Bill, and all,
I am not one to be objecting to non lute postings, but I have read this
thread - so answer to all rather than one.
Around the world there are biases in coverage of events - and also over
time. There were polemics written in the 13 colonies about the arguments
over our
what a wonderful idea - who wouldn't benefit from a national day to
celebrate music and musicians.
bearing in mind that it's the sound of the music that attracts one to
it in the first place, then i'd say no, i don't think it's possible to
choose one sort of contemporary music over another and
Does a lute maker know how a lute is going to sound as he's building it?
Or, is he unsure until he has put tensioned strings on the finished
product?
I've heard tales of a lutemaker who could tell by knocking on a tree how
it will (most likely) sound ...
best wishes
Thomas
Am Mit, 2004-06-23 um 16.14 schrieb Herbert Ward:
Does a lute maker know how a lute is going to sound as he's building it?
Or, is he unsure until he has put tensioned
At 08:06 PM 06/22/2004 -0500, Gary Digman wrote:
To those that are offended by political discussion, I would say
political discussion is a necessary evil in a democratic society. It
may not be fun, but is is necessary. Also, I value freedom, and
freedom means
Hello to all,
I have recorded some music from Francisque's Le Tresor D'Orphee in the
last year, and would like to offer it for you to listen to, and get some
feedback about his music (and my playing of it). I don't know of any recordings of
his music, (although there must be some out
I took my lute for repair to a violion maker and she blew in the sound hole
to figure out my instrument's tuning: the bowl was in D, she said.
Alain
At 07:30 AM 6/23/04, Thomas Schall wrote:
I've heard tales of a lutemaker who could tell by knocking on a tree how
it will (most likely) sound ...
I would say somewhat unsure because you never know how all things are going
to work together. However if the Luthier uses the same methods, finish,
plans, and similar materials and has had good success doing the same over a
period of time odds are the instrument is not going to sound bad. It is
Aren't those people great?
But I suspect she didn't like your lute maker - or was it a baroque
lute?
To sugest a tuning in D would be unusual for a renaissance lute.
Thomas
Am Mit, 2004-06-23 um 21.29 schrieb Alain Veylit:
I took my lute for repair to a violion maker and she blew in the
... and she blew in the sound hole
begin science corner
To produce white noise, I guess. White noise has a flat spectral
decomposition (ie, contains all frequencies equally).
end science corner
Actually I would be curious to hear from lute makers on that one: the
instrument BTW is a small archlute normally tuned in G. I doubt that there
is any attempt on the part of makers to actually tune the bowl to a certain
pitch, but it also seems that the natural accoustic properties of the bowl
Herbert,
I was very impressed by that little trick of hers - like anyone with a
broken neck might be impressed with the surgeon's jokes... - but now I'd
really like to know more: supposing she produced white noise, would the
bowl be able to filter out and amplify certain frequencies - thereby
Dear Mr. Braig;
Then, why did you open my posting? It's not like I didn't alert
you to the contents. Secondly, I would not presume to tell others what
they can or cannot talk about here. Thirdly, I did not bring up the
subject; I only responded to a previous message. I
I have noticed that I always preferred pieces in F minor on that lute - I
never thought it could have anything to do with the instrument, but now I
am beginning to wonder if some keys don't sound better because of some
physical characteristics of the instrument.
I'Il be happy to read more science
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