[BAROQUE-LUTE] Swedish von Düben

2013-03-01 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear baroque lutenists, when I started to study the baroque lute 3 years and some months ago, one of my first tries was one at least historically interesting piece - and at least to us Finns, Swedes and probably also Russians: This anonymous lute arrangement of of a marche by Anders von

[LUTE] Rose?

2013-03-01 Thread Joshua E. Horn
Hi guys, I have an early morning idea that I want to get opinions on. As I mentioned a couple days ago, I bought myself a Guilele. It is plain however, it does not have any designs around the sound hole. My idea is to print out a pattern of a Lute rose on stiff paper (or parchment), scaled

[LUTE] Re: Rose?

2013-03-01 Thread Braig, Eugene
Inset roses are more often in fruitwood (often pear), parchment, or some combination of the two, but with wooden layers extremely thin. As a starter, consider emulating the rose of the Cutler-Challen mandolino by Stradivari as a relatively simple example in three layers: