At 5:47 PM -0800 03/11/23, Christopher Schaub wrote:
Has anyone put together scale studies for the ren lute? I used to practice my
scales on guitar quite a bit, but it doesn't seem as common for lutenists? I
couldn't find anything on Google! Anyway, it would really be nice to see some
historical
At 9:01 AM + 03/11/23, Sandi Harris Stephen Barber wrote:
The
rosewood was an attempt to get near to the sound that ivory produces,
using a hard material, which is of course always very beautifully-veined
and figured, as well as sounding well
I was just talking with a bagpipe player about
Shakespeare said it. What's in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any
other name would smell as sweet;
On the whole every instrument we know has been invented in every culture (I
think the Australian aborigine Digereedoo may be an exception). The wind
instruments start with the willow whistle
Hi!
there are studies in Diane Poultons Tutot for the lute (Schott) and I
think the english lute society has published some a while ago in a
supplement of their lute news.
Best wishes
Thomas
Am Mon, 2003-11-24 um 02.47 schrieb Christopher Schaub:
Has anyone put together scale studies for the
- Original Message -
From: Vance Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lute list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 23 November 2003 19:52
Subject: Re: ornaments in Board
Dear Stewart:
Thank you for your observations and understanding of this issue not to
mention the time and effort it took to figure
Dear Michael,
I also have the CD by Ergin Kizilay: ud Taksimleri. Did you listen to it?
of course it is an unfretted 'ud because there is no way to play turkish or
arab music with frets. I was also surprised when I saw the photo of a
fretted 'ud on the back cover, but look at the picture of the
Dear Davide,
Okay I take your point and appreciate your detailed reply. I'm impressed by the depth
of your knowledge too.
Sincere best regards,
Michael Stitt
drebuffa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Michael,
I also have the CD by Ergin Kizilay: ud Taksimleri. Did you listen to it?
of
Dear Chris,
Fortunately we lutenists do not learn scales as other
instrumentalists do.
Why do other musicians practise scales?
1) technical reasons - to get the fingers of both hands moving
correctly;
2) musical reasons - to learn about keys and harmony.
If one's aim is the first, it would be
Hi Chris,
You should have a look at Andrea Damiani's Renaissance Lute Tutor; it
includes a number of scale studies. I translated it into English but
have no commercial interest in it -- I just think it's a wonderful book.
Doc
dear chris,
at the end of the siena lutebook are some exercises in different modes,
they are called fantasias (if i remember right) but they are pure scale
exercises.
w.
Try Francesco's La Campagna. :-) Or, at a beginner level: Ein gut
preambel by H. Newsidler published by the Lute Society. Honestly,
there are hundreds of scales built into pieces. Why not just take
those extracts and practice them? Or, make your own up?
Indeed, it was Glenn Gould's opinion
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From: Ed Durbrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Martin Shepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 24 November 2003 06:24
Subject: Re: ornaments in Board
I believe the + sign is a fall, usually a forefall (note below to
main note) or a double forefall
T. Satoh had an ivory-backed baroque lute made by an Ottawa maker.
Miles Dempster
On Monday, November 24, 2003, at 02:31 AM, Ed Durbrow wrote:
At 9:01 AM + 03/11/23, Sandi Harris Stephen Barber wrote:
The
rosewood was an attempt to get near to the sound that ivory produces,
using a
The turkish 'ud has never been fretted. same is for any idan from Morocco to
Iraq.
The only fretted lute they havein Turkey is the Lauta which is different
and has a longer neck and different tuning.
Turkish Lauta [actually a regional item from Aegean islands and western
Anatolia] is a
Dear Jon,
you're wondering into deep OT-land here, bringing up the Didgeridoo. (If the
Aborigenes of Australia are indeed (like I like to theorize) the last
surviving descendants of the Neanderthaalers, their instruments might be the
oldest ones we have.
The musical bow, is the simplest of
Yes, Toyohiko Satoh has an ivory lute; it is a Burkholtzer by Ruchard
Berg. It is identical to my Berg Burkholtzer, with exception that the back
on my lute is Brazilian rosewood. I think the wooden back sounds much
nicer than the ivory backed lute.
ed
At 08:34 AM 11/24/03 -0500, Miles
Lutes,
Is there any survey of how Ren, and Baroque
musicians practiced their technique? In other words,
is there even much surviving literature that addresses
this the way that modern methods do? It seems like a
lot of the repertoire that we play on the lute today
actually comes from
Greetings everyone,
I'm hoping that someone out there might have a photo of the =
original Leopold Widhalm 1755 Mi903, that I could post on my new =
website. Thanks
Michael Thames
Luthier
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
--
Hello,
I'm back to lute making after a very long absence and would like to get
people's opinions about string spacing, both at the nut and bridge. Is there
anything even close to a standard? I'm looking for spacing recommendations
for everything from 6 courses to 13. What works for you? You're
Dear lutenists,
in his Hortus Musicalis Novus (Argentorati (=Strassburg), 1615)
Elias Mertel has lots of more or less pedagogical material, also
for scales. The first part (Praeludia) is especially useful:
See for example pieces no. 1, 13, 31, 65, 72, 73, 78, 88, 89, 95,
109, 135, 138, 142,
Dear Listenists,
Does anyone know if the theorbo music of John
Wilson is available anywhere? I'm particularly
interested in the series of pieces in each key. Also,
can this music be played on a big Italian theorbo
(chittarone)? Thanks in advance,
Chris Wilke
There is a recent edition:
John Wilson, Thirty Preludes in All (24) Keys for Lute: Facsimile and
Transcription of the Manuscript Oxford, Bodleian Library, Mus. B. 1.
Edited by Matthew Spring (DP 49) (Houten, The Netherlands: The Diapason
Press, 1997).
See:
G'day you beauts...
Goran wrote:
What about a duet for lute and Didgeridoo anyone?
Yes, I think it could work. IMHO, the didgeridoo is a woodwind instrument.
The players lips are the original 'reed' and with 'circular-breathing' you
have a thorough-(sp?)-bass with which to add your
Scale Execies for Renaissance Lute (1998)
Karen Meyers
232 Dupont St.
Philadelphia, PA 19127
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This includes scales in the commonly encountered keys of F, C, Bb and G
major in a variety of division-like arrangements. When I got mine a few
years ago, it was $20 US plus $2
Hi Ken:
I have been building Lutes as a hobby for a while so I am no expert, so I
too am hoping to reap the rewards of this post. However, logic tells me two
things. The courses have to be close enough together to make them playable
and the individual strings have to be far enough apart so that
[EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know if the theorbo music of John
Wilson is available anywhere? I'm particularly
interested in the series of pieces in each key. Also,
can this music be played on a big Italian theorbo
(chittarone)? Thanks in advance,
All the solo
Hi All:
Not meaning to be rude or condescending but has anyone thought of
intabulating their own scale exercises. Just putting them together
would be
a good exercise both mechanically and musically. Would also help in
developing a sense of key and position for future improvisation.
Vance
Dear Chris,
A facsimile of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Mus. b.1 has been
printed in facsimile: Volume 7 of Elise Bickford Jorgens (ed.),
_English Song 1600-1675_, 12 vols (New York, Garland, 1987).
Although this Bodleian manuscript is not autograph, it is devoted
almost entirely to the music
There's a lovely little exercise in Hans Newsidler's Das Erst Buch entitled
Das Erst Fundament auff die Lauten. This can be found in the Lute Society's
edition of Das Erst Buch. It's the very first piece in the book.
Craig
This is a very good book (although not that much fun in lessons when I'd
rather play music) and Karen is a great teacher!
Tim Kuntz
Leonard Williams wrote:
Scale Execies for Renaissance Lute (1998)
Karen Meyers
232 Dupont St.
Philadelphia, PA 19127
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This includes scales in
Yes, Toyohiko Satoh has an ivory lute; it is a Burkholtzer by Ruchard
Berg. It is identical to my Berg Burkholtzer, with exception that the back
on my lute is Brazilian rosewood. I think the wooden back sounds much
nicer than the ivory backed lute.
How about the cost of all that ivory? How
Ken,
I'm real new to the lute business and can't claim to
have the same feel for what feels good or works well
as those with many years experience. I certainly
don't have any idea what might or might not be
standard. However...
My Paki 8c lute look-alike (574mm vibrating string
length)
Dear everyone,
I have just redone my website to feature some lutes of mine, as well =
as some photos of actual historical lutes. And a bunch of boring guitar =
stuff. Forgive my shameless self promotion, but I couldn't help it.
Michael Thames
Luthier
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
--
Hi Vance,
1 mm (at the nut) seems awfully close. I'm finding that a hair over 2mm
seems to be the place where my strings don't rattle. There are a bunch of
variables here though; right hand technique, string tension, string
diameter, spacing at the bridge, string length and probably some others
Stewart McCoy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wilson seems to avoid using the first course, which
seems to suggest there was some kind of problem with it, e.g. it
might have been tuned down an octave.
Of course (no pun intended, but what the hell), Wilson does not avoid the
first course in the
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