Hi all,
I forgot to give the link tio the Arpeges page yesterday - apologies to
those not concerned - http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Arpeges/Arpeges.html
happy weekend all,
Alain
Dear lutenists,
I have now released version 7.2 of my tablature software, Django. I have
been privileged to work on a new type of tablature for that version,
developed by Matt Wadsworth, with the assistance of Jacob Heringman, to
allow blind lutenists (and guitar players) to print tablature on
Merry Christmas to all,
Those of you who don't mind unusual chords will find a few in this new
piece of mine. You're welcome to put them under the tree,
http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/mycomps/CadeauDeLaMeduse.pdf
Dear lutenists,
I am very happy to announce the release of version 7.37 of the Django
software. That version includes many improvements at the graphical and
notation levels, as well as a new function to export the data to the
MusicXML format, to increase the chances that the intabulations made
Hi all,
What is the preferred/correct word for those lute strings below the 6th
one...? I used to call them bourdons but it seems that in England the
prefered term is diapasons.
Anxiously awaiting public wisdom on this point of terminology -
Alain
Ron,
The Besard song Ma belle si ton ame makes clear what happens when the
young nun goes spazieren out of the confines of the convent - it's a
typical Carpe diem song:
Ma belle si ton ame se sent allumee
De cette douce flamme qui nous force d'aimer
Allons contents allons sur la verdure
Allons
happen to know if that story is directly behind the choice made by
the Baltimore consort though?
Alain
At 05:22 PM 3/14/2004, Howard Posner wrote:
Alain Veylit at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The superb version by the
Baltimore consort is sung by a woman - definitely not historically correct
.
- Original Message -
From: Howard Posner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 1:22 AM
Subject: Cold and Raw (was Life, the universe...)
Alain Veylit at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The superb version by the
Baltimore consort is sung by a woman - definitely
, the universe...)
Alain Veylit at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The superb version by the
Baltimore consort is sung by a woman - definitely not
historically correct,
when you know the lyrics.
Not at all. If anyone cares, there is nothing historically
incorrect in
women singing songs
wrote:
Alain Veylit at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Personally I think that this changes the focus of the story from Purcell
(who granted, may still have been irate at not being the central point of
attention...) to Arabella and the Queen, who perhaps asked Mrs Hunt to sing
the tune teasingly after
Thanks to Howard and Jon for their excellent suggestions. I was mostly
puzzled because I thought about the Torah which I think is on a scroll: how
do you handle page turns on a scroll...
Alain
At 09:25 PM 3/15/2004, Howard Posner wrote:
Alain Veylit at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But what
tours, years after the recording was made.
Best wishes,
Ronn McFarlane
From: Alain Veylit [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Howard Posner [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Cold and Raw (was Life, the universe...)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 08:23:07 -0800
Howard,
Thanks for the nice story. Maybe I
most
vulgar on Art of the Bawdy Song -- the same disc with Cold Raw!).
Best regards!
Greg--
From: Alain Veylit [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Howard Posner [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Cold and Raw (was Life, the universe...)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 08:23:07 -0800
Howard
What is a Weiss theorbo exactly?
Alain
At 01:41 PM 3/22/04, Roman Turovsky wrote:
I have put another interesting photo, that of a triple-swan-neck lute from
Deutsches Museum in München, on
http://polyhymnion.org/swv/vita.html
RT
Arne,
Could you please double-check the URLs below: I am getting a 404 (Not
found) when I click on the links.
Tak so mucke,
Alain
At 03:11 AM 3/24/2004, Arne Keller wrote:
Dear lute-friends,
seeing that all the baroque-lute players are also reading this list,
I embrace the opportunity to
For the amateurs of new music for Baroque lute, I put together a gigue
grave in the french style (with a tinge of greater Los Angeles accent, the
end is very rap-sodick and you can probably skip it altogether...). I think
it's ok and fun to play (there is a nice 2 octave descent in the third
GD Em F#6
When humour banished in exile lies,
G Ab Ab5+7b
Gentle folks fight with mucho bile and guile.
C D D7
So unto others' silliness smile,
G Gbm7+ F#Maj.
Lest sweet
When I attended James Tyler's class, he gave us both bass lines with
continuo figures and realized parts in tablature to play from, depending on
the piece. Continuo should be improvised, as long as it does not improvise
disaster, I suppose. But it is important to remain flexible and away from
Ed,
You either have it in you or you don't... Sorry, though, I did not realize
how short notice this was. But it is a yearly event,so one year to prepare
is just about right, no?
Best,
Alain
At 12:11 PM 3/30/04, Ed Durbrow wrote:
Dear budding composers,
I got this in my e-mail, and it may be of
Dear list,
I am forwarding this question, but I am quite curious myself: what does the
Honsok mean? This is one the duets in the Folger Dowland MS.
Thanks in advance for your science,
Alain
Craig,
You could add paquebot (i.e. boats like the Titanic or Queen mary) which
comes from packet boat and a good many other French words. My favorite
fake French expression in english is double entendre which makes no sense
at all to us French people. The nearest equivalent would be
Although this is not totally lute-related (how many decibels can a lute
generate?) I find it amusing/ironic:
Paul McCartney, a known animal-rights advocate, is in trouble with
Greenwich people: even though he rehearses across the river, complaints
from residents were issued, most notably one
Howard,
You are most probably right on the copyrights, but it seems to me that
those big chain supermarket music compilations must represent big bucks for
someone (not necessarily the recording artists). There is a potential
annoyance if lute music were to be tagged or associated with
hope that sinking does not mean anything like drowning in the
fruit juice department ...
Alain
At 03:41 AM 5/14/2004, bill wrote:
On Venerdì, mag 14, 2004, at 04:30 Europe/Rome, Alain Veylit wrote:
There is a potential
annoyance if lute music were to be tagged or associated
Stewart,
I realize I was too quick using the word continuo - It is more a bass line
(clearly separate from the tune). I suppose it may have been meant either
for a singer or a gamba. But given the loseness of definitions in those
days, a theorbo is not unthinkable, although perhaps not a good
In view of a recent discussion:
There is a fairly extensive discussion of shape note singing by the
Anonymous 4 (with musical examples) on the NPR WEB site at
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1834026 under the Listen to
Anonymous 4 Live link.
You'll need a reasonably fast Internet
23.13 schrieb Alain Veylit:
In view of a recent discussion:
There is a fairly extensive discussion of shape note singing by the
Anonymous 4 (with musical examples) on the NPR WEB site at
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1834026http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1834026
under
For Roman, and others potentially interested in male polyphony, I have
converted the png files to gif and collected the images on one html page at
: http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/Catches/catches.html
The source is a many times reprinted collection entitled: The pleasant
musical
Hi all,
Perhaps some of you will like a little piece I have been working on for a
few days. It is called the Baricades of Bagdad, and is meant for a single
strung 13-course lute with a Bb tuning (I think) of my own design
(elitiste, moi?). The baricades in the title come from Couperin's famous
Hi Goran, and all,
I am working with Jacob on providing the transcriptions of the Siena pieces
from his CD in pdf format as an accompaniment booklet of sorts - i.e.
available over the WEB. I am not sure how complete the transcriptions will
be but I am sure at least some of the pieces will be
Matt's CD should be released fairly soon - I'll ask him for more detail and
pass on the info. Jacob's CD has been available for a week or 2 already.
Alain
At 09:45 AM 5/16/2004, Daniel Shoskes wrote:
I bought and am thouroughly enjoying the CD. I would have no problem
paying $20 for a CD-ROM
Hi Goran, all,
Since you ask: I have been trying to prepare a project to publish the
Cherbury lute book in DVD format for a while now with mixed success. On the
plus side, the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge - which hold the MS - is
very encouraging. They not only agreed to have the book
Apparently Henry Purcell was credited with some rather hairy songs - see:
http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/MillersDaughter.png
Or perhaps only the tune is by him? This comes from a 1720 collection of
catches by Dr. John Blow, the late Henry Purcell, and other eminent masters.
Alain
Roman,
Happy to oblige:
http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/UnderThisStoneLies.png - But
what's special about that particular one? (besides your taste for the
tombeaux...)
Alain
PS: Some of those catches actually come with a continuo line, actually a
very simple bass line probably
Matt's Johnson CD will be released in October on Deux-Elles records,
www.deux-elles.co.uk
Alain
e
At 09:45 AM 5/16/04, Daniel Shoskes wrote:
I bought and am thouroughly enjoying the CD. I would have no problem
paying $20 for a CD-ROM with all the pdf files.
Is Wadsworth's Johnson CD already
Jon,
Some of the music my daughters listens to sounds much like electrified
Vogon poetry ... But they also enjoy the Baltimore consort and the Beatles.
So that makes the balance, I guess
Alain
At 11:10 PM 5/17/2004, Jon Murphy wrote:
Which is worse Alain, volume or Vogon poetry? I would hate to
Sorry to bother the list with a personal message to Mildes Dempster:
Miles, my e-mail to you bounced also - I got a notification several days
after I sent it.
Alain
At 03:44 PM 5/13/04, Miles Dempster wrote:
Sorry to have to post this to the group, but I am trying to send email
to Alain Veylit
Bill,
It would be unfortunate (and plain false) to even seem to accept a view of
the world cut in half: Americans and Britons on one side, and the rest of
the world on the other. Surely torture is un-American, and many true
patriots have had to flee their own government. One of the main
Echoed from the French lute society:
Un enregistrement salué par la presse:
Jacques Champion de Chambonnières Pièces de clavecin
Olivier Beaumont clavecin
Claire Antonini Luth et théorbe
AS/Abeille Musique (abeillemusique.com)
av
i
At 04:15 PM 5/25/04, Thomas Schall wrote:
I second Roman's
On Martedì, giu 8, 2004, at 07:10 Europe/Rome, Jon Murphy wrote:
What is re-entrant tuning.
--I thought re-entrant tuning was when you stop the other guys from playing
so you get a second chance to tune.
--In a solo setting, re-entrant tuning means to stop mid-way through a
piece to adjust
for a nigerian single stringed
lute . It sounds a bit like the Theramin!
Charles
-Original Message-
From: Alain Veylit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 08 June 2004 17:43
To: bill; Jon Murphy
Cc: James A Stimson; lute society
Subject: Re: really bad deals and reentrant tuning
On Martedì, giu 8, 2004
- I would rather
trim the strings of my lute on the wrong side of the bridge than to become
a guided parameter in that cultural war...
Alain
At 03:29 PM 6/8/04, Howard Posner wrote:
Alain Veylit wrote:
Is a fifth really a unit
of measure for whisky?
And any other liquor, including wine
Alright, ooopsie, the Cultural bureau is a hoax... I had to go all the way
to the Job opportunities page to figure it out for sure... Who knows: the
beautiful song in the second link might be a fake too. Have the Sauceks
taken over the whole WEB?
Alain
At 05:48 PM 6/8/04, Alain Veylit wrote
sign as a quaver (quarter note).
Alain Veylit with Stringwalker and Francesco Tribioli with Fronimo
both get the relationship wrong in their computer software. I think
both their programmes are excellent in their different ways, and have
proved immensely useful, yet both make the mistake
Hi all,
It looks like I will post my tuning jokes on a semi-permanent WEB page and
it occurs to me that it might be good to sprinkle it with some serious
advice on tuning. There are many methods and tips that could be really
helpful to beginners, and even advanced players. If people want to
Hi all,
I was wondering if there are users of the Sibelius G7 program and how well
it works for Renaissance lute,
Thanks,
Alain
I took my lute for repair to a violion maker and she blew in the sound hole
to figure out my instrument's tuning: the bowl was in D, she said.
Alain
At 07:30 AM 6/23/04, Thomas Schall wrote:
I've heard tales of a lutemaker who could tell by knocking on a tree how
it will (most likely) sound ...
- or was it a baroque
lute?
To sugest a tuning in D would be unusual for a renaissance lute.
Thomas
Am Mit, 2004-06-23 um 21.29 schrieb Alain Veylit:
I took my lute for repair to a violion maker and she blew in the sound
hole
to figure out my instrument's tuning: the bowl was in D, she said.
Alain
Herbert,
I was very impressed by that little trick of hers - like anyone with a
broken neck might be impressed with the surgeon's jokes... - but now I'd
really like to know more: supposing she produced white noise, would the
bowl be able to filter out and amplify certain frequencies - thereby
Besnainou, who is on the French lute list, because he
spent most of his life pondering on some of those problems. We'll see what
he says,
Alain
At 09:23 AM 6/24/2004, Herbert Ward wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Alain Veylit wrote:
I'Il be happy to read more science about this-
We had a dicussion
ideas and knowledge of all this?
Alain -
At 01:59 PM 6/24/04, Herbert Ward wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Alain Veylit wrote:
would the bowl be able to filter out and amplify certain frequencies -
thereby producing a D?
You don't want the body to resonate too especially well at D, because
There was no pornography when I went to the site, so perhaps your computer
was hacked... Check the file associations for mp3 or m3u perhaps to see if
there is anything unusual there.
Alain
At 04:10 AM 6/25/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I tried this site, as I am playing some of
Hi Stephen,
I put your message aside for re-reading, which I have done now... I have
never been truly happy with the sound of my archlute tuned in G, which
explains in part why I started experimenting with other tunings for that
instrument, including tunings of my own making, experiments with
Anyone with experience with the Capella software, for regular notation?
Looks at first sight like a good package -
Alain
At 02:26 AM 6/27/04, Ed Durbrow wrote:
I've bought Encore, Finale, Professional Composer and Composer's
Mosaic in my day. I hate all of them. Music Notation is deceivingly
I think what Bill may have wanted to say is that there is a whole other
dimension in lute playing than HIP - all the while being enriched, of
course, rather than constrained, by historically informed performance...
Nobody would want to revive the past simply to rehash the same old stories,
but
Hector Sequera at the University of North Texas is writing his thesis on
this MS and working on transcriptions and concordances.
See links below for my own transcription of one of the pieces - (All
mistakes mine, where was I roaming...)
Is that the one you are looking for:
http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/PDF/ToccataArpeggiata.pdf ?
Alain
At 08:53 AM 7/21/04, Tom Leoni wrote:
Does anyone know where I can find a PDF of the Toccata Arpeggiata by
Kapsberger in Italian tabulature - but in the original setting for
Jon,
Lute players play with two fingers only on the right hand to emulate their
hero: Django Reinhardt - I am surprised this is not common knowledge (even
though Django's burnt fingers were actually on the left hand according to
some sources...)
For more bad jokes, links to the Django
Hi all,
Personally, I see HIP as a step in the direction of the revival of the lute
as a modern instrument. What we are learning now from the old sources
cannot be a complete goal in itself - for one thing, the place for
improvisation in the music of the time was unquestionably crucial (look
Hi all,
I too seem to have had a copy of Renbourn's early recordings. This lead me
to discover subsequently real lute music. A couple of years back I tried
to arrange a few pieces by Renbourn for lute. The results - cleaned up a
tad - are to be found at
I spotted a theorbo in the very strange new Franco-American melodrama
called le divorce that played yesterday on HBO - The French characters
were all of course spinet-less in the movie... it was far from an
excelloent flick, with too much violance and a plot that tried to pull to
many strings
Hi all,
Here is a little musical pilgrimage for two equal lutes:
http://www.cbsr.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/BellsOfWalsingham.mid
I am not sure I like it myself, but unlike some of my previous productions
this one is definitely humanly playable...
Best heard with Timidity, feedback welcome,
The difference between a vihuela and a charango (I own one, which still has
the animal's ears on...) is the same as that between a piano and an organ
transplant: they sort of look the same, kind of have the same purpose, and
are just as related to each other as we all are on this planet: 7
Europe and America are two continents separated by a common language:
e-mail English (or Mailglish).
Excerpts from the Bill Gates manual of style:
1) Thou shalt not begin a sentence with But lest the anti-porn-spam
autocleaner randomly deletes all your messages.
2) Thou shalt not begin a
Richard just confirmed to me that the pieces in question are transcriptions
from the Saizenai MS as well as the Agen MS.
Alain
At 08:09 PM 9/22/2004, Steve Amazeen wrote:
Subject: Civiol's edition of Visee theorbo music
I can no longer find the web site where I got this. My question is:
Hi all,
While doing a search in Yahoo on the words Django and lute, I found the=20
(very) puzzling following entry (number 9 in the listing):
http://rds.yahoo.com/S=3D2766679/K=3Dlute+django/v=3D2/SID=3De/TID=3DDFX0_3=
/l=3DWS1/R=3D9/H=3D0/IPC=3Dus/SHE=3D0/SIG=3D12hb0bndj/*-http%3A//www.britann=
Yeah, but what's the prize??
Of course if lutenists were a truly enterprizing bunch, they could all put
10 dollars in the pot and truly get something going. Or the contestants
could make sure their piece can be transcribed for guitar to enter one of
the many competitions for that instrument.
Hi all,
Perhaps of interest to some:
The (epic) duel of a lutenist and a nightingale, from: A collection of
ballads, and some other occasional poems. By William Tunstall, ... 1727.
1. http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/LuteNightingale_1.png
2.
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Hi all,
-Sébastien de Brossard (died 1730), gives the following definition for a
chacone in his Musical dictionary:
Chacone: A kind of dance in the air of a saraband, derived from the Moors.
The bass always consists of 4 notes, which proceed in conjoint degrees,
wherin they make divers concords
You all got it all wrong: The difference between a vihuela and a
charango is the same as that between a piano and an organ transplant.
What beats me is why this thread is going on, while we could be talking
about the Cuban lute - as heard on the Buena Vista Club famous CD -
which at least as
:
On Wednesday 15 December 2004 23:29, Alain Veylit wrote:
I added a PDF version in Freedom Tablature also.
[...] Goran Crona's beautiful
transcription of Luys Milan's Maestro (vihuela solo pieces only)
from my site at http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/ELF.html [...]
Many
Hi all,
Here are the real answers to the question: How many lutenists does it
take to change a light bulb?
There are two answers, depending on whether you are a Renaissance
lutenist, or a Baroque one:
Renaissance lutenist:
--It takes two: one to change the light bulb, the other to redo it thumb
I added a PDF version in Freedom Tablature also.
Alain
Arto Wikla wrote:
Dear Alain,
you wrote:
[...] Goran Crona's beautiful
transcription of Luys Milan's Maestro (vihuela solo pieces only) from
my site at http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/ELF.html [...]
Fine! Beautiful edition! Do
Hi Goran,
The best questions have to remain unanswered... but you can always read
Jung's theories about synchronicity. Note that a small accident in your
own navel is always more troublesome than a clash of civilization on the
other planet, but that should not prevent you from enjoying your New
There were other parts in that review that were generally offensive:
reducing the whole history of the Baroque lute to the few pieces by
Bach really stinks of the utmost ignorance of the true facts. My guess
is that the reviewer is a classical guitar player who thinks that Weiss
wrote Baroque
Hi all,
I transcribed a song by Campion but hit a snag: what is the last word of
the song?
see: http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/Campion_14.html
Alain
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Our first defense against fascism is a respect for truth and events as
they happened: The Night of the long Knives was an internal purge
ordered by Hitler against the S.A.
Modern democracy is not based on belief, but reason; it is not a matter
of faith, but on the contrary a matter of profound
, the
rest being an interpretation by the transcriber.
Printed them all, looking forward to playing them.
Best, Jon
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Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: Bob Jordan
Tired
Hi all,
Thanks to Dana for bringing up those questions: it is always a bonus for
programmers when users and other programmers express their ideas
on concrete matters like this. In fact, I have been feeling personally
in the past year or two that perhaps I lost contact a little too much
with the
Thomas,
Many thanks for sharing this information: it seems to confirm my hunch,
unfortunately. I think of this situation as similar to
the one of luthiers if Yamaha started a line of semi-expensive lutes.
They would not be happy.
Tschuss,
Alain
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Alain and
Hi all,
I think some people were a little tough on Zamboni... I like his stuff,
and I transcribed his ciaccona - recorded by POD a while ago - so people
who don't know his music can get an idea of his style. see
http://www.cbsr.ucr.edu//wlkfiles/ELF.html
Best,
Alain
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XML would be much more efficient for that and many other purposes
because of all the parsing tools that are being developed for that format,
and because it is a structured format that is meant to do precisely that
sort of manipulation. Wayne's format is meant to produce nice prints
with his
Can anyone help translate from old Spanish the paragraph on the dedillo,
on http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/~gls/images/facsimiles/Mudarra/Preface_2.jpg
Thanks,
Alain
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Arto,
Da Vinci argued that painting was superior to sculpture on the grounds
that sculpture was messy and dirty and involved generally more muscle
effort than painting.
I have always had a problem with the holy sanctity of human imagination
and the composer's all-important intention - these are
Donna Curry moved to Santa Fe some few yars ago - perhaps she is still
there,
Alain
Christopher Schaub wrote:
Ok, this is sort of a plea for help. I really need to relocate to a warmer and
sunnier place in the next few months (seasonal affective disorder). I want to
relocate where there is a
Ralf,
This is very interesting: how many of those pieces preserved in
monasteries (roughly speaking) are sacred works, as opposed to dances or
preludes? any single volume dedicated to the liturgy?
Alain
ralf bachmann wrote:
BTW, has anyone noticed that while 50% of the
repertoire in the 16th
.
But there are other manuscripts and even prints (Falckenhagen!) only
containing sacred music as there still was a living tradition of domestic
devotion.
Thomas
Am Mittwoch, 23. Februar 2005 18:04 schrieb Alain Veylit:
Ralf,
This is very interesting: how many of those pieces preserved in
monasteries
Just so that Roman does not feel lonely, you can find some imaginary
music of my own at :
http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/Concerto/Spagnuola.html
Warning: Lots of strumming, syncopation and noise... (i.e. dance music)
Alain
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, that is already rewarding in itself.
Best wishes,
Alain
Arto Wikla wrote:
Dear Alain,
on Tuesday 22 March 2005 22:47, Alain Veylit wrote:
http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/Concerto/Spagnuola.html
Warning: Lots of strumming, syncopation and noise... (i.e. dance
music)
Thank you
Une jeune fillette used to be Une jeune nonette... But the religious
implications of the song are neither catholic nor orthodox, and
definitely not puritan. The tune lasted a remarkable hundred and some
years. One version of the song is found in Besard's Thesaurus harmonicus.
Alain
Sean Smith
I am a bit lost in this thread: I don't know if there is any evidence -
let alone convincing - that Jesus travelled to India, but we do know
that the Greeks went there a few centuries earlier (at the time of
Aristotle) and even stayed quite a while, after the medical luminaries
of the time
Actually, it even looks like the Arabs may have invented tablature: look
at http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M345/Arab_Music1.html - apparently quite an
excellent site:
Here is the bit about tablature:
An early contributor was Ibn al Munajjim (died 912) who left us a
description of an established
Well, the advantage of that thread is that I learned a few things about
the oud and even the Indian sitar, a late invention apparently, modelled
after the persian sehtar barely a couple of hundred years ago.
But from all other possible instruments, the one the closest to the
renaissance lute is
Donatella,
What are you complaining about? My own feedback ratio is one in a few
thousand visits, and usually it is a complaint... You are doing great. :)
Alain
Carl Donsbach wrote:
My compliments, Donatella: lovely is as lovely does!
-Carl Donsbach
--On Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:35 PM +0200
Thomas,
I can confirm that Andre Rieux is well-known in the US - he is currently
advertising for public television, which is a nice thing to do. I try to
avoid hearing him play to keep my good impression...
Alain
Thomas Schall wrote:
I'm not sure this guy (who obviously believes his Strat -
I really like what this guy does: http://www.vynograd.com/ particularly
his own stuff, as opposed to the obligado Bach pieces... The 8-string
guitar has some interesting parallels with the Baroque lute, no?:) And
there is plenty of good quality MP3s too on the site. And technical tips
on how
I have two remarks on the Baroque lute to guitar transcriptions:
-One big problem is the sound of the basses on the guitar that are
relatively dull when compared to the lute. This is aggravated by the
fact that lute music naturally makes of the richness of its bass
register. So is it a good
Hi all,
I think Thomas's point is more true of the guitar than the lute. Here is
why I think this: it is difficult to hit the high frets on a double
string course and have it sound in tune. In fact this took me quite a
few years to achieve. On octaved courses this is even more difficult,
and
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