[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: the rose again

2009-03-12 Thread Jon Murphy
Laurence, You have gotten a lot of great advice here both on tools and process, got to stick my oar in again (as a wood carver and wood turner as well as making instruments). Dana correctly mentioned taking the grain into account, but I'd like to add a bit (that I know he is aware of). I do

[LUTE] Re: Lute pictures for website...

2009-03-12 Thread Duncan Midwinter
I don't want to use any old picture without permission, also I would like to link the picture back to it's source as a way of providing more information about the instrument. At the moment my site (which is still in construction) has several links to Wikipedia content, but I would

[LUTE] Re: Lute pictures for website...

2009-03-12 Thread Guy Smith
Many luthiers have a web site with pictures of their wares. You could try contacting them for permission to use some of those pictures on you site (presumably with a link back to their Web site). -Original Message- From: Duncan Midwinter [mailto:duncan.midwin...@googlemail.com] Sent:

[LUTE] Re: Lute pictures for website...

2009-03-12 Thread Duncan Midwinter
exactly :) 2009/3/12 Guy Smith [1]guy_m_sm...@comcast.net Many luthiers have a web site with pictures of their wares. You could try contacting them for permission to use some of those pictures on you site (presumably with a link back to their Web site).

[LUTE] Re: Lute pictures for website...

2009-03-12 Thread Anthony Hind
Duncan One would think that once a photo was on a web site, linking to that photo would be perfectly alright, just drawing attention to what is already there. I imagine in most cases, there is no problem, as such a link is a sort of promotion, but apparently the legal area here is

[LUTE] Re: Lute pictures for website...

2009-03-12 Thread Arthur Ness
I would suggest a look at the instruments in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts collection; http://www.mfa.org/collections/index.asp?key=27 At the bottom of that page are lists of the various types of instruments and slide shows devoted to them. Also you can take an audio tour and hear some of the

[LUTE] reading mensural notation

2009-03-12 Thread angevinews
Perhaps like many lute players, I started out playing lute strictly from tablature. While I'm fluent reading mensural notation for singing or other instruments, I've never mastered it with the lute. I feel this is a lack, and would like to fix it - except for how much work it is!

[LUTE] Re: reading mensural notation

2009-03-12 Thread Stuart Walsh
angevin...@att.net wrote: Perhaps like many lute players, I started out playing lute strictly from tablature. While I'm fluent reading mensural notation for singing or other instruments, I've never mastered it with the lute. I feel this is a lack, and would like to fix it - except

[LUTE] Re: reading mensural notation

2009-03-12 Thread angevinews
-- Original message from Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com: -- angevin...@att.net wrote: Perhaps like many lute players, I started out playing lute strictly from tablature. While I'm fluent reading mensural notation for singing or other

[LUTE] Re: reading mensural notation

2009-03-12 Thread William Brohinsky
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:20 PM, angevin...@att.net wrote: No, I mean plain old modern staff notation.  Not the esoteric, specialized stuff of early Western music.  Mensural, as is Add mensural staff of Fronimo.  Sorry if the use of the not-quite-exact term was confusing.  I'm just meaning

[LUTE] Re: reading mensural notation

2009-03-12 Thread Stuart Walsh
angevin...@att.net wrote: Perhaps like many lute players, I started out playing lute strictly from tablature. While I'm fluent reading mensural notation for singing or other instruments, I've never mastered it with the lute. I feel this is a lack, and would like to fix it -