[LUTE] Re: guitar temperament

2012-01-18 Thread Braig, Eugene
In addition, Bartolotti ends each passacaille with a chord to introduce the key of the one to follow. On the surface, the implication is at least for the possibility of through performance. I can't imagine how that could work without equal temperament. Eugene

[LUTE] Re: Guitar temperament

2012-01-23 Thread Braig, Eugene
However, of course, equal temperament allowed exploitation of modulation in a way not permitted by other temperament schemes set by frets or keys. Pick your scheme to serve your musical intent (or that of your ensemble partners), and there's nothing wrong with whatever that is (equal

[LUTE] Re: Mandolin

2012-02-15 Thread Braig, Eugene
Well, I'm not in the UK, but... Unfortunately, one of the greatest proponents of classical mandolin, UK denizen Alison Stephens, is recently deceased. She was a student of the late Hugo D'Alton, was loved, and is missed. She taught at Trinity College: http://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/. I don't

[LUTE] Re: Mandolin

2012-02-15 Thread Braig, Eugene
] On Behalf Of Braig, Eugene Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 9:46 AM To: Martyn Hodgson; Lute Dmth Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mandolin Well, I'm not in the UK, but... Unfortunately, one of the greatest proponents of classical mandolin, UK denizen Alison Stephens, is recently deceased. She was a student

[LUTE] Re: OT: Music in church

2012-03-14 Thread Braig, Eugene
My reason for staying away from church in droves ever since coming of an age that I could decide to do so is quite independent of the presence or absence of schlocky music (that only shallowly apes popular music at its best). I think there is a real reason for religion to struggle to appear

[LUTE] Re: Wikipedia

2012-03-14 Thread Braig, Eugene
Don't we all... Mixed blessing indeed! Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Monica Hall Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:35 PM To: A. J. Ness Cc: Lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Wikipedia Dear Art Yes - I just did. What

[LUTE] Re: Being too clever, knowing always how it is...

2012-03-15 Thread Braig, Eugene
In fishes, depending upon the degree of group responsiveness, the swarm behavior is usually referred to as shoaling (for somewhat loose associations) or schooling (in more tight-knit associations). Closely schooling fishes often feature a highly developed lateralis system for acute

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

2012-03-15 Thread Braig, Eugene
just a wee bit. At least we're not discussing schooling Clupeidae in this particular thread! Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher Wilke Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:56 AM To: Edward Mast; Braig, Eugene Cc

[LUTE] Re: Vimeo: Monica Pustilnik playing Piccinini

2012-03-28 Thread Braig, Eugene
Indeed. This is accentuated with modern rest stroke, but even with free stroke, modern players strive to drive the stroke vertically towards the soundboard...that Piccinini (and I suspect many other astute pluckers) had already figured out around four centuries ago. Best, Eugene

[LUTE] Re: All about micing...redux

2012-04-09 Thread Braig, Eugene
In most common usages, at least in the US, mic is a noun abbreviation for microphone and mike (and conjugates) is a verb abbreviation for to use or deploy a microphone ...or something like that. Carry on. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: Paul O'Dette interview

2012-04-10 Thread Braig, Eugene
That guitar teacher, mentioned very early on, was Mr. John McCormick, and is still active in publishing classical-era art song with guitar accompaniment and is one of my favorite guys in the world. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: All about micing...redux

2012-04-10 Thread Braig, Eugene
: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:04 AM To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: All about micing...redux From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu Subject:[LUTE] Re: All about micing...redux I'm assuming it's still pronounced 'mike' but maybe it's 'mick'? Perhaps we should

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-25 Thread Braig, Eugene
While I enjoyed this read, I didn't see anything particularly new here. For example, Hopkinson Smith specifically named all the sources of Bach's original lute music in the liner notes he drafted for his recording of this music around 30 years ago. He also stated their evident non-lute

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE] [LUTE] [LUTE] Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-25 Thread Braig, Eugene
I think the point, David, is that the music we have inherited as Bach's works for lute doesn't have any linear provenance to actually connect them to an intention by Bach for them to be performed on lute. That said, transcriptions of any Bach music are as legitimately lute as the alleged lute

[LUTE] Re: Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-25 Thread Braig, Eugene
in the article, doesn't this work fine on the archlute? Of all the arguments, playability certainly is intriguing. dt __ From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wed, April 25, 2012 11:31:40

[LUTE] RE: [LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Re: Re: Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-26 Thread Braig, Eugene
), lots of statements without evidence. Regards Stephan still clinging to illusions of lute. It's tough letting go. But he put it all together very nicely, I thought. On Apr 25, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Braig, Eugene wrote: While I enjoyed this read, I didn't see anything particularly new

[LUTE] Re: Bach¹s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-26 Thread Braig, Eugene
of the source material for Bach's lute works, whatever conclusion anybody would like to draw from it. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: Mayes, Joseph [mailto:ma...@rowan.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:49 AM To: Braig, Eugene; lute Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Bach¹s Lute Suites

[LUTE] Re: Bach¹s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-29 Thread Braig, Eugene
..And I have nothing more to add other than I also agree with all you've said, Joseph. Pluckers are good folk. Cheers! Eugene -Original Message- From: Mayes, Joseph [mailto:ma...@rowan.edu] Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 10:09 AM To: Braig, Eugene; lute Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: Bach¹s

[LUTE] RE: [LUTE] Re: Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-29 Thread Braig, Eugene
still clinging to illusions of lute. It's tough letting go. But he put it all together very nicely, I thought. On Apr 25, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Braig, Eugene wrote: While I enjoyed this read, I didn't see anything particularly new here. For example, Hopkinson Smith specifically named all

[LUTE] RE: [LUTE] Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-30 Thread Braig, Eugene
is what guitarist and how can we judge someones knowledge. It's much better to present bare facts letting people decide what they can make of it, IMHO. My 2 cents Best regards Jaroslaw Wiadomość napisana przez Braig, Eugene w dniu 26 kwi 2012, o godz. 22:01: I wholeheartedly

[LUTE] RE: [LUTE] Bach¹s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-30 Thread Braig, Eugene
, but then the question is what guitarist and how can we judge someones knowledge. It's much better to present bare facts letting people decide what they can make of it, IMHO. My 2 cents Best regards Jaroslaw Wiadomość napisana przez Braig, Eugene w dniu 26 kwi 2012, o godz. 22:01: I wholeheartedly

[LUTE] RE: [LUTE] Re: Re: Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-30 Thread Braig, Eugene
napisana przez Braig, Eugene w dniu 26 kwi 2012, o godz. 22:01: I wholeheartedly agree, jl. Fortunately, I don't believe the little article discussed here did make any such definitive statements. I think it did a fair job of presenting evidence with relative objectivity. Eugene

[LUTE] Re: Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-05-01 Thread Braig, Eugene
WiadomoAAAe/= napisana przez Braig, Eugene w dniu 26 kwi 2012, o godz. 22:01: I wholeheartedly agree, jl. Fortunately, I don't believe the little article discussed here did make any such definitive statements. I think it did a fair job of presenting evidence with relative objectivity

[LUTE] Re: Re-tuning the diapason of a 7c

2012-05-02 Thread Braig, Eugene
It's beginning to sound like an 8-course might actually better suit your needs. While short lived in period, they seem pretty ubiquitous today. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Joshua Burkholder Sent:

[LUTE] Re: Chanterelle choice?

2012-05-09 Thread Braig, Eugene
As one who fishes, the only reply possible is E...? Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel Winheld Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 3:52 PM To: Luca Manassero Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re:

[LUTE] Re: Chanterelle choice?

2012-05-10 Thread Braig, Eugene
Bass or any other lean fish with morels is pretty good too. Mmmm... Eugene -Original Message- From: Daniel Winheld [mailto:dwinh...@lmi.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 11:02 PM To: Braig, Eugene Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Chanterelle choice? To E

[LUTE] Re: Weiss Ciaconna + flute

2012-06-12 Thread Braig, Eugene
There is a chaconne to close one of the duos in the London manuscript (the one often referenced as duo 4, SC 14). The flute line has been reconstructed a number of times. I'm sure others on this list can point you towards available scores. Here are a few recordings of the piece that I like.

[LUTE] Re: New post

2012-06-26 Thread Braig, Eugene
Me too, and I still like hard-copy back up, either CD or vinyl, on the shelves as well. I've never met a hard drive--lower-case i or otherwise--as reliable in the long term as hard copy on a shelf. I do recognize it is becoming more difficult to find hard-copy material outside of the cyber

[LUTE] Re: New post

2012-06-26 Thread Braig, Eugene
...@dolcesfogato.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:15 PM To: Braig, Eugene Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: New post Please be aware that CD-R has an average lifespan of 10 years- even the best quality with the best storage. CDs may last longer - so you may want to consider longevity

[LUTE] Re: New post

2012-06-29 Thread Braig, Eugene
CDBaby recently made substantial updates to their site. In transition, their was a beta version of the new site up while the classic version operated at the old url. The new version is now up at the regular cdbaby.com site. I wonder if you simply tried to access while the transition was

[LUTE] Re: brass strings on 15th century lutes

2012-07-09 Thread Braig, Eugene
Is the gut-wrapped wire you describe substantially different than Gamut's gimped gut, David? If not, the notion that no one makes this lute string isn't quite right. Personally, I'm very fond of the tone and functionality of Gamut's gimped strings. The biggest problem with them is that the

[LUTE] Re: My First Lute

2012-07-31 Thread Braig, Eugene
Bruno touches on a good point. Some universities have early-music ensembles and own lutes. Members of those ensembles are sometimes provided with university instruments on loan while they are active with the ensemble. Here in central Ohio, e.g., Otterbein University occasionally assembles an

[LUTE] Re: My First Lute

2012-08-01 Thread Braig, Eugene
Depends upon the species, Craig. http://www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/CITES/CITES_home.html http://www.fws.gov/international/DMA_DSA/CITES/pdf/Cites_eng.pdf http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php (true rosewoods are of the genus Dalbergia) Only Dalbergia nigra is afforded protection

[LUTE] Re: My First Lute

2012-08-01 Thread Braig, Eugene
PS: Dalbergia nigra is that commonly referred to as Brazilian rosewood. Eugene -Original Message- From: Braig, Eugene Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 2:09 PM To: lutelist Net Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: My First Lute Depends upon the species, Craig. http://www.fws.gov/international

[LUTE] Re: Off topic : Early guitars

2012-10-03 Thread Braig, Eugene
Some titles and descriptions are truly tantalizing. However, I find it extremely frustrating in being so teased with no way to access more detailed images directly. I'm sincerely tempted to write Erik-Pierre regarding my vrais intérêt. There used to be a fine listserv for 19th-c. guitar

[LUTE] Re: Off topic : Early guitars

2012-10-03 Thread Braig, Eugene
ago. A Chris. On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Braig, Eugene [1][2]brai...@osu.edu wrote: Some titles and descriptions are truly tantalizing. A However, I find it extremely frustrating in being so teased with no way to access more

[LUTE] Re: Chitarrone

2012-10-17 Thread Braig, Eugene
The alternate theory of guitar and related words in other languages being derived from Persian roots char-tar (i.e., four string) used to get some traffic. Is that term still discussed/debated with any frequency? If not, why not? Best, Eugene -Original Message- From:

[LUTE] Re: Chitarrone

2012-10-17 Thread Braig, Eugene
I have to agree. And myriad organological relationships with different facet, functions, and potentially involving diverse inspiration/influence don't always led themselves to clear distinction at all other than basic description of vibrating mechanism. Eugene -Original Message-

[LUTE] Re: Chitarrone

2012-10-17 Thread Braig, Eugene
Too late... Eugene From: WALSH STUART [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:54 PM To: r.turov...@gmail.com Cc: Diego Cantalupi; Braig, Eugene; List LUTELIST Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Chitarrone Don't get (biologist) Eugene going on 'family

[LUTE] Re: Chitarrone

2012-10-17 Thread Braig, Eugene
..mandolins in fifth-tunings, some wire-strung English guittars, etc... Although I suppose one could argue they all bear some true lute relationships, at least structurally. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of

[LUTE] Re: Chitarrone

2012-10-17 Thread Braig, Eugene
I don't think a dichotomous key would work. As alluded, one of the neat features of biological inheritance is that all things come from similar parental things. Not so when addressing the capricious whims of human creativity. One of my favorite examples is mandolins, with many structurally

[LUTE] Re: Chitarrone

2012-10-18 Thread Braig, Eugene
don't bother using keys any longer. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Martyn Hodgson Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 3:57 AM To: lute mailing list list; Braig, Eugene Subject: [LUTE] Re: Chitarrone Dear

[LUTE] Re: Chitarrone

2012-10-18 Thread Braig, Eugene
about human rights! What about whale rights? What about worm rights? What about germ rights? etc, etc. On 10/18/2012 7:32 AM, Braig, Eugene wrote: I actually believe those who think about such stuff are usually operating under some form of generally acceptable classification system for 'lutes

[LUTE] Re: Sor Album

2012-11-13 Thread Braig, Eugene
Right up my alley... What's to be on volume two? Thanks, Rob! Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Rob MacKillop Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:58 AM To: Lute Subject: [LUTE] Sor Album Off Topic, I'm afraid,

[LUTE] Re: Sor Album

2012-11-13 Thread Braig, Eugene
With bated breath... Eugene From: Rob MacKillop [mailto:robmackil...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 1:12 PM To: Braig, Eugene Cc: Lute Subject: Re: [LUTE] Sor Album Thanks, Eugene, Volume 2? I'm working on it slowly - longer pieces, for sure

[LUTE] OT: Punteado y Landfill Harmonic

2012-12-27 Thread Braig, Eugene
Just because the Landfill Harmonic got some recent attention on these lists: Berta Rojas circulated a video of herself playing Barrios' Villancico with the Cateura Recycled Orchestra on Christmas. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCiN17lwxno Eugene To get on or off this list see

[LUTE] Re: Mandolin cases

2013-01-09 Thread Braig, Eugene
Good luck! Mine came to me from a maker in Brazil who worked with Luciano Faria before Faria became scarce. The case is very well made, but Luciano told me the maker only speaks Portuguese. I'll look for info on the maker as soon as I can break for home from the day-job office. Best, Eugene

[LUTE] Re: 4 course guitar in Italy

2013-01-29 Thread Braig, Eugene
I certainly can't speak for Martyn, but don't detect any suppositions of self-evident terminology in what he's written to this thread. I can speak for me, and what Martyn has written does speak to my own skepticism. I perceive a great difference between In spite of Meucci's article, I'm not

[LUTE] Re: 6c guittar

2013-01-29 Thread Braig, Eugene
[sheepishly] ok... -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Rob MacKillop Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 3:40 PM To: pie...@vantichelen.name Cc: Lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: 6c guittar Now this will be piss me off right royally if

[LUTE] Re: 4 course guitar in Italy

2013-01-29 Thread Braig, Eugene
Excellent plan. Eugene -Original Message- From: Monica Hall [mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 4:16 PM To: Braig, Eugene Cc: Lutelist Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: 4 course guitar in Italy Oh dear - sorry if I have given the wrong impression about what Martyn

[LUTE] Re: The English Guitar

2013-01-31 Thread Braig, Eugene
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of howard posner [howardpos...@ca.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:07 AM To: Lute list Subject: [LUTE] Re: The English Guitar On Jan 31, 2013, at 5:24 AM, G. D. Rossi

[LUTE] Re: Rose?

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

[LUTE] Re: Aquila

2013-03-08 Thread Braig, Eugene
Odd. I've been using the new Nylgut on several instruments and don't have that issue. Where fixed to hitch pins, I do have to be very careful of the knot I use because the stuff is prone to break at nicks or under tension at kinks. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From:

[LUTE] Re: Tempo, magnitude and precision.

2013-04-09 Thread Braig, Eugene
For those genres that value strict timing, add bluegrass. Right or wrong, those cats can be some of the most elitism-prone musicians I've ever encountered. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Bruno Correia Sent:

[LUTE] Re: Satoh - de Visée

2013-04-12 Thread Braig, Eugene
I'm guessing this is the Laurentius Greiff (1610) lute that appears on the CD: http://www.carpediem-records.de/en/De-Visee. Not to be too nitpicky (OK: actually, to be the nitpicky bastard I know myself to really be), but convincing is much more important than authentic in my humble opinion.

[LUTE] Re: microtonal guitar

2013-04-25 Thread Braig, Eugene
I haven't seen this particular incarnation yet. However, everything old is new again... Louis Panormo (1784 - 1862): http://www.studia-instrumentorum.de/MUSEUM/GITARREN/0566.htm Rene Lacote (ca. 1785 - after 1868) did similar only a little later in time, but I can't find any electronic

[LUTE] Re: Lutes and amps

2013-05-25 Thread Braig, Eugene
Myself, I prefer no amplification at all, but often find myself in for-hire situations that require it. For my relatively small-scale needs, the Roland AC series serves me very well, providing a relatively natural sound that is simply a bit louder. I couple that with a stand-mounted condenser

[LUTE] Re: Lute in North America?

2013-06-19 Thread Braig, Eugene
Total irrelevancy alert: Lake Superior only the largest lake in the world by surface area, not by volume. It is a part of a large system, the Laurentian Great Lakes, that do constitute the largest freshwater system in the world by volume. However, all by its lonesome ans because of its

[LUTE] Re: Lute in North America?

2013-06-19 Thread Braig, Eugene
:27 PM, Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu wrote: Total irrelevancy alert: Lake Superior only the largest lake in the world by surface area, not by volume. It is a part of a large system, the Laurentian Great Lakes, that do constitute the largest freshwater system in the world by volume. However

[LUTE] Re: Lute in North America?

2013-06-21 Thread Braig, Eugene
Hmmm... Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Tobiah Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 12:39 PM To: Braig, Eugene Cc: lute mailing list list Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute in North America? Here's a groovy little club of which

[LUTE] Re: Baroque guitar (original)

2013-07-08 Thread Braig, Eugene
What a score! All is beautiful. Sincere thanks for sharing, Valéry. Of what material is the back? Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Valéry Sauvage Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 1:12 AM To: 'Lutelist List'

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-06 Thread Braig, Eugene
Thank you for this little interjection of integrationist rationality, Ned. This thread was descending too deeply into a segregationist pooh-pooh-the-classical-mainstream fest for my tastes. Frankly, the whole world of academic music seems to me to be teetering on the brink of commercial

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-06 Thread Braig, Eugene
On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:56:49 -0700, Nancy Carlin wrote: - web pages. This is the first place where potential employers (concert promoters etc.) look to find contact information. There are more than a few names in the lute world who do not have their own web sites. When you Google them

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-07 Thread Braig, Eugene
. . . And I've seen Hoppy fire off several bars by Piccinini on modern piano to demonstrate phrasing a line during a master class . . . by ear . . . and then transpose the same by half a step on the fly to accommodate A at 415! He tried to demonstrate it on the 5-course guitar with which he

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-08 Thread Braig, Eugene
. . . Many (certainly not all) somehow believing that assuming a bad cockney accent; whacking each other with wooden weapons while feigning the inability to use struck limbs; and listening to modern Irish, Scottish, or English folk songs strummed by steel-strung acoustic instruments somehow

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-08 Thread Braig, Eugene
Huzzah! From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of Christopher Wilke [chriswi...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 11:51 PM To: Braig, Eugene; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-09 Thread Braig, Eugene
Excellent points, all. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of t...@heartistrymusic.com Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 2:43 PM To: Braig, Eugene; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Christopher Wilke Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-10 Thread Braig, Eugene
Sorry, we really do try our best, but a series like ours here in Columbus, OH doesn't draw the huge names and never pays the somewhat biggish names anything close to what they ask or deserve. I.e., that split isn't so wide here. Eugene From:

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-12 Thread Braig, Eugene
Fortunately, because tromba marina is played entirely in natural harmonics, correctly tuning its one string should get you within 2 cents of any note it can muster. By the way, can you use any reentrant tuning schemes on tromba marina, or does that depend upon its scale length? Eugene

[LUTE] Re: Advice regarding a lute

2013-08-12 Thread Braig, Eugene
Nothing specific regarding The Renaissance Gilde. However, in general, features that make for less playable musical instruments or that are just plain weird without any demonstrable benefits rarely (i.e., almost never) enhance value. Any exceptions tend to be among large commercial entities

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-12 Thread Braig, Eugene
For what it's worth, those Westminster recordings (both guitar and lute) were later bundled up and reissued as a 2-CD set. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Geoff Gaherty Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 4:33 PM

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - Would you like to see my lute?

2013-08-12 Thread Braig, Eugene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4f8fej9Sqo Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - Would you like to see my lute?

2013-08-13 Thread Braig, Eugene
: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 3:47 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - Would you like to see my lute? Very interesting! Thanks! But it is quite irritating to see, how obsequious JB is ... Arto On 13/08/13 01:32, Braig, Eugene wrote: http

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - Would you like to see my lute?

2013-08-13 Thread Braig, Eugene
Another Stravinsky a pizzico aside that came to me via mandolin composer and copyright researcher Neil Gladd: Stravinsky's ballet Agon has a brief mandolin part. The English mandolinist Hugo D'Alton performed Agon with Stravinsky conducting in London during the 1950s. Stravinsky was so

[LUTE] Re: now- How did Iadone play?

2013-08-14 Thread Braig, Eugene
Iadone's odd lute appears to be a misappropriated late 18th-c. mandolone, at least on a superficial visual-aesthetic level. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Edward Martin Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 6:47

[LUTE] Re: Indian 'English' guitar music from Calcutta, 1789

2013-09-26 Thread Braig, Eugene
Truly intriguing. Thanks, Stuart! Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of WALSH STUART Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 2:52 PM To: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Indian 'English' guitar music from Calcutta, 1789 I

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi

2013-10-14 Thread Braig, Eugene
Good luck at it, Joe. Can you share what mandolin type(s) will be featured in solos? Any Youtubing planned to come of it? Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Bernd Haegemann Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi

2013-10-14 Thread Braig, Eugene
FYI, the concerto in G for two mandolins (RV 532) is a different work than the truly grosso grosso in C naming every imaginable soloist (RV 558). Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Arthur Ness Sent: Sunday,

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi

2013-10-14 Thread Braig, Eugene
Oops. Please pardon my reading-the-list-and-replying-in-sequence-oversight redundancy. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of howard posner Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 2:35 PM To: lute list Subject: [LUTE] Re:

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi

2013-10-14 Thread Braig, Eugene
Ha! I think you mean semi-infamous. Have fun out there. Eugene -Original Message- From: Mayes, Joseph [mailto:ma...@rowan.edu] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 6:00 PM To: Braig, Eugene; Lutelist Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi I guess I must fess-up to the fact

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi

2013-10-16 Thread Braig, Eugene
, October 16, 2013 5:47 PM To: Braig, Eugene; Lute List Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi Dear Eugene, I did not say RV 532 (G major) and RV 558 (C major) are the same work. The ISMLP editor alleges a second version of RV 532. Take a look at his/her entries for RV 532 and scroll down

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-06 Thread Braig, Eugene
. . . And The Julian Bream Consort's Fantasies Ayres and Dances, I believe originally released in 1988 on RCA, was just plain good . . . although I'm also biased by a bit of starry-eyed nostalgia when it comes to Bream. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-06 Thread Braig, Eugene
I don't think I would dare to be so prescriptive of the musical activities of anybody who doesn't happen to be me. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of erne...@aquila.mus.br Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 2:35 PM

[LUTE] Re: Nails and lute playing

2013-12-11 Thread Braig, Eugene
The Barrios-as-first legend is batted around quite a bit, but I think that's due to his current popularity as a mainstream classical instrumentalist. I suppose giving Barrios that credit depends upon if you're willing to consider accompanists. Roy H. Butin, e.g., was a fine professional

[LUTE] Re: Mace

2013-12-13 Thread Braig, Eugene
However, once again, Mace offers this advice in acknowledging the antecedent: strike . . . your strings with your nails, as some do, who maintain it the best way to play. Mace's implication is that nail play was also commonplace and that tastes on this topic varied. Eugene -Original

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-17 Thread Braig, Eugene
. . . Not to mention a huge body of dedicated baroque- and romantic-era repertoire for guitar that was forgotten for generations because Segovia didn't like it and instead opted to create a body of repertoire through transcription. I don't think Segovia can be blamed for his tremendous

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-17 Thread Braig, Eugene
Chapdelain was the first-ever winner of the Guitar Foundation of America competition, but now specializes in fingerstyle arrangements of pop music on steel-string guitar: http://www.michaelchapdelaine.com/. He's now fond of taking the stage as a barefoot bohemian. Discussing the Segovia

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-18 Thread Braig, Eugene
to fault Segovia for accepting his popularity and using it to further his own taste. I'm sure from Segovia's point of view in promoting his own tastes he was protecting the integrity of the guitar and the music. Gary On 2013-12-17 13:13, Braig, Eugene wrote: . . . Not to mention a huge body

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed we got so far away from the [LUTE]-forum

2013-12-19 Thread Braig, Eugene
. . . quasi-orgasmic relish is worthy of a tittering *tee-hee*. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher Wilke Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 8:27 AM To: Jarosław Lipski; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject:

[LUTE] Lutenist Christopher Wilke streaming on WOSU radio

2014-01-23 Thread Braig, Eugene
A little plug copied directly from Facebook: Columbus Guitar Society guest artist Christopher Wilke will be appearing on a live interview/performance segment with WOSU Classical 101's Boyce Lancaster, 9:30 am (ET), Friday, 24 January 2014. It can be heard both live on the radio via 101.1 FM in

[LUTE] Re: Meet a relative - Tanbur

2014-02-13 Thread Braig, Eugene
Groovy. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Rob MacKillop Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:05 AM To: Lute Subject: [LUTE] Meet a relative - Tanbur I've started studying the Turkish tanbur, which might be seen

[LUTE] Re: Handel Sarabande HWV437

2014-02-26 Thread Braig, Eugene
Thanks, David. Artfully delivered. Think of him whatever you will, but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that Segovia popularized this piece in solo guitar transcription. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of

[LUTE] Re: Lute publications

2014-03-19 Thread Braig, Eugene
Agreed. I don't know that there's much player crossover between notation formats, even among those who do work from both on an instrument-by-situation basis. If you have the ability and resources to generate two separate editions, that might better serve. That said, if I recall correctly

[LUTE] Re: Frottola, Tromboncino, Sorini

2014-04-04 Thread Braig, Eugene
Very nice. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Roman Turovsky Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 11:39 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Frottola, Tromboncino, Sorini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNmeGzjK6Ic

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-04 Thread Braig, Eugene
Greetings Konstantin, This topic has received some discussion here in the past, at least peripherally. Searching the archives might reveal some discussion of interest. I don't think the treble mandore/mandora/mandwr/what-have-you was in very widespread use by Vivaldi's time, certainly not in

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-04 Thread Braig, Eugene
On Jun 4, 2014, at 7:50 AM, Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu wrote: On O'Dette's recording of the Vivaldi works with the Parley of Instruments (1986, Hyperion CDA66160), he speculated the works to designate mandolino to be intended for the five or six course mandolino (i.e., [g]-b-e'-a'-d''-g

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-04 Thread Braig, Eugene
From: Martyn Hodgson [mailto:hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:30 AM To: Braig, Eugene; lute list Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute Dear Eugene, Without wanting to re-open a debate of over 10 years ago, despite Count Wrtby's origins I'm a bit sceptical

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-05 Thread Braig, Eugene
To: Braig, Eugene Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute Thank you all for your interesring comments! Just to clarify, I played RV 93 and RV 540 several times on my archlute and it was OK as for me as for the other musicians and listeners. But now an ensemble engaged me for RV 540

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-05 Thread Braig, Eugene
] Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:03 AM To: Braig, Eugene; lute list Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute I'm working on it! Martyn __ From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu To: lute list lute@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-05 Thread Braig, Eugene
] On Behalf Of Martyn Hodgson Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 8:38 AM To: Braig, Eugene; lute list Subject: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute Yes indeed Eugene, This is one of the very instruments I had in mind when earlier referring to extant Italian instruments newly made in the 18th century

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