[LUTE] Re: Concert

2010-04-15 Thread Christopher Wilke
Really. HOw hard is it to speel Kuper corretly? Chris (haven't been drinking) --- On Thu, 4/15/10, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Finally, years of research reveals the correct speling of Copraio's name! d At 12:10 PM 4/15/2010, you wrote: Hi Folks - I am forwarding

[LUTE] Re: Larry Brown

2010-05-25 Thread Christopher Wilke
All, A student of mine got his lute from Larry K Brown back in January. It was a number of months later than initially promised, but even this late completion date would be unlikely if he had died in 2007. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com

[LUTE] Re: Larry Brown

2010-05-25 Thread Christopher Wilke
This could be him. Don't confuse Larry K Brown with Larry D Brown in Cincinnati. LDB is another former lute builder who has also given up lute making in lieu of other things, although he's still playing early music in the Cincy area. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer

[LUTE] Re: Instrument selling mechanics

2010-06-03 Thread Christopher Wilke
Howard, General advice: For the seller, PayPal. For the buyer, beware. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Thu, 6/3/10, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote: From: howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com Subject: [LUTE] Instrument

[LUTE] Re: And another question about nylguts (was: Carbon strings?)

2010-06-07 Thread Christopher Wilke
easily cut through an ensemble. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Mon, 6/7/10, wikla wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote: From: wikla wi...@cs.helsinki.fi Subject: [LUTE] Re: And another question about nylguts (was: Carbon strings

[LUTE] Re: my apologies, beginner's question on strings

2010-06-08 Thread Christopher Wilke
instrument and playing needs. For me, he plays things a bit on the safe side in regards to tension, but this might be just what is needed for your lute. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Tue, 6/8/10, Samuel Jacques dei...@yahoo.com wrote

[LUTE] Re: lute sighting

2010-06-10 Thread Christopher Wilke
, precious... my precious... ;-) Chris Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Gary Digman magg...@sonic.net wrote: From: Gary Digman magg...@sonic.net Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute sighting To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Thursday, June

[LUTE] Re: lute sighting

2010-06-11 Thread Christopher Wilke
at the tables around me applauded. I used that instrument for the next 3 hours. I think that gig still stands as my highest grossing in tips. Those tips then went on to contribute to the purchase of a new instrument: a 19th century guitar. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist

[LUTE] Re: lute sighting

2010-06-12 Thread Christopher Wilke
transcriptions by de Visee and Hurel as well as other pieces that demonstrate the style. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Fri, 6/11/10, wikla wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote: From: wikla wi...@cs.helsinki.fi Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute

[LUTE] Corbetta Sinfonia

2010-06-20 Thread Christopher Wilke
of it someplace online (facsimile or modern edition), that wold be just fine, too. Thanks in advance! Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin

[LUTE] Re: Corbetta Sinfonia

2010-06-20 Thread Christopher Wilke
Hello all, Two folks have been kind enough to send the sinfonia already. Thank you very much! Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin

[LUTE] Re: books of bland tablature

2010-06-22 Thread Christopher Wilke
- $82.35 ;-) Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Tue, 6/22/10, Brad Walton gtung.wal...@utoronto.ca wrote: From: Brad Walton gtung.wal...@utoronto.ca Subject: [LUTE] books of bland tablature To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Tuesday, June

[LUTE] Re: 11- versus 13-course baroque lute.

2010-06-25 Thread Christopher Wilke
to double courses. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Fri, 6/25/10, Herbert Ward wa...@physics.utexas.edu wrote: From: Herbert Ward wa...@physics.utexas.edu Subject: [LUTE] 11- versus 13-course baroque lute. To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: Fret Gut

2010-07-06 Thread Christopher Wilke
I have a friend who uses nylgut strings. I've never tried it myself, but it seems like it would be hard to get the knot tight enough. It would also be expensive unless you used old ones. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get

[LUTE] Re: Tonality issues with single course -- the evil octave string

2010-07-11 Thread Christopher Wilke
David, I agree with you that these are the quirks of the lute that one can get used to. I might also add that when individual strings of a course are out of tune, it usually sounds worse to the player than the listener. I've had several experiences of doing concerts in which I thought I

[LUTE] Re: Airlines and Instruments

2010-07-18 Thread Christopher Wilke
--- On Sun, 7/18/10, David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com wrote: Gut doesn't need stretching, it's up to tension within minutes. ..and then out of tune the rest of the time. With all due respect, I know you and some other pros use gut, but the majority of concertizing professional

[LUTE] Re: Vice Nisee

2010-07-23 Thread Christopher Wilke
sound: one good mic, a pair of good ears, a brain in your head and just a touch of reverb for seasoning. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Fri, 7/23/10, Ron Andrico praelu...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Ron Andrico praelu...@hotmail.com

[LUTE] Re: BMI: weighed and found wanting?

2010-08-14 Thread Christopher Wilke
Peter, --- On Sat, 8/14/10, Peter Nightingale n...@pobox.com wrote: I play my lute regularly at a local restaurant, music from before 1650 exclusively.  The owners have been contacted by BMI and were told that they need a license. Putting it generously, I would call this BMI claim

[LUTE] Re: Metronome

2010-09-20 Thread Christopher Wilke
some sort of music-playing feature. ;-) Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Mon, 9/20/10, Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net wrote: From: Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net Subject: [LUTE] Re: Metronome To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date

[LUTE] Re: Lute volume

2010-10-17 Thread Christopher Wilke
Gary, --- On Sun, 10/17/10, Gary Digman magg...@sonic.net wrote: That being said, I have to admit that I have attended lute concerts given by some of the leading lights of the lute world for audiences numbering in the hundreds where the lute literally could not be heard at all past the

[LUTE] Re: Lute volume

2010-10-18 Thread Christopher Wilke
Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Mon, 10/18/10, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote: From: howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 6:41 PM

[LUTE] Re: Lute volume

2010-10-19 Thread Christopher Wilke
Howard, --- On Tue, 10/19/10, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote: Howard, Huh?  Wait, that's me! Yes, it is a custom to say the name of the person I'm addressing.    Alright, so next time I'll should ask people if they did not hear me as a discrete component, but rather as a

[LUTE] Re: Lute volume

2010-10-20 Thread Christopher Wilke
. Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Wed, 10/20/10, Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu, Stewart McCoy lu...@tiscali.co.uk

[LUTE] Re: Toccata

2010-10-20 Thread Christopher Wilke
for the 3-note arp. is to start on the TOP note and descend to the bass: i-m-p. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Wed, 10/20/10, R. Mattes r...@mh-freiburg.de wrote: From: R. Mattes r...@mh-freiburg.de Subject: [LUTE] Re

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-22 Thread Christopher Wilke
interesting in the era, but there is still a lot to be done. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Fri, 10/22/10, G. Crona kalei...@gmail.com wrote: From: G. Crona kalei...@gmail.com Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition To: baroque-l

[LUTE] Re: iPhone lute app

2010-10-26 Thread Christopher Wilke
Danny, Thanks and congrats! You are a real warrior of the lute. We're all privileged to have you! (5 stars on the way...) Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Tue, 10/26/10, Daniel Shoskes kidneykut...@gmail.com wrote: From

[LUTE] Re: OT: 19th C guitar

2010-11-01 Thread Christopher Wilke
. It makes a beautiful and effective solo instrument. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Mon, 11/1/10, Jelma van Amersfoort jel...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jelma van Amersfoort jel...@gmail.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: OT: 19th C guitar To: Suzanne

[LUTE] Re: OT: Baroque Guitar technique

2010-11-08 Thread Christopher Wilke
Ned, --- On Sun, 11/7/10, Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com wrote: As long as I sense any progress at all -  and that may not be daily, but rather like a plateau learning process where a week can go by with no noticeable improvement and then suddenly you notice that a passage in a piece that

[LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries?

2010-11-11 Thread Christopher Wilke
Monica, --- On Thu, 11/11/10, Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: In any case even a facsimile is not a substitute for seeing the real thing. Well, yes, for performers, it really is. I think most of us on this list are looking at this from the perspective of a performer rather than

[LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries?

2010-11-11 Thread Christopher Wilke
temple. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Thu, 11/11/10, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries? To: lute

[LUTE] Re: EMS Lutes

2010-11-22 Thread Christopher Wilke
I have a student who came to me with one of those Pakistani lutes that he bought on eBay. I'd heard many horrible stories about these instruments, but I have to say that for him it is not a bad instrument. It is certainly not the most resonant lute, but neither is it overly heavy or

[LUTE] Re: EMS Lutes

2010-11-23 Thread Christopher Wilke
up the interest with an inferior instrument? Still, who knows if the instrument with name recognition hadn't come my way? Chris --- On Tue, 11/23/10, Margaret Munck meg.mu...@gmail.com wrote: From: Margaret Munck meg.mu...@gmail.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: EMS Lutes To: Christopher Wilke

[LUTE] Re: Karamazov

2010-12-05 Thread Christopher Wilke
really distract from my enjoyment of the music is if a performer is missing notes because they're flipping their lutes around their necks or something. No one owns this music, even less the way one chooses to look while playing it. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer

[LUTE] Re: Karamazov

2010-12-05 Thread Christopher Wilke
What about hand/body gestures and facial expressions in baroque opera? ...or a silent movie, for that matter. Very artificial, contrived and totally HIP. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Sun, 12/5/10, wikla wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote

[LUTE] Re: realized continuo ~1600

2010-12-12 Thread Christopher Wilke
and Piccinini prefaces, but is it possible that there are other sources using this cipher to represent a strum? Is there something in HK's Libro primo d'arie? (I've seen the book, but don't have it.) Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Sun, 12/12

[LUTE] Re: lute piece by Brian Wright (and fret n)

2010-12-14 Thread Christopher Wilke
There are some late works that use the upper register quite a bit. I believe Hagen somewhere calls for notes up to the 14th, but it's not often used. I play mostly late 18th century music (and a lots of Hagen) with only 12 frets on my lute. I've never needed the 14th. Chris Christopher

[LUTE] Re: RV93 - which instrument?

2011-01-06 Thread Christopher Wilke
, not the words. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Thu, 1/6/11, Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Re: RV93 - which instrument? To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute

[LUTE] Unique L'Amant?

2011-01-21 Thread Christopher Wilke
course as well. Has anyone else run across anything? Maybe even an anonymous piece? Could be for renaissance or baroque lute. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http

[LUTE] Re: lute songs for bass voice?

2011-01-24 Thread Christopher Wilke
Franz, Since you're doing this for your own enjoyment, you could always find tunes in an alto register and sing falsetto. I'm not being cheeky; this was probably done. Just how comfortable you'll feel exploring your stratosphere is another matter. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist

[LUTE] Re: Holbein fret spacing (Re: Google Art project)

2011-02-09 Thread Christopher Wilke
Howard, --- On Wed, 2/9/11, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote: I didn't try to extrapolate an overall mensur, or what an ET fretting would be, because the picture doesn't show the whole lute.  But after the second fret the frets are all 15 or 16 units apart, which would give a

[LUTE] Re: Lute humidifiers

2011-03-07 Thread Christopher Wilke
-String-Guitar-Humidifier/dp/B0002GZSNQ Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Sun, 3/6/11, Dan Smith dansmithgui...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Dan Smith dansmithgui...@yahoo.com Subject: [LUTE] Lute humidifiers To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date

[LUTE] Re: Who got this gig?

2011-03-13 Thread Christopher Wilke
note that I could care less if he is a modern player moonlighting. If you actually hear him, so much the better. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc

[LUTE] Re: Striggio 40 part mass from 1599

2011-03-27 Thread Christopher Wilke
This is an interesting piece. I seem to remember that it actually expands to 60 parts in the Agnus dei. Lots of static harmony and chordal arpeggiation. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Sat, 3/26/11, Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com

[LUTE] Re: Striggio 40 part mass from 1599

2011-03-27 Thread Christopher Wilke
part, though ;-). Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: a modern lute duet by Gilbert Isbin

2011-03-29 Thread Christopher Wilke
? Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Tue, 3/29/11, Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk wrote: From: Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Re: a modern lute duet by Gilbert Isbin To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date

[LUTE] Re: a modern lute duet by Gilbert Isbin

2011-03-29 Thread Christopher Wilke
Insensitive, please let me know.) Sometimes they involve patterns to which my poor fingers are totally unaccustomed, but if it works, can we say it is unidiomatic or non-lute-like? Chris P.S. Should I have posted this to the baroque lute brazilian jazz list? Christopher Wilke Lutenist

[LUTE] Re: Foscarini Experience again

2011-04-01 Thread Christopher Wilke
in any number of baroque ensembles, they call this sort of thing great continuo playing. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com - Original Message - From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com Cc: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday

[LUTE] Re: Flow my tears

2011-04-30 Thread Christopher Wilke
absolutely no doubt in my mind that the repeat was intended by Dowland. I agree. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com Best wishes, Denys -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf

[LUTE] Re: New blog post

2011-05-05 Thread Christopher Wilke
something inappropriate or care if they did? Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Thu, 5/5/11, Gilbert Isbin gilbert.is...@telenet.be wrote: From: Gilbert Isbin gilbert.is...@telenet.be Subject: [LUTE] Re: New blog post To: Ron Andrico

[LUTE] Re: New blog post

2011-05-06 Thread Christopher Wilke
using gratuitous dissonance. In modern circles, however, it has unfortunately become de rigueur to write this way if you want to be taken seriously as a composer who is relevant. (i.e. getting performances and being awarded grants, scholarships, faculty positions, etc.) Chris Christopher

[LUTE] Re: New blog post

2011-05-07 Thread Christopher Wilke
Ned, I think David also mentioned Bruce Haynes who writes from more of a HIP insider's point of view. He discusses a lot of similar issues as Taruskin, drawing his own conclusions. I'd recommend The End of Early Music. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer

[LUTE] Re: Double stringed on a theorbo?

2011-06-01 Thread Christopher Wilke
I'm doing this on a smaller instrument. I find it very effective for strumming, which sounds, fittingly enough, like a big guitar. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Wed, 6/1/11, Hilbert Jörg hilbert.jo...@t-online.de wrote: From

[LUTE] Re: Double stringed on a theorbo?

2011-06-02 Thread Christopher Wilke
with giant theorbos, (including, at one time, myself) but I can't name anyone playing a Paduan theorbo. Is anyone even making Paduan theorbos? Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Thu, 6/2/11, Hilbert Jörg hilbert.jo...@t-online.de wrote: From

[LUTE] Re: Ear training for lute playing.

2011-06-14 Thread Christopher Wilke
on recognizing (equally tempered) intervals independent of key. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Tue, 6/14/11, Ed Durbrow edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp wrote: From: Ed Durbrow edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp Subject: [LUTE] Re: Ear training for lute

[LUTE] BEMF Lute Concert

2011-06-14 Thread Christopher Wilke
named Paul O'Dette. ;-) Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Complete Works of Marco D'all Aquila

2011-06-29 Thread Christopher Wilke
very soon. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Wed, 6/29/11, Gary Digman gcanudig...@email.com wrote: From: Gary Digman gcanudig...@email.com Subject: [LUTE] Complete Works of Marco D'all Aquila To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Wednesday

[LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound'

2011-07-02 Thread Christopher Wilke
Martyn, Very simple answers. Composers expected money/food/lodging in exchange for whatever music his (almost always his) patron desired. Audiences expected to be pleased. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Sat, 7/2/11, Martyn

[LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound'

2011-07-02 Thread Christopher Wilke
Martyn, --- On Sat, 7/2/11, Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:    The whole effort of historical musicology for at least the past 50    years has been to determine, in so far as the evidence exists and to    the best of our ability, what the earlier composers (and thus

[LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound'

2011-07-03 Thread Christopher Wilke
Mathias, --- On Sat, 7/2/11, Mathias Roesel mathias.roe...@t-online.de wrote: Audiences expected to be pleased. I beg to differ. What do you call a person who doesn't believe that people come to concerts to enjoy themselves? A musician. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist

[LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound'

2011-07-04 Thread Christopher Wilke
--- On Mon, 7/4/11, Roman Turovsky r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: From: Roman Turovsky r.turov...@gmail.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound' To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu, Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com Date: Monday, July 4, 2011, 6:19 AM From: Christopher Wilke

[LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound'

2011-07-04 Thread Christopher Wilke
Tom, --- On Mon, 7/4/11, t...@heartistrymusic.com t...@heartistrymusic.com wrote: What do you call a person who doesn't believe that people come to concerts to enjoy themselves? A critic?   Tom Also an acceptable answer. Musicologist too. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist

[LUTE] Re: Mace

2011-07-17 Thread Christopher Wilke
Ed, Sterling, Roman, Y'all are totally nuts. Hitting the right strings is difficult, but only a bare beginning. The right hand must negotiate so many changes of position that achieving consistent control over tone, articulation and phrasing on a baroque lute is the work of a lifetime. Chris

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strings for theorbo

2011-08-11 Thread Christopher Wilke
as his reference point?  Most of the solo theorbo pieces that also exist in guitar versions are pitched down a 4th from the guitar.  This makes sense since the guitar with re-entrant 5th course will have the 4th course as its lowest pitch, so as to be really in d. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist

[LUTE] Re: Lute Music Online

2011-08-14 Thread Christopher Wilke
Arthur, Thanks for the link. There's some really interesting stuff there! I didn't see a way to download files, though. Can one only view them? Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: Lute Music Online/alternative

2011-08-14 Thread Christopher Wilke
it    impossible to read.    Does anyone have any solutions to this?    Nancy      Thanks for the link.  There's some really interesting stuff there!      I didn't see a way to download files, though.  Can one only view      them?      Chris      Christopher Wilke      Lutenist, Guitarist

[LUTE] Re: Renaissance lute string length

2011-08-24 Thread Christopher Wilke
practically nothing about cittern history, so this might not even be unusual. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Tue, 8/23/11, William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Re

[LUTE] Re: long strings?

2011-08-30 Thread Christopher Wilke
Reminds me of the cover to this book: http://www.amazon.com/Your-Accomplishments-Suspiciously-Hard-Verify/dp/1449401023 Chris --- On Tue, 8/30/11, Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings? To:

[LUTE] Re: long strings?damping

2011-08-31 Thread Christopher Wilke
the diapason notes will require a different technique to get the same effect. It takes years of work to make it sound natural. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Wed, 8/31/11, sterling price spiffys84...@yahoo.com wrote: From: sterling

[LUTE] Re: BWV 998

2011-10-19 Thread Christopher Wilke
that that person making the arrangement sometime in the 1700's was more of an expert on baroque music than I. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com Not sure      about Jacob Lindberg, but I do know that he used different tunings,      even

[LUTE] Re: Robert de Visee lute tombeau de DuBut

2011-10-20 Thread Christopher Wilke
classical guitarists might do this or that doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't do those things. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Bocquet pieces vids

2011-10-21 Thread Christopher Wilke
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLWt9EjqFeA La Polonoise, an allemande gay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX5aURi_pd8 Allemande, an allemande grave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lWon1JBXIc Enjoy! Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list

[LUTE] Hagen vids

2011-10-24 Thread Christopher Wilke
in general and Hagen in particular sounds horrible coming through laptop speakers. Real speakers are recommended!) Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Hagen Dm Sonata vids

2011-10-24 Thread Christopher Wilke
in general and Hagen in particular sounds horrible coming through laptop speakers. Real speakers are recommended!) Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin

[LUTE] Re: Hagen vids

2011-10-24 Thread Christopher Wilke
placed in an atmosphere of deliberate phoniness. It's like real life. To me, this is what makes this repertoire so incredibly human. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Mon, 10/24/11, Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com wrote: From

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Falckenhagen Video

2011-10-28 Thread Christopher Wilke
rawks out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLk5MmzneJ8 Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Adam Falckenhagen video

2011-10-28 Thread Christopher Wilke
not. But it still rawks out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLk5MmzneJ8 Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] California Lutein'

2011-11-01 Thread Christopher Wilke
Thanks, Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[BAROQUE-LUTE] California concert

2011-11-01 Thread Christopher Wilke
Thanks, Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: SAD TRIP----Michael Thames

2011-11-30 Thread Christopher Wilke
the friend explained the she was very embarrassed to have been robbed and told my wife not to tell anyone else she was sending money. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Wed, 11/30/11, Mathias Rösel mathias.roe...@t-online.de wrote: From: Mathias

[LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight [was Re: A=392]

2011-12-02 Thread Christopher Wilke
to the difficulties involved, the lute accompaniment is so idiomatically written that a large part of the artistic effectiveness of the piece would be in danger of getting lost without reproducing the tab as written on the page. Chris Christopher Wilke, D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer

[LUTE] Re: RT on Dutch Radio!!!

2011-12-05 Thread Christopher Wilke
Congrats. Sounds great! Chris Dr. Christopher Wilke, D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Mon, 12/5/11, Roman Turovsky r.turov...@verizon.net wrote: From: Roman Turovsky r.turov...@verizon.net Subject: [LUTE] Re: RT on Dutch Radio!!! To: lutenet lute

[LUTE] Re: Lute of the Month- UGLY!

2011-12-14 Thread Christopher Wilke
--- On Wed, 12/14/11, Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net wrote: For players of theorbo or archlute, it has sometimes been the other answer. For early music ensemble directors engaging a theorbo player, it is only the other answer. Chris Christopher Wilke, D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Sharp keys seem to work well in d-minor tuned lute...

2012-01-06 Thread Christopher Wilke
Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com Arto On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 22:45:37 +0100, Jean-Marie Poirier jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr wrote: David, I made amends for that mistake of mine ! ;-( There is another quotation from Mersenne I like very much

[LUTE] Re: tuning fork at 433Hz?

2012-01-08 Thread Christopher Wilke
the periods. Where is the pining for the good, warm tone of gut or the celebration at the new brilliance of metal? And who on earth had the chops to play those angular guitar parts (written in bass and treble clefs at sounding pitch) in Webern and Schoenberg? Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist

[LUTE] Re: move to steel strings in 20th c Re: tuning fork at 433Hz?

2012-01-08 Thread Christopher Wilke
life than the guitar? Chris Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Sun, 1/8/12, Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net wrote: From: Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net Subject: [LUTE] Re: move to steel strings in 20th c Re: tuning fork at 433Hz

[LUTE] Re: tuning fork at 433Hz?

2012-01-10 Thread Christopher Wilke
the considerable changes taking place in this element during their lifetimes. I'm still curious as to why no one seems to have had anything to say about this at the time. I have a hunch that perhaps they didn't perceive the changes to be as considerable as we do. Chris Christopher Wilke

[LUTE] Re: tuning fork at 433Hz?

2012-01-10 Thread Christopher Wilke
through. Relevant to the topic of this discussion: What does he have to say about the relative merits and defects of gut vs. steel strings during the period of transition? Chris Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: tuning fork at 433Hz?

2012-01-10 Thread Christopher Wilke
of similar effects. The label that has been applied to them is sonorist. Zbigniew Granat, my colleague at Nazareth College where I teach, is an expert in the study of these composers. Chris Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off

[LUTE] Re: tuning fork at 433Hz?

2012-01-10 Thread Christopher Wilke
of metal strings anywhere, perhaps even a remark noting them as a new novelty? Chris Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Saturday quotes

2012-03-12 Thread Christopher Wilke
Well, if you can't join 'em, just beat it. CW Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Music Faculty Nazareth College, Rochester, NY State University of New York at Geneseo Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Mon, 3/12/12, Roman Turovsky r.turov

[LUTE] Re: Nazi rules for jazz performers

2012-03-14 Thread Christopher Wilke
in droves, it would seem so. On Mar 14, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Christopher Wilke wrote: Ned Donatella, In America the change in music came much earlier, in many places preceding the Second Vatican Council. The Catholic Church in America took great pride

[LUTE] Re: (Not) OT: Music in church

2012-03-15 Thread Christopher Wilke
: From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: OT: Music in church To: Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com, Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com Cc: howardpos...@ca.rr.com howardpos...@ca.rr.com, do...@tiscali.it do...@tiscali.it, Lute Dmth (lute

[LUTE] Re: (Not) OT: Music in church

2012-03-15 Thread Christopher Wilke
@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012, 10:54 AM On Mar 15, 2012, at 5:56 AM, Christopher Wilke wrote: Church officials apparently came to the conclusion that, although people where willing to PAY to hear this music performed well, they found it's use in the original context off

[LUTE] Re: Nazi rules correction!

2012-03-16 Thread Christopher Wilke
repertoire. It is hard to believe that this music wouldn't have functioned as a (possibly subconscious) cultural lingua franca in non-church items. Chris Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Music Faculty Nazareth College, Rochester, NY State University of New York at Geneseo Lutenist

[LUTE] Re: Nazi rules correction!

2012-03-16 Thread Christopher Wilke
Monica, --- On Fri, 3/16/12, Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Sorry - I would question a lot of what you are saying. It depends what you mean by smaller Catholic churches. Most peasants lived in small scattered rural communites and the clergy who ministered

[LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs Quantity

2012-03-27 Thread Christopher Wilke
of being a marginalized figure. I for one don't particularly enjoy playing for posterity or corpses. I should mention that I'm an advocate of playing close to the bridge and I wrestle with these issues myself. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer

[LUTE] Re: miking a lute/theorbo

2012-04-04 Thread Christopher Wilke
.). 5) Liberally slather La cathedrale engloutie reverb all over the finished product. 6) Serve, relishing how your colleagues will compliment you on sounding so natural it is even better than the real thing. Chris Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer

[LUTE] Re: All about micing...part II

2012-04-10 Thread Christopher Wilke
Hera, If I may be so bold, I might suggest playing closer to the bridge with the thumb far out in front of the fingers as the treatises and iconographic sources demonstrate. I feel that as pluckers in ensembles, we have to get past the idea of always making a nice sound. (not that

[LUTE] Re: A request--Kapsperger song

2012-04-24 Thread Christopher Wilke
Jeff, I didn't find it in the Libro primo di Arie passagiette of 1612. Perhaps it is in the Libro primo di villanelle of 1610. Does the song have a realized theorbo part or alfabeto guitar chords? Is it a solo song? Chris Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist

[LUTE] Re: 4060

2012-04-25 Thread Christopher Wilke
Rainer, Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Any way to download the whole thing? Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Wed, 4/25/12, Rainer rads.bera_g...@t-online.de wrote: From: Rainer rads.bera_g...@t

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