: plectrum and lute
Does anyone out there play an oud? If so
, April 12, 2004 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: plectrum and lute
Dear Bill:
I haven't heard from Ronnie, but perhaps I will! I already have a lute,
a
bit better than student quality, from the fine Najarian workshop. Check
out
their Web site, including their far-out electric oud!
Yours,
Jim
dear all -
mostly because it's a holiday and it's raining and i'm running out of
excuses to not do my scales...
i'm curious to know if any of you play lute with a plectrum.
if so:
- how many courses does your instrument have?
- what kind of strings to you use?
- what is your plectrum made
:
Subject: plectrum and lute
04/12/2004 09:15
AM
Does anyone out there play an oud? If so, where did you get it?
Stephen W. Gibson
-Original Message-
From: James A Stimson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 2:14 PM
To: bill
Cc: lute society
Subject: Re: plectrum and lute
Dear Bill, Kenneth and All:
I also
- Original Message -
From: Stephen W. Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'James A Stimson' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'bill'
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: 'lute society' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 9:26 PM
Subject: RE: plectrum and lute
Does anyone out there play an oud?
Yes I do
. Gibson
-Original Message-
From: James A Stimson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 2:14 PM
To: bill
Cc: lute society
Subject: Re: plectrum and lute
Dear Bill, Kenneth and All:
I also have a Larry Brown five-course lute, which I play fairly often
(including
Dear Bill:
I haven't heard from Ronnie, but perhaps I will! I already have a lute, a
bit better than student quality, from the fine Najarian workshop. Check out
their Web site, including their far-out electric oud!
Yours,
Jim
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