[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: duos with alto recorder

2014-06-20 Thread Charles Browne
what about the Baron concerto in d minor for BL and Recorder? The four Haim chamber sonatas are also good, and could be edited to cover the missing bass notes as they might be covered in the lute part anyway. The Haim (?Haym) are published by The Lute Society. Charles To get on or off

[BAROQUE-LUTE] lute tablature for 'Arioso' and 'Betrachte meine seele' - St John Passion

2013-03-19 Thread Charles Browne
I am looking for the tablature for the two lute pieces in Bach's 'St John Passion' . I would be grateful for any help in finding a copy many thanks Charles Browne char...@brownecowie.fsnet.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Pitch center on a 10 cs. lute

2013-01-02 Thread Charles Browne
it is not impossible. I have a Stephen Barber archlute and the SL for the first pegbox is 650mm top string tuned as g' with a'=440. I use an old Nylgut .38 and that has not broken. I must be lucky! It may be relevant that the top course runs over the nut and to the first peg outside the pegbox.

[BAROQUE-LUTE] [Lute] Paul Charles Durant Sonata in A

2012-12-05 Thread Charles Browne
Dear All, are there any copies of this sonata available? I see that Jean Daniel Forget has some of Durant's works on his site but not this particular one I would be most grateful for any help thank you Charles To get on or off this list see list information at

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Dresden Ms Sonata 44 in A (folios 142-147) - prelude

2012-11-20 Thread Charles Browne
Dear Collective wisdom, I haven't heard a recording of this sonata and I am wondering how this prelude should be played at the beginning with the chordal section. I would be grateful for any helpful suggestions many thanks Oh- BTW, if playing a long-necked lute with wound bass strings and a

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Weiss London manuscript

2012-01-05 Thread Charles Browne
it seemed to work OK just now with the pdf zip files. They unzipped and displayed correctly so perhaps there was a momentary problem? Charles To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: B-minor suite with tabulature!

2011-12-16 Thread Charles Browne
Dear Arto, I thought your playing was excellent and I did send you an email but it obviously didn't arrive. I have found the jpg's on your website and have downloaded them to try the pieces myself. I would be interested to know where you obtained your copy of L85 from as the only copy I could

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Beginning Weiss?

2011-09-07 Thread Charles Browne
The Lute Society published :- Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Six Sonatas for 11-Course Lute edited by Peter Lay. Six sonatas (suites) and a fantasie, edited from the London and Dresden Weiss manuscripts, 39 pages, ISBN 0 905655 05 2. (copied from the website so they are still available ) Charles

[LUTE] Re: tuners

2011-08-05 Thread Charles Browne
the output will then appear 2 semitones higher and it appears that I am tuning a lute in G. The transposition setting remains until the tuner is turned off or the transposition is corrected. Charles Browne char...@brownecowie.fsnet.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] lute kits

2011-05-05 Thread Charles Browne
is a musician, violinist and singer and repairs violins as a hobby so he has some of the requisite skills and tools. What would you advise? I was going to lend her a copy of Robert Lundberg's book as well but I would be very grateful for your opinions many thanks Charles Charles Browne char

[LUTE] [lute]lute music of shakespeare's time' Newcomb

2011-04-05 Thread Charles Browne
Dear lutelist. can anyone tell me whether this book is worth getting, for its music content? I understand that there was an article about it in JSTOR but I cant get it in our library and I was wondering about the book's contents thanks Charles To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: Baroque Lute duets?

2011-02-22 Thread Charles Browne
I thought there were some french baroque duets published on Fronimo a couple of years ago by ? Matthias Røsel and what about Baron or Lauffensteiner? There is also a Handel sonata arranged for duet in dmin by Antiqua Edition Charles To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] archlute continuuo for Dido and Anaeas

2011-02-12 Thread Charles Browne
I am looking for advice about playing the archlute as continuuo in a school production of Dido and Anaeas. The archlute is mainly for realism!! but I am expected to accompany the final recitativ and aria ('Thy hand..' and 'When I am laid..') I would be grateful for any advice from seasoned

[LUTE] Re: archlute continuuo for Dido and Anaeas

2011-02-12 Thread Charles Browne
Dear David, thanks for your advice. I am very grateful for your help and a copy of your recital 'version' would be much appreciated. I will let you know how I get on, but would you mind further questions if they arise? best wishes Charles char...@brownecowie.fsnet.co.uk To get on or off

[LUTE] Re: Future facsimiles from the Lute Society

2011-02-02 Thread Charles Browne
Dear Martyn, the digital download is still available on Richard Civiol's site :- http://luthlibrairie.free.fr/?Renaissance:Anglaise Charles Browne char...@brownecowie.fsnet.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Lute repair and question

2010-11-20 Thread Charles Browne
re your back problem - it might be helpful to find someone with experience in treating back problems as you start playing again e.g. a chiropracter or , even better, a lutenist with qualifications in Alexander Technique best wishes Charles To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] Re: OT: a computer question

2010-11-18 Thread Charles Browne
what about Linux? see http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/revive-your-old-mac-g3-g4-or-g5-with-linux/ Charles Browne char...@brownecowie.fsnet.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] [lute]Re: eplies to query about Vaudry de Saizenay Ms

2010-08-18 Thread Charles Browne
Dear All, many thanks for all your helpful replies. I have the contact name and email address now and some other info. I don't think Besançon Library was at fault but were closed when I made my initial search. As it is quite a big organisation I found it difficult to locate the right department

[LUTE] Re: incompatibility gardening/lute playing?

2010-06-30 Thread Charles Browne
of course, there is no incompatibility! Just use a scarifying lute while gardening and all will be fine!! Charles To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: A Draft Idea

2010-06-07 Thread Charles Browne
Dear Benjamin, you could light a church candle and the flame will give you some indication of a draught and its direction. Alternatively, you could light incense either in a thurible or as a taper and watch the resulting smoke. Decorative ribbon could also be used, if it is light enough.

[LUTE] Re: John Danyel

2010-03-24 Thread Charles Browne
On 24/03/10 19:51, Ariel Abramovich wrote: Dear friends, is there any available facsimilar edition of John Danyel lute songs? I'm willing to buy it, if so. Thanks in advance for any advice! Best, Ariel.

[LUTE] [lute] Re: learning thumb under technique

2010-03-18 Thread Charles Browne
Dear All It's interesting to read the views of all who have discussed this subject recently but how far do anatomical differences in digit lengths and ease of wrist rotation affect whether TU or TO is easier to learn? Are there obvious anatomical hand differences between the exponents of

[LUTE] Re: Feeding and Care

2010-02-26 Thread Charles Browne
On 26/02/10 04:38, Edward C. Yong wrote: On 25 Feb 2010, at 11:39 PM, dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us wrote: Are you in contact with the maker? Hmm, I'm not - I should! Does anyone have Ian Harwood's contact? Thanks for the rest of the advice tho! Edward C. Yong ky...@pacific.net.sg To get

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Two Swedish lute mss?

2009-12-18 Thread Charles Browne
wikla wrote: Dear baroque lutenists, I had e-mail contact to the people in the Kalmars läns museo, the Museum of the Kalmar county in Sweden. They have there a couple of very interesting baroque lute mss., KLM 21068 and KLM 21072, and they told me that these mss are nearly not documented of

[LUTE] Re: Manchester Gamba Book

2009-11-16 Thread Charles Browne
Andreas Schlegel wrote: If you read german, you can go to this link: http://www.accordsnouveaux.ch/de/Abhandlung/Accords/Accords.html There is a tuning database (PDFs) for lute, lyra viol, mandore and guitar - and of course the information about the ffeff-system! Enjoy it! Andreas Am

[LUTE] Re: Christmas music for R-lute

2009-10-13 Thread Charles Browne
David van Ooijen wrote: Sorry, it has come up before, but by the time I understand the archives Christmas is well-passed. If memory serves, the news letters of the LSA, British Lute Society and Dutch Lute Society all have had a collection of easy Christmas music for Renaissance lute at one time

[LUTE] Re: Thomas Campion

2009-08-26 Thread Charles Browne
ariel abramovich wrote: Dear friends, I'm desperately looking for Thomas Campion 4th books, in any digital format. I bought all others, but the 4th seems to be a bit of a problem to find. Any link to some library files? Thanks in advance! all best, ariel. To get on or off this

[LUTE] Re: Welcome to the Lute mailing list!

2009-08-04 Thread Charles Browne
/index.html Anton, I think Jason Kortis entabulated most,if not all the Siena Lute book into French Tab and it was on the Fronimo site (Yahoo groups). regards Charles Browne

[LUTE] Re: Lute] playing the lute during a Communion Service

2009-03-29 Thread Charles Browne
many thanks to all who answered my queries about playing the lute during Communion. We had a service for all four parishes this morning but as the weather fine and the clocks had just 'gone forward' to summer - time we didn't have a big congregation! I prepared some d'Aquila and Milano but,in

[LUTE] Re: Lute] playing the lute during a Communion Service

2009-03-29 Thread Charles Browne
Edward Martin wrote: I have done this countless times, and it works out fine. As David suggested,. Vallet is a great choice. If you are playing a renaissance lute, I suggest fantasias by almost anyone. ed At 09:09 AM 3/23/2009 +, Charles Browne wrote: I have been asked to play my

[LUTE] [Lute] playing the lute during a Communion Service

2009-03-23 Thread Charles Browne
I have been asked to play my lute during part of the Communion Service as the congregation come to the Altar to receive The Eucharist. I am a bit dubious about this as I fear it might detract from the service, apart from any tuning difficulties. I would be grateful for any comments and advice

[LUTE] Re: Advise needed about LUTE TUTOR for children

2009-03-22 Thread Charles Browne
Anton Birula wrote: Dear List, My wife Anna and me are starting to encounter our little daughter Alisa with the lute. We got a great 7 course treble lute by Martin de Witte and it would be good to have some kind of book meant for children. Does anybody maybe know anything like this? Of

[LUTE] Re: two translation questions

2009-03-16 Thread Charles Browne
howard posner wrote: On Mar 16, 2009, at 4:58 AM, David van Ooijen wrote: 'Te hee hee' is a giggle (perhaps slightly suppressed if it happens where laughing is appropriate) Like ho ho ho/LOL/LOLFTOL, or is there more to it? Ho ho ho is a full-bodied laugh, or belly

[LUTE] restringing a double course with a single string

2009-02-22 Thread Charles Browne
Dear All, what advice about string tension would you give,in general terms, to someone who wanted to replace a double course with a single string? A: for a course in unison - B: for a course in bass/octave tuning? thank you Charles To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Transposed Dowland songs - ruminations on lute sizes around 1600

2009-02-14 Thread Charles Browne
Sean Smith wrote: History marches ever onward, Martyn. While I don't expect her to start a movement to change local standard pitch I see no reason not set G or A at whatever necessary to ensure the success of her concert. Loosening the tyranny of a standard pitch is well within our rights

[LUTE] Re: meantone fret position measurements

2009-02-08 Thread Charles Browne
Stuart Walsh wrote: David van Ooijen wrote: On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com wrote: Did someone once put up a calculator which which worked out fret positions, in meantone, for a given string length? Stuart It's not exactly a calculator, but it has

[LUTE] Re: meantone fret position measurements

2009-02-08 Thread Charles Browne
Stuart Walsh wrote: Charles Browne wrote: There is a fret placement spreadsheet on the LSA website that will provide you with all the information without re-calculation. It will give fret positions for a number of temperaments/and string lengths it is worth looking at! Charles Thanks. Found

[LUTE] Re: Sarge Gerbode web site

2009-02-01 Thread Charles Browne
www.gerbode.net ps. your new CD is excellent! - Original Message - From: Edward Martin e...@gamutstrings.com To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 11:32 PM Subject: [LUTE] Sarge Gerbode web site I have lost the link to Sarge Gerbode's web site of Fronimo files.

[LUTE] Re: Bach Telemann

2009-01-25 Thread Charles Browne
Ron Fletcher wrote: On Jan 24, 2009, at 4:42 PM, David Tayler wrote: ...and the leather shoes that some insist on wearing, sigh. Why do so many people wear trainers? - Training for what? I do not own any trainers, - probably because I rarely wear jeans. Trainers go with nothing

[LUTE] Re: le Tocsein de Gautier

2008-12-28 Thread Charles Browne
damian dlugolecki wrote: G. Crona was kind enough to send a .jpg of the piece. At the moment this is only a guess, but I believe the 'tocsin' of Mouton and that of D. Gautier have something to do with disease. The word 'toxin' only come into the English language during the 19th century.

[LUTE] Re: Good 2009

2008-12-28 Thread Charles Browne
Orphenica wrote: To all crisis ridden vocal, flute and string players in the world, May you all (except Igor) master the coming year like he is doing in this video. With creativity, talent and not least, humor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAg5KjnAhuU Pling we Ron Andrico schrieb:

[LUTE] help wanted for correct pronounciation of Det hev ei rose sprunge

2008-11-08 Thread Charles Browne
I am trying to get the correct norwegian pronounciation of this carol before Monday. I would be grateful if some kind Norwegian with a recorder could possibly send me a sound file, off list, of the spoken text of the following: Det hev ei rose sprunge, ut av ei rot så grann det hev ei rose

[LUTE] Re: Reusner and archlute/theorbo

2008-10-26 Thread Charles Browne
G. Crona wrote: - Original Message - From: Jerzy Zak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Realy, highly recommended book, in many respects. I only cannot understand why from a list of topics, ranging from the earliest lute manuscripts to the 19th C. classical guitar, the German lute, including Weiss,

[LUTE] Re: Wound strings equivalent

2008-10-02 Thread Charles Browne
Bruno Fournier wrote: Does anyone know the equivalent of the following woundPyramid strings but in SAVAREZ instead? 1007 1008 1009 1011 1015 1021 1023 1025 1027 I have ordered these strings from Pyramid, but they have not replied to me.

[LUTE] Re: more general scams

2008-08-13 Thread Charles Browne
The number of scam/spam emails is increasing everyday. I get about 250 - 300 spam emails/day in my webmail filter and about half are some form of 'phishing'. There is also the ecard email. A message arrives by email to say that someone has sent you an electronic Card and invites you to reply.

[LUTE] Re: wound strings in 120 CM length

2008-07-30 Thread Charles Browne
if you look on The Lute Society site there is a page on stringing that has the URLs of the usual string makers. http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/lutestringing.htm -Original Message- From: Bruno Fournier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 July 2008 16:23 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE]

[LUTE] Re: PDFprinting problems.

2008-07-01 Thread Charles Browne
I have no idea what software the printers use suffice to ay they are a commercial outfit and certainly the screen output looked completely normal. The PDFs were not compressed but were amalgamated using PDF995 suite.I could understand it better if all the printed output was corrupt but many pages

[LUTE] Re: PDFprinting problems.

2008-06-30 Thread Charles Browne
Dear All, I downloaded some PDF files of The Weiss London Ms which I wanted to get printed professionally. I checked each file (68) using both Acrobat and pdf995Edit and gsview. They were fine. I then amalgamated then into four PDFs checked again and sent them by email to the printers. The output

[LUTE] Re: The London Manuscript

2008-06-11 Thread Charles Browne
Neil, It has been intabulated by Daniel Forget in Django and pdf format This is the site http://pagesperso-orange.fr/jdf.luth/ . It is something like 320 pages of tablature Charles -Original Message- From: Narada [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 June 2008 19:39 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Jerusalem

2008-05-29 Thread Charles Browne
Dear All, has anyone a version of Jerusalem that is playable on a lute/archlute? thanks Charles it's a long winding road without a map and compass. {MRY6STVMNzY9Gl7wis} To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Fine Knacks for Ladies Fronimo Tab?

2008-05-29 Thread Charles Browne
try http://www.gerbode.net/ -Original Message- From: Daniel Stachowiak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 May 2008 09:41 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Fine Knacks for Ladies Fronimo Tab? Hello Everybody, Does anyone happen to have Dowland's Fine Knacks for Ladies in Fronimo

[LUTE] Re: two intabulations

2008-05-19 Thread Charles Browne
Dear Manolo, according to Dick Hoban's The Art of the Lute in renaissance Italy the first is an intabulation of a vocal piece by da Crema 1546(Vol 3: Intabulations) and the second is by da Crema (Vol 2:Dances) as well. best wishes Charles -Original Message- From: Manolo Laguillo

[LUTE] Re: Lute Performance on DVD

2008-05-06 Thread Charles Browne
Dear Neil, have you looked at youtube at all? Admittedly, the picture quality is not that brilliant but there are quite a few lute videos to be seen. Also, isn't Martin Eastwell performing at York fairly soon? and, I think Philip Macleod Coupe is giving a lecture-recital at Higham Hall in July and

[LUTE] Re: Hurel download

2008-03-26 Thread Charles Browne
Dear Stewart, the URL of the Thomas Robinson pdf was truncated and will not get the right page. Try: http://amphionconsort.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/theschoolofmus icke.pdf Charles -Original Message- From: Stewart McCoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 March 2008 18:56

[LUTE] Re: Whew what a corker

2008-03-05 Thread Charles Browne
What about the scarifier-lute? here is a sample: http://www.collinscompany.com/mall/ClayCourts.asp -Original Message- From: Ron Fletcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 March 2008 12:58 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Whew what a corker Caulking is the process of wedging

[LUTE] Re: Etymology

2008-03-04 Thread Charles Browne
Ian Harwood (The Lute Vol 37 -1997) argued that only those who compose for the lute can call themselves lutenists and if you only play the instrment you are a lute-player. Charles -Original Message- From: Rob MacKillop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 March 2008 12:56 To: G. Crona Cc:

[LUTE] Re: Etymology

2008-03-04 Thread Charles Browne
It is worth reading his article. -Original Message- From: Andrew Gibbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 March 2008 13:26 To: Charles Browne Cc: Lute Net Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Etymology I haven't heard that distinction applied to any other musical instrument... Andrew On 4 Mar

[LUTE] Re: Aimez-vous harpsichord musique?

2008-01-28 Thread Charles Browne
A beautiful piece, beautifully played. Is the transcription available? Charles -Original Message- From: Daniel Shoskes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 January 2008 16:24 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Aimez-vous harpsichord musique? My homage to Claire Antonini's

[LUTE] Re: Diagram of tendons.

2007-12-19 Thread Charles Browne
there is a sheath of connective tissue that covers the back of the hand and into the back of the fingers which limits independent flexion of the fingers, mainly the Ring and Little fingers (4th and 5th) at the first metacarpo-phalangeal joint or 'knuckle'I tried to find a diagram online but

[LUTE] Re: Lauffensteiner

2007-12-18 Thread Charles Browne
They were available on the Fronimo site. Both ensemble and solo works.I haven't checked recently but I think? they were intabulations by Doug Towne? There is,or was, an Edition of Academische Druck- u.Verlagsanstalt under the series title Musik Alter Meister (1975 - General Editor Hans Radke) and

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: new sound file for 11c

2007-12-15 Thread Charles Browne
Dear Martin, I think I got my copy from Jacks,Pipes and Hammers about 2 - 3 years ago. Brian Jordan might also be worth a try. best wishes Charles -Original Message- From: Martin Shepherd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 December 2007 13:04 To: baroque lutenet Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE]

[LUTE] standing position for playing

2007-12-10 Thread Charles Browne
Dear All, I was fascinated to watch Andrew Maginley at the recent Lute Society meeting as he played the baroque lute while standing. I have been trying this over the last two weeks with an archlute and a swanneck baroque lute and it is quite an interesting experience. I have found it much easier

[LUTE] Re: FoMRHI - copyright and a rebirth?

2007-11-20 Thread Charles Browne
if the image is on another site, presumably it is there to be viewed ,if not downloaded? The first person to ask would be the webmaster(s) of the relevant sites. They may be delighted to have further links to their site(s) and may have already ensured that any copyright protection is embedded in

[LUTE] Re: Is it true?

2007-11-12 Thread Charles Browne
A lot of lute music is written for 6c lutes so after tuning down the 3rd guitar string to F# you have the same relative tuning as a 'g' lute albeit lower by a third. There is a very large corpus of 6c lute music. If you want to play later lute music on a 6 stringed instrument there are problems of

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re:

2007-11-11 Thread Charles Browne
the Spanish Guitar Centre in London used to sell a packet of three grades of fine emery paper.They are french called TLP . I have just found an old packet and on he back it saysTLP distribution DIAM 78360 Montesson I am sure there are many similar packets. I hope that helps /charles -Original

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re:

2007-11-11 Thread Charles Browne
further my earlier reply, the Spanish Guitar Centre in nottingham sells by mail order and has packets of polishing paper for £4.50 (approx 6€) Here is the email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charles -Original Message- From: H.L. Pakker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 November 2007 16:33

[LUTE] Re: Ok guys...need your help (again...)

2007-11-08 Thread Charles Browne
in the absence of Sage Gerbode's site, try Richard Civiol's Luth-Librairie. http://luthlibrairie.free.fr/?Renaissance:Fran%26ccedil%3Baise there are 17 songs fron the First book of Ayres online in PDF Charles -Original Message- From: Omer katzir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 November

[LUTE] Re: Persephone

2007-11-01 Thread Charles Browne
Serge Gerbode site has all the Campion songs www.gerbode.net -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 November 2007 00:53 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Persephone Sean wrote: How about Harke all you ladies that do sleep The fairy

[LUTE] Re: Lute book lullaby for SATB

2007-10-30 Thread Charles Browne
-355 Fax.:+49 211-5296-405 SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Charles Browne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 7:20 PM To: Lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Lute book lullaby for SATB does anyone have a Fronimo/Django file of the Lute-book

[LUTE] Lute book lullaby for SATB

2007-10-28 Thread Charles Browne
does anyone have a Fronimo/Django file of the Lute-book lullaby for SATB? I would be very grateful for a copy! thanks Charles browne To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Looking for new tuner + computers

2007-10-16 Thread Charles Browne
Browne; LuteNet list Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Looking for new tuner + computers Which tuner did you prefer? On Oct 15, 2007, at 11:00 PM, Charles Browne wrote: I have used the Schaller 'Oyster' for some time with various tuners , inclusing the Korg OT12 and the Peterson VSAM II

[LUTE] Re: Looking for new tuner + computers

2007-10-15 Thread Charles Browne
there is no? doubt that the pick-up is also very important when selecting a tuner. I have used the Schaller 'Oyster' for some time with various tuners , inclusing the Korg OT12 and the Peterson VSAM II. I use a bit of 'whitetack' to fix the pick-up to the body of the lute and this does not seem to

[LUTE] Re: Test format Pegs

2007-10-01 Thread Charles Browne
this is the URL that works. There are two character codes at the end of the first line that can easily be removed with a text editor. http://s105.photobucket.com/albums/m215/ag-no3phile/Mechanical%20pegs/?actio n=viewcurrent=LuteReamingHoles.jpg Charles -Original Message- From: Anthony

[LUTE] Re: Pilkington

2007-08-29 Thread Charles Browne
try www.gerbode.net. There are 8 or 9 pieces under Pilkington. The Lute Society newsletter no 69 had ,in its music supplement, the Collected Lute music of francis Pilkington Charles -Original Message- From: Eduardo Hayashi Magagnin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 August 2007 02:22 To:

[LUTE] Re: Nigel on YouTube

2007-07-19 Thread Charles Browne
The Lute Society Newsletter for December 2003 (no 68) has an article by Christopher Goodwin on some recent Dowland discoveries. There are some references to 'solus cum Sola' . The meaning is given as 'a man alone with a woman alone'. The article is well-worth reading ! Charles Browne

[LUTE] zero volume MP3 files

2007-07-16 Thread Charles Browne
Dear all has anyone made any zero volume spacer files in MP3 format that they would be willing to share? I am trying to put some pauses in a continuous loop playlist that has no means of separating items on the list, apart from inserting MP3 files with zero volume but with defined times eg 2/5/10

[LUTE] Carbon strings

2007-06-18 Thread Charles Browne
Dear colleagues, I have three carbon strings, at least I had three, marked No.6, No.8 and No, 10. Presumably these were from reels of fishing line. Is there a standard relationship between this type of numbering and string diameter? thanks Charles To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: To end all Lute Chord Confusion

2007-06-16 Thread Charles Browne
I wonder which politician you would name that after? Charles -Original Message- From: Stewart McCoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 June 2007 16:52 To: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] To end all Lute Chord Confusion Dear David, Not half as difficult as Dutch typed fast, or Japanese for

[LUTE] 2 questions

2007-06-06 Thread Charles Browne
does anyone have lute accompaniments to 1.My spirit longs for Thee by John Dowland and 2. Palestrina O bone Jesu for SATB. Both are available in staff notation but if anyone has already done the intabulations and were willing to share them I would be most grateful! thanks Charles To get on

[LUTE] Re: Anthony Rooley's Lute Lessons

2007-04-12 Thread Charles Browne
Dear Bruce I dont know about this recording but if you are looking for easy music with an associated CD the Lute Society produces one: 58 Very Easy Pieces for Renaissance Lute NOW WITH CD edited by Christopher Goodwin, John H. Robinson, and Jeanne Fisher, with left-hand fingerings by Lynda Sayce.

[LUTE] intabulations of God so loved the world and Ah holy Jesu, how hast thou offended

2007-03-08 Thread Charles Browne
I am looking for intabulations of God so loved the world - for four voices, and Ah Holy Jesu, how hast though offended by Cruger - for four voices, for archlute. If any one has these pieces intabulated and is willing to share them I would be most grateful thanks Charles To get on or off this

[BAROQUE-LUTE] interpretation of arpeggiated chords in Weiss sonatas

2007-02-28 Thread Charles Browne
I enjoyed watching, and listening to, Daniel Shoskes playing the prelude from the Sonata no 13 of the Weiss London MS on Youtube. I wondered whether there are any written performance 'suggestions' for playing Weiss's arpeggiated chords or whether this is an individual choice at the time of

[LUTE] Re: More on Sting again REVISED

2007-02-28 Thread Charles Browne
according to John Carey John Donne - Life, mind and Art FaberFaber 1981 the fine was £20 per month. Donne came from a very well-connected Catholic family but he turned apostate eventually. Presumably the random nature of the persecution was far worse than anything else and the torture and

[LUTE] Re: mertel

2007-01-28 Thread Charles Browne
Davide, Richard Darsie of Silver Sound Publications, produced two volumes ,one of preludes and the second of Fantasiae and Fugues, in 1996 from Hortus Musicalis Novus. I have no idea whether they are still available. best wishes Charles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[LUTE] Burns Night

2007-01-15 Thread Charles Browne
Late again! Has anybody any suggestions for an encore for Soprano+lute at a Burns night Supper. ? thanks Charles To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] East European renaissance lute music in staff notation

2006-11-03 Thread Charles Browne
Dear List, I was asked by a harpist whether I could suggest any renaissance lute music of east European origin, in staff notation, that would be suitable for teaching 'arrangement for harps'. I would be grateful for any suggestions and music if possible ,please : ^). I gather this is for a Harp

[BAROQUE-LUTE] keys for Falkenhagen sonatas and partitas

2006-10-29 Thread Charles Browne
could some kind person please let me what the keys for Falkenhagen's Partitas and Sonatas are? The only CD I have of the partitas gives the first three as being in A Major and the last three as Bb Major but I think this is the wrong way round. I cannot find any reference to the keys used for the

[LUTE] re Taizé chants

2006-09-15 Thread Charles Browne
Has anybody transcribed Taizé chants for the lute? If so, I would love to hear from them thanks Charles To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: strings: direction of vibration?

2006-08-28 Thread Charles Browne
The following link to the proceedings of a 1983 conference of Swedish guitar makers is quite interesting and there is a reference to the acoustic differences between plucking 'vertically' or 'in parallel' to the soundboard. A vertical 'pluck' producing a strong ,but short, tone and a parallel

[LUTE] Re: Johann Gottfried Conradi

2006-08-02 Thread Charles Browne
1724 is the date given in the Tree edition facsimile To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Zamboni Romano Sonatas in Score Conversions Edition

2006-07-12 Thread Charles Browne
I am trying to track down a copy of the Zamboni Sonatas that Score Conversions produced in 1997, in French Tab, from the Lucca Ms(1718) If anyone has a copy that they wish to part with please contact me off-list. I tried emailing Miles Dempster but the email was returned so I don't know whether

[LUTE] Re: Latest Musical Definitions

2006-05-27 Thread Charles Browne
extra: Placebo Domingo: at least 20% of listeners thought it was the real 'thing' Tempo Asboluto : anywhere between Andante Cantabile and Allegro con Brio The following appeared on various church notice boards. you may have seen the list already but these made me laugh! Next Thursday

[LUTE] Re: beginners tablature

2006-05-18 Thread Charles Browne
The Lute Society publishes 58 pieces for Renaissance Lute not 10c but a useful stepping-stone. The French Lute Society publishes a series called Le secret des Muses edited by Pascale Boquet. Vol 7 is 20 easy pieces for 10c lute (trans.) best of luck Charles To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: The Ten Commandments

2006-02-25 Thread Charles Browne
Dear Stewart, this presumably is Christopher Tye's setting. I thought that I had a copy but no luck, I am afraid. It is available from Stainer Bell. Best wishes Charles To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

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2006-01-19 Thread Charles Browne
Dear All, what early music events are happening in Venice in the first week in July? thanks Charles To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Music Therapy

2006-01-03 Thread Charles Browne
surely they would keep to the beat? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Music Therapy

2006-01-02 Thread Charles Browne
A Happy New Year to all! There was an article in one of the UK national newspapers recently about Harpists being 'employed' in operating theatres and in Chemotherapy Units to help reduce tension and anxiety in patients. I followed this up by looking at various links to formal Music Therapy and I

[LUTE] Re: Thanks to Wayne

2005-12-31 Thread Charles Browne
I agree most heartily! Charles To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Bawdy Songs Catches

2005-12-26 Thread Charles Browne
Faber Music has just published Broadside Ballads - songs from the streets,taverns,theatres and countryside of 17th C England Edited by Lucy Skeaping. Words and melody only but it could be a useful source. ISBN 0-571-52223-8 regards Charles To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] writing divisions

2005-11-02 Thread Charles Browne
what are the 'rules' for writing divisions? regards Charles To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

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