Hi, all,
I'm new to the forum, but have been around lutes long enough to remember FoMRHI
in the original. I just wanted to direct people to the Jean-Francois Delcamp
guitar forum site for their useful discussion of copyright and file sharing:
Yes, I agree, it must be preserved! I remember reading a published version of
a child's poem about Spring which included the line:
Birds chirped, frogs burped.
As the editor pointed out, how much poorer would the world be if a well-meaning
adult had changed it to the more common croaked
Best
Louis Aull [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/24/2007 9:04 am
John et al.
I trained a while with an old school violin maker. We would put the dried
soap (old bar of Zest) on the peg, roll it in the hole to deposit the soap
in the hole as well, and then us a a piece of blackboard chalk to write a
bit of
Hi, all,
Hey, let's not perpetuate the Victorian myth that the Puritans didn't like sex,
and even probably laugh at the occasional bawdy joke. There wouldn't be nearly
so many of us Puritan descendants if that were the case! Blasphemy, (which is
now, of course, ok!) no, but bawdiness (now not
/2008 2:11 pm
The Puritans approved, after all, of the practice of bundling (at least,
they did in colonial Massachusetts, I'm not sure about elsewhere).
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Stetson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 10:26 AM
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
And a fine tradition it is!
Great emoticon, BTW.
C.
Ray Brohinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/4/2008 3:08 pm
Actually, more than a few latter-day Puritan descendents still keep up
the tradition. 8^)
On Jan 4, 2008 3:01 PM, Christopher Stetson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, and Puritan ministers
I think there may be a ballot question coming up this Nov. here in
Massachusetts.
I, too, tend to hang onto most strings, especially since I'm dealing with about
a dozen exotic instruments and need a variety of lengths, from about 60 inches
for my gu qin to about 24 for my moon lute. However,
Beautiful! Thanks, Roman.
c.
Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/26/2008 6:14 pm
Eduard Drach (I have adapted a few of his songs for 13c)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O31counI83Q
RT
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Hi, all,
If it is the books of songs that you're looking for, Dover Publications has (or
had) an inexpensive modern edition; complete, 2 books to the volume. They
include original ( i.e., modern typeset) tab, staff notation for capoed
guitar with F# 3rd, and voice. Very nice, as these things
Dowland's Varietie of Lute Lessons. They used to be
priced around $18-25 per book.
Broude does have the occasional sale where you can save 10-20% if you spend
enough $$, but OMI should have these as well.
jeff
Christopher Stetson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, all,
If it is the books
Interesting, Joseph! My lute is well overdue for refretting (sp?), and I've
always used gut. Do you have any pointers for tying nylon tightly? I tied the
traditional double frets when I started 30 years ago, then went over to single
strand with a flame-singed ball on the end to hold the
on the treble side than the bass. Probably more use - but
then, why the higher frets more than the lower? (picture me scratching my
head)
But here's another advantage to nylon frets - virtually no wear.
Best,
Joseph Mayes
On 4/28/08 7:54 PM, Christopher Stetson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Apparently, as a historical note, Mr. Alison's Psalms of David Set In Meter
for four voices and broken consort (sorry for the modernized spelling. I don't
have the book in front of me, and don't want to fake it.) was one of the two
books carried to the new world by my ancestors on the
Hi, again,
I just took the time to read this through, and I had a similar experience to
Rob's in Turkey when I played with traditional Cambodian musicians here in
America, though there was no score and the variations and ornamentations (as we
would call them) on the basic tune (as we would call
Hi, Rob and all,
This query has prompted me to dig out my copy of Poemes de Donne, Herbert, et
Crashaw mis en musigue par leur contemporains, transcription et realisation par
Andre Souris. (Pardonnez moi, mes amis. I haven't figured out how to do
diacritics in email yet...) It was published
Hi, all,
I don't have info for the makers mentioned, but there's a man near me in
Connecticut USA who makes silk strings: Alexander Rakov, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've been very happy with them on my Asian instruments (san xian, dan nguyet),
but haven't yet tried them on early European instruments.
.and the next version will just play the thing for you, too! Think how much
more time you'll have for other, more lucrative pursuits. :-)
Andrew Gibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/17/2008 9:54 AM
Yes - in the advance settings you can enter a reference pitch, choose
from a range of historical
Exactly!
Nck Gravestock [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/17/2008 6:05 PM
The caterpillars are the silkworms producing the silk
Nick
On 17/6/08 17:52, David Tayler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the info.
Dunno about the caterpillars; I've always liked, rightly or wrongly,
the kitgut etymology--
Well, not exactly, IMHO. It's good, as Nick and Jaroslaw have said, to
play with feeling and varying tempo when performing. It's also good to
know when and why you're doing it, which is where a metronome, online or
hung from the ceiling, can be of use. I've played for dancers a fair
amount,
Hi, all,
I received this from Alexander Vokaria, and he asked me to share. Hope it's
useful.
Best,
Chris.
voka [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/19/2008 11:17 AM
Please share:
In response to the silk strings questions.
I started making silk strings about ten years ago, as a process to
discover rather
Thank you, Arto. You've been busy!
Also thanks to Rob for his encouragement of beginning/shy lutists. I'm just
getting going at this digital stuff, and though I'm by no means a beginner,
I'll try to get something up.
Best to all and happy Summer,
Chris.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/22/2008 7:26 AM
Fascinating, as you say, Roman. Does anyone know what these fellows would have
been playing? And the torban players at the head of long lines of horesemen;
any comments?
Best,
CS.
Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6/30/2008 8:13 PM
I have added about a dozen of fascinating iconographic
. Braig IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/15/2008 3:53 pm
At 08:24 AM 7/13/2008, Christopher Stetson wrote:
Well, I would think the first question would be what your (or your
instructor's) definition of fantasy is. The term seems to have
fallen
out of favor early in the 17th c.
I see your point that many
%20284.pdf
http://www2.kb.dk/elib/noder/rischel/RiBS0149.pdf
Best.
Chris.
Eugene C. Braig IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/15/2008 3:53 PM
At 08:24 AM 7/13/2008, Christopher Stetson wrote:
Well, I would think the first question would be what your (or your
instructor's) definition of fantasy is. The term
on the Boije site someplace, but I don't have time to dig it
up
at the moment). However, I thought Omer wanted to avoid 19th-c. works.
(I
don't have the original request any longer.)
Eugene
At 09:49 PM 7/15/2008, Christopher Stetson wrote:
A few, at least:
http://www.muslib.se/ebibliotek/boije/pdf
But, in the Dowland songs, are those introductions, per se, or intabulations of
the lower voices which start before the melody voice?
C.
David Tayler [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/24/2008 5:25 AM
There are a significant number of pieces with introductions, such as
I saw my lady weep In darkness let me
the
vihuela rep: Milan, Mudarra, Narvaez, Valderrabano, Daza, Pisador,
Fuenllana, Bermudo.
steve gottlieb
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Christopher Stetson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, all.
Probably this should move off list, not being lute related, and since
it appears Omer is satisfied
And a fine book it is, too! Jeff does a good job of documenting an important
but forgotten (and often maligned) period of guitar history.
Best to all,
Chris.
Jeffrey Noonan [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/27/2008 10:11 am
This is a self-serving response, but it might help.
My new book, The
Hi, all,
Slightly off-topic, but I find this fascinating (well, interesting), since this
text describes a parallel usage with Japanese shamisen. Again, three strings
or courses, with the honchoshi (original tuning) being 4th-5th, and the most
popular nisagari (second string de-tuned) being
Hi,
I don't have it to hand, but POD (with RCC) recorded as many of Respighi's
original sources as possible on a CD entitled Ancient Airs and Dances:
http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Airs-Dances-Century-Songs/dp/B0001O2J22/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8s=musicqid=1221614950sr=1-5.
I think the notes give
Dear Arto,
Thanks for these editions and recordings. I've loved the Aria and Corrente
ever since I heard them on the old Walter Gerwig LPs back in the '60s.
Certainly they helped form my musical identity. Cleverness is often overrated;
I imagine the Aria to convey the air of serene
Thanks, Berndt.
Does anyone know who the musicians(?) are? They actually look like they might
be real; the lute player has his left-hand fingers in position for what I will
anachronistically call a C-major chord. And, as someone said at about that
point in history, It would seem that any
Hi, all,
I just checked, and yes, Mr. Ness's old Francesco edition does have grand
staff, as do all of the old Corpus des Luthistes Francais volumes from Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique. (Ballard 12, Bocquet, Morlaye, etc.)
Good luck, Guy!
Best to all, and keep playing,
Chris.
But of course the problem with these editions is that the staff is interlinear
with perfectly serviceable modern tablature. Notice that I had to go check.
C.
Christopher Stetson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/24/2008 9:39 PM
Hi, all,
I just checked, and yes, Mr. Ness's old Francesco edition does have
Christopher Stetson 11/25/2008 5:59 PM
Hi,
Good question, Eugene. There is no indication of octave stringing in any staff
notation that I know of, just the fundamental note. I never thought about it,
since I played the tablature. I don't think, however, that the practice in and
of itself
I'm sure there will be better documented replies, but I think the many visual
images of people playing music informally outdoors would indicate that, at
least as an idea, they would have thought fairly highly of it.
I suspect from my own personal anecdotal evidence, though, that the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/25/2008 7:04 PM
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008, Christopher Stetson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I'm sure there will be better documented replies
wassermusik
I suspect from my own personal anecdotal evidence, though, that the
difficulties of dealing with weather
Wind plays havoc
I wouldn't know, my strings never seem to break in such a convenient location.
Just lucky, I guess.
Best to all, and keep playing,
Chris.
vance wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/7/2008 6:40 PM
A piece of an old string (the reason you save your old strings) or a piece
of spare fret gut, or a piece of
I also found no problem except for a couple of slow-loading skips, at
least with Youtube. And sometimes preludes are like that.
C.
David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net 12/14/2008 2:48 AM
Seems fine here, but sometimes a new video has
problems..try it later or from the other site,
vimeo should
How do you say smokin' in Scottish (or is that Scots)?
Chris.
Rob MacKillop luteplay...@googlemail.com 12/18/2008 6:22 PM
This is my day job:
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafdP07YdfUfeature=channel
Rob MacKillop
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References
1.
Hi, all,
Yes, I saw that too, though didn't even think about it. In my experience, it's
a joke that most of the world finds funny, and so has unfortunately been
something of a trope for the last couple of decades.
The article, however, is a fairly cogent (IMHO) overview of current thinking
And, going a bit further afield, one can get traditional Chinese xiao flutes,
now handed after the relatively recent addition of a hole for the pinky of
the lower hand, made with the lowest hole on either side.
The rough equality of what's required of each hand on a wind instrument makes
it
Dear all,
I'm RH, and I do all those things opposite to how Martin does! Though, in my
years as a pipe-organ technician, I did learn to be more ambidextrous; when
you're on your back in a 24 x 24 (61x61 cm.) crawl space that's coated with
several decades of dust, and that screw is way up on
Indeed, they do, and one can get them online:
http://www.juststrings.com/labellalute.html
howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com 1/12/2009 7:38 PM
On Jan 12, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote:
I have the book and tried to read it, but when the main characted
went to a local music shop for
Yup, I agree too, though if you move to something fretless like oud, shamisen,
or some banjos, there's a little more of a learning curve.
Chris.
Bruno Fournier br...@estavel.org 1/17/2009 8:25 PM
I agree with Rob, once you play guitar and lute, everything else
becomes pretty easy;
Oh, and this too; you have to be able to live with being thought of (or
actually being) something of a dilettante. Or, as a gentle friend of mine put
it, someone who prefers diversity to virtuosity.
C.
Bruno Fournier br...@estavel.org 1/17/2009 8:25 PM
I agree with Rob, once you play
Actually, it looked like 3 strings to me. And quite some ham. Amazing.
Best,
Chris.
damian dlugolecki dam...@teleport.com 1/18/2009 9:20 PM
[1]http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f4a_1231249875
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Hi, all,
In answer to Edward's question, I started on guitar (Delta blues, as a matter
of fact), moved to lute, then back to guitar, with mandolin thrown in. Right
now I play mainly guitar, several styles, but I'm currently mostly interested
in turn of the century (19th to 20th) American
Well put and succinct, Dan. Darn Russki sure can play.
Further, I think that I, when playing Hawaiian guitar music from 1915, can
claim total irrelevance with confidence.
Happy inaug. to you from your side of the puddle, though about as close as you
can get to the other side.
Chris.
Hi to all,
Sorry to be OT, but there was a bit of discussion about this before.
It's been an exhilarating day here in the USA. It appears that HE has actually
left office, taking his minions with him, and our new President is here.
Vaguely on topic: Even though I'm very optimistic, I did
David's right. Here Yo-Yo Ma fesses up and offers a defense:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99816993. It's Public
Radio from the USA, I hope all can get it. I don't think there's anything
about a carbon 'cello, though.
For American TV buffs or die-hard lip-sync
Great! How about Sunday, 3:00 p.m. at David's place?
CS.
David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net 1/24/2009 5:11 AM
Y'all are welcome to sit in.
dt
At 12:37 AM 1/24/2009, you wrote:
I am jealous. What a great band to be in!
Rob
2009/1/24 David Tayler [1]vidan...@sbcglobal.net
Dear Peter and all,
I'm the one who prefers diversity to virtuosity, and I made a conscious
decision not to try to play to a high professional standard. There are just
too many wonderful instruments and too much fascinating music in the world for
me to limit myself in that way, so I prefer to
Dear Anthony,
Don't worry, ici on lire enough de francais a comprendre.
Thanks, a stunning site,
Chris.
Anthony Hind anthony.h...@noos.fr 2/12/2009 9:40 AM
Oups wrong list, sorry
AH
Le 12 févr. 09 à 12:03, Anthony Hind a écrit :
Pour ceux qui n'ont pas accès à la liste luth, Arto Wikla vient
Hi, all,
While I'm certainly not one of the string nerds, and I don't remember who gave
that advice, I find that it's helpful, indeed necessitated, by the behavior of
the strings, to follow that advice with any nylon strings. I frankly don't
know how the new-strings-every-two-weeks classical
Me too, now, though not earlier this evening.
Chris.
rafael borges rafaelgarciabor...@yahoo.com.br 2/23/2009 8:44 PM
It works for me...
Great site! Thanks!
Rafael Borges
__
De: Anthony Hind anthony.h...@noos.fr
Hi, all,
Thanks, Mathias.
Since you ask, I'd recommend using the more commonly understood string
length as opposed to mensur in writing for general consumption.
Otherwise, looks great to this mandore-illiterate but interested party.
Best to all, and keep playing,
Chris.
Mathias Rösel
It's not near my bedtime, I'm not tired and looking forward to a guitar trio
rehearsal.
I don't dare say that I'll be rehearsing to play the lute (organologically
speaking) that dare not say it's name on this list at a Shakespeare festival.
However, I'd rather Eugene worked on his invasive
Hi, all,
This would more appropriately go to the early guitar list, but the luters are
so much more active.
My question: does anyone know or know of Thomas Dickers in Berlin? I'm
seriously considering a guitar he has for sale.
Thanks,
Chris.
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Hi, all,
Can anyone give recommendations and links to sources for fret gut, all =
types? I just used the last of my stash from Donna Curry's Music, so will =
need some more. Given my string/fret maintenance practices, I'll need it =
within the next decade, so no particular hurry.
Best, and keep
piece, but the title is similar.
-Original Message-
From: Christopher Stetson [mailto:cstet...@smith.edu]
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:25 AM
To: Lute List
Subject: [LUTE] Saintly music?
Hi, everyone,
A request:
I've been asked on short notice to play for a church service on Sunday
And when DO we get to see shamisen again, David?
Chris.
David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com 3/15/2009 9:13 AM
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Ed Durbrow edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp wrote:
Where is this famous video I seem to be missing out on?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU
Hi David and all,
To my understanding,tee hee hee is just one of the many ways one can denote
laughter in script in English. It's more of a giggle than the belly laugh
suggested by Ho ho ho, and in the context of the song, as the text implies, a
giggle at the same time mocking and
Hi, all,
I must have missed or discarded something! Can someone post a link to this?
Thanks,
Chris.
Erik Pomerantz epomera...@gmail.com 4/3/2009 10:58 PM
I myself have an EMS lute, I find that it sounds great with a few
modifications. It is always an inspiration to me to hear someone
Ah, but some Japanese (and Chinese) notations now follow the European model,
with the voice in staff, the shamisen in 3-line tab, and the shakuhachi
characters, normally written top to bottom, right to left, printed under the
staves, left to right . I can tell you, very disorienting for the
Hi, all.
I have (somewhere in a pile of music) a publication from about 1900 outlining
newly invented character notation for guitar which was essentially modern
guitar tab: fret numbers on 6-line staves with (redundantly) parallel staff
notation and without (annoyingly) rhythmic notation on
One can always use lute songs.
Perhaps not technically challenging for the recorder player, but it will
provide a large repertoire.
C.
Steve Ramey stevera...@sbcglobal.net 5/8/2009 12:29 AM
Not lute and recorder, but there are at least two vol's of a book
called Bach for Recorder and
Dear Eugene,
Remember to breathe.
Of course, we all know of cases like this where our beloved instruments
are misrepresented. At least there's some awareness that there are, in
fact, different kinds of mandolin. For most of the world, the word now
means the f-holed, scrolled F-style, and
Not quite Bologna (or baloney), I think. Though I appreciate Sean's point, the
timbral variations present (or possible) on a lute are in fact quite limited.
Also, course-to-course variation, being independent of voice-leading (that is,
one often cannot choose which course one will use for
are more experienced taking pictures of bike parts than instruments. I
can't change the photos on Ebay, but if anybody is interested in
bidding I can take some simpler shots and send them to your email.
ARB
--- On Wed, 6/3/09, Christopher Stetson cstet...@smith.edu wrote:
From
Hi Mathias, Chris, and all,
My instrument addiction is further-ranging, including Chinese
instruments, antique guitars, etc., but equally maritally challenging.
I've pointed out that it's a mid-life-crisis kind of thing, and on the
whole less disruptive (and expensive) than a Jaguar and a trophy
Hi, all,
Actually, in the little bit I watched, the maestro was advising his
student to avoid imitating the lute on the guitar. Perhaps that was
your point, Gert? If my historical knowledge is correct, far from
trying to revive ancient styles (as distinct from ancient music),
Hi, all,
Agreed on all counts, and if you get one of the larger sizes, concert
or tenor, you get a longer string length, 15 and 17 respectively.
A baritone might come the closest to a Ren. guitar with a 19 string
length, and though a bit more expensive, certainly not as much
Yes, exactly the point I was trying to make, though in a more
roundabout and obscure way (leaving myself open to misaprehension!);
hence the quotation marks, etc. Fish without a bicycle and all that.
Much has been done, but much remains, though I suspect Howard was being
facetious
Hi, all,
I know I'm probably just being lazy, but I'm wondering if anyone has
lyrics to the song in the subject line. I've known the intabulation
for so long I don't think I can even put my hand on the sheet music,
and can only hope I've got the title right. It was very popular
[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] De la
part de Christopher Stetson Envoye : mercredi 22 juillet 2009 21:23 A :
lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Objet : [LUTE] Io Vorrei pur Fuggir lyrics?
Hi, all,
I know I'm probably just being lazy, but I'm wondering if anyone has
lyrics to the song
Or my favorite Tibetan mind verse:
Homage to the mind, which, like a wish-fulfilling gem, grants us all
that we desire.
C.
Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net 7/31/2009 12:35 PM
...and capoing at the 1st fret gives us A=392, and removing the capo
gives us A=370,
Hey, David,
Do you ever get to New England?
Chris.
David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net 8/11/2009 3:26 AM
I'll be in Drottningholm, Edinburgh and London for concerts this
month--
beer drinkers are welcome to swap lute stories and quaff the nut
brown ale if you are in the
Hi, all.
I'm no computer guy, but couldn't one design a program that will hear
what one is playing and turn the page at the appropriate time?
Wouldn't this be more reliable than a human page-turner, eliminating
nervousness and/or distraction? Only half joking.
Personally,
Oui, ce n'est pas trop difficile, even with my 40-year-old school
French. And I loved realizing that ingenieur (du son) is (sound)
engineer, making an obscure English/Latin etymology completely clear
(at least I'd like to think so!).
Best to all,
Chris.
Jean-Marie Poirier
Actually, the man said you can please all of the people some of the
time and some of the people all of the time, but you can't please all
of the people all of the time.
However, I find experientially that Rob's more modest goal is closer to
the truth.
Rob MacKillop
Andrew Gibbs and...@publicworksoffice.co.uk 9/10/2009 10:16 AM
Recently, the harpsichord list has been castigating itself for its
excessive 'macho-ness' and lack of female participants.
Also - I've been thinking how early music email lists take on the
characteristics of the
And a third vote for the examples. Bring on the juice, Stuart!
Best to all, and keep playing,
Chris.
nedma...@aol.com 9/11/2009 8:34 PM
I would certainly be interested in some of the juicy examples you
mention, Stuart. And I will definitley look into Jon Banks - what
Hi, all.
See Robert Jourdain: Music, the Brain, and Ecstasy. Interesting
discussion on musical memory and cognition. Also some info about AP,
if I remember correctly. Apparently there's some disagreement on
whether AP is just a very good tonal memory, or something more basic.
howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com 9/29/2009 12:46 AM
On Sep 28, 2009, at 9:01 PM, Christopher Stetson wrote:
My question (not answered in the book): In which traditional scale
does someone from, for example, Java have AP (or PP); slendro (5
unequally spaced tones
Hi, all.
So, to combine two threads, does any one know of any data on the cost
of lutes during the Golden Age, say around 1600, to pick a roughly
median date? As a percentage of median income, in Florentine ducats
corrected for inflation, whatever?
Best, and keep playing,
Hi, all,
All good points, Seth, and I think another aspect is the desires of the
lute builders. If one perfected the $500 lute, one would end up
running a factory, not making instruments. Most lute builders, I
suspect, would rather make instruments than run a factory. And
30, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Christopher Stetson wrote:
As a percentage of median income, in Florentine ducats
corrected for inflation, whatever?
Good luck trying. It's pretty much impossible to correct Florentine
ducats of 1600 for inflation. These days we can concoct a cost
Chris,
Well, we don't really know that the composer is deadly serious, do we?
Perhaps the fact that we're taking it so seriously is the joke, and
he's laughing at us. Maybe the composer is looking for signs of life,
and laughter was the hoped-for reaction. I thought it was
Roman Turovsky r.turov...@verizon.net 10/5/2009 9:32 AM
Maybe I should translate his prose sometime, for our delectation. It
is
written in normal sentences, but the content is even worse than in his
music.
RT
- Original Message -
From: chriswi...@yahoo.com
To:
Sorry for the empty post -- hit the wrong button.
What I meant to say:
Yes, well, I suspect you know the composer and cultural context much
better than I do.
By the way, could you translate the text in the little bubble that
comes up early in the video?
Thanks, and
All that Dana says, as usual, is true, but it's also true that even at
it's beginning there was not much of a lute presence at the BEMF
exhibition. I was there as an employee, moving in Hubbard Harpsichords
and manning the booth. Of course, I don't have total recall, but I
Hear! Hear!
-Chris.
David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net 11/14/2009 1:42 PM
Speaking from the point of view of someone who has on occasion
organized one of these things, noise is a big problem that the
presenters choose to ignore.
The softies have to form a group, ask for a
I bought the set back sometime in the '70's. It's probably still up in
my attic somewhere. As best I recall, I agree with the American Record
guide review.
Best, and keep playing,
Chris.
Eugene C. Braig IV brai...@osu.edu 12/8/2009 1:36 PM
Segovia certainly didn't play
Hi, all.
Clearly now is the time to put this out to the list:
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6wcIOSC-u0
That's me on the right in the (unamplified) classical guitar trio. You
can see my pinkie creepin' down to the soundboard. I played electric
with pick for most of the
Hi, all.
No specific counterexamples here, but in general having something
banned by the Church is not (IMHO) a reliable indicator that it was not
done.
I'll quote as best I can from a 16th century French writer (sorry,
can't remember the name, I'm sure someone here knows)
chriswi...@yahoo.com 12/21/2009 10:00 AM
OK, it has finally come to this ;-)
First, check out this modern abomination of many guitars:
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ARQsw4ml8g
(Note that one puny bongo drum, played lightly by an inexpert player,
can easily cover up the
Me, too. I would even say, stunning.
Chris.
Eugene C. Braig IV brai...@osu.edu 12/21/2009 10:02 AM
I agree. Simply beautiful.
Thank you,
Eugene
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of vance wood
Yes, and he's quick, personable, and easy to deal with (Hi,
Alexander!). I've got his silk strings on several of my Asian
instruments, and have been meaning to send him off an email about silk
for my 10-course. I'm surprised he hasn't responded to this thread
yet, in fact. I hope
It might be -- wonderful place, definitely stop by if you're in SF --
but most Chinese instrument makers, at least the mainstream ones, have
gone over to modern materials like steel, nylon, or nylon wound over
metal, for strings. As David v. O. points out, though, Japanese
shamisen
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