Hi Chaps,
a completely superficial question follows.
I'm doing a series of Christmas concerts in Singapore next week, and was
hoping for some ideas to doll up my archlute a little. The concerts are all
light baroque stuff, so I thought it might be nice to add a bit of
decoration to the
Hi chaps,
I'm in a continent where there are no lute makers or repairers, so please
forgive me for asking this of the whole list.
The upper pegbox of my archlute has come off - it was made in the 1970s by
a maker who said I must confess that I made a mistake when I first built
the archlute in
Hiho Chaps,
Greetings from Singapore! I've been off the list for some years, but am back
now - ready to learn much from the erudite members of the list =)
I have a wee question: I'm playing continuo for a concert this Friday
afternoon, and am trying to decide what to wear.
Are there any
Dear all,
It may amuse you to know that one of the early music groups I play with in
Singapore, was featured on a local radio show last Sunday.
Briefly, a radio show that does spoofs of various genres of music, such as
serious cover versions of songs but with nonsense lyrics, was asked by a
Good gentles,
This thread brings to mind a concert in April where I was asked to provide
archlute continuo for Albinoni's D minor Oboe Concerto and Vivaldi's A minor
Cello Concerto.
I agreed, then found out to my horror a week before the concert that the
modern string orchestra numbered about
On 7/8/06 19:55, Mathias Rösel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a comparable experience with my 6 year old son. One day
somebody wanted him to play some lute pieces by Waissel. But he
handed him an edition in French tablature!! At once my son threw himself
to the floor, weeping and
Dear David,
What lovely news!
Two wee questions pop into mind though:
1. Is there a list of contents available?
2. 10-course lute... is this in the G tuning, or the D minor tuning?
Many thanks in advance - this sounds delightful.
Yours,
Edward
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My own personal favourite remains the time I was carrying my archlute in its
case, and some kid commented 'wow that's a really big spoon'. :)
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Dear Chaps,
Greetings from sunny and humid Singapore!
I've been asked to play for Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri next March,
accompanying a chamber choir and a quartet of string players. I haven't a
Theorbo, but would an Archlute be inappropriate? It's a large Harz-model, so
it's pretty loud...
Can't imagine why anyone would want to save Sting's singing/playing of
Dowland, but try www.keepvid.com and feed them the url of the youtube video.
It gives you a .flv file which isn't terribly useful, but there are various
programs available to convert that to more easily viewed formats.
On
I've usually heard it as Thee-urh-bow or THAY-urh-bow in England,
with accent and soft 'th' (as in 'three') on first syllable, schwa on
the second syllable, and 'bow' as in 'bowtie'.
Edward C. Yong
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On 05 Sep 2008, at 3:52 AM, Joshua Edward Horn wrote:
Guys,
I have
On 19 Jan 2009, at 6:33 AM, howard posner wrote:
On Jan 18, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Mayes, Joseph wrote:
I don't know why the world of classical guitar is of such
interest to
this list
Perhaps because 90% of us are or have been classical guitarists?
I'd be really interested to know how
-raising ones on
our cases. I was thinking of putting a 'Giraffe Preservation Society'
sticker on my archlute case even though I realise it's rather an
obscure bit of humour. 'Biohazard' anyone?
Anyone out there with funny ones?
Edward C. Yong
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Playford and suchlike. Completely un-HIP, but fun nonetheless!
Edward C. Yong
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oops sorry chaps, sent that with the wrong title...
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one very costly fruit bowl.
Can anyone figure out what is in that thin flat wood box below the
pipes/sausage-stuffer? With the cover open and the paper liner, I'm
tempted to guess some sort of cheese, but the contents look a bit..
bubbly.
Edward C. Yong
ky...@pacific.net.sg
To get
it?
Also, I'm wondering if using gut strings in the 30-34°C heat and 85%
humidity of tropical Singapore would be silly. Anyone in the tropical
bits of the USA to comment?
Yours,
Edward C. Yong
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. Though the tone is *slightly* less resonant than when
they were in London, where I originally picked them up. How long will
gut strings last, any idea?
Edward C. Yong
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On 25 Feb 2010, at 7:56 PM, alexander rakov wrote:
Use silk! Make your own:
http://www.silkqin.com/03qobj/strings/raykovstrings.htm
Sounds interesting, but too complicated, heh. I'd love to try them on
my Sanxian one day though.
Edward C. Yong
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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!
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I do that all the time - it's great fun!
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On 24 Jan 2011, at 10:07 PM, Christopher Wilke wrote:
Franz,
Since you're doing this for your own enjoyment, you could always
find tunes in an alto register and sing falsetto. I'm not being
cheeky
Gorgeous! I might be the only one asking this, but would it be
possible at some point to have the lyrics included the initial
statement of the melody? I'd love to pretend I'm a Ukrainian bard
singing to his bandura, and I can pronounce Ukrainian and Russian ok...
Edward C. Yong
ky
I just hope it's gone to some private collector who will take care of
it, rather than thieves trying to hawk it on the market.
Edward C. Yong
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On 8 Jul 2011, at 11:40 PM, Monica Hall wrote:
Thank-you for the reference to the illustration. What is worrying
On 16 Aug 2011, at 11:42 PM, Monica Hall wrote:
Have you ever looked at Pesori?. And then there is Dalza.
Have you read Martin shepherd's article Was Dalza really weird?
I'd love to read that article, it sounds like fun!
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for these?
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On 29 Aug 2011, at 4:14 PM, David van Ooijen wrote:
On 29 August 2011 07:44, Garry Warber garrywar...@hughes.net wrote:
eBay, Ouality1traders, theorbo bass lute, small. I know I'm going
to be
vilified, but their medium, which goes out of stock
in
English (I have no Spanish). Would anyone have his email address?
Thanks muchly!
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the name of the composer or the exact anecdote, please do!
Edward C. Yong
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On 5 Apr 2012, at 2:46 AM, William Samson wrote:
Alternatively, sit in front of your $5 webcam with built-in mic, do
your stuff, publish it, and ignore the snooty comments :)
Bill
To get
Dear Ron,
Thank you so much for this!
This is quite fascinating, as it rather confirms my suspicions that the
instruments would have remained in use somewhere and somehow :D
Edward Chrysogonus Yong
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On 9 Sep, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Geoff Gaherty ge...@gaherty.ca wrote:
On 09/09/13 8:00 AM, Mathias Rösel wrote:
Hans Newsidler has no barre in his tablatures. In the 1st part of his 1536
print, he offers fingerings that would imply forefinger b2, middle b3, ring
c4, little d5 for this chord.
Point of information - the original playing position of the pipa is horizontal,
as these paintings will show.
Tang dynasty: http://www.liufangmusic.net/images/pictures/tang_pipa.jpg
Tang dynasty, with plectrum:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Pipa_player_dunhuang1.jpg
Song
Hi all,
My first hearing of the lute was on a Harmonia Mundi sampler cd back in 1990. I
was thirteen, and the track was 'Go Merely Wheele' by John Johnson, played by
Paul O'Dette Lyle Nordstrom. I then acquired 'English Lute Duets' (Jakob
Lindberg Paul O'Dette) and 'Virtuoso Lute Music From
Argh - it looks quite nice, but the page won't accept non-France telephone
numbers for contact :(
Can anyone help?
Edward Chrysogonus Yong
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On 22 Dec, 2013, at 1:50 AM, Valéry Sauvage sauvag...@orange.fr wrote:
This lute was made in 1991 by John Rollins. It was bought
Then there's the film Nostradamus (1994) with an excellent soundtrack, with the
New London Consort playing Susato dances in some bits. A scene in there, about
midway through, has a country theatre in France in the 16th C with a modern
metal Boehm flute right in front of the band.
Edward
i vaguely recall reading Gregorio Paniagua did some of this stuff in the 70s,
but couldn't be sure, not having been born yet...
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Hi lutelisters!
So a student of mine picked up a set of La Bella lute strings w octaves and we
strung up her Turkish-made 8-course lute (59cm string length) with them.
Then I noticed something very odd - the higher octaves were far too loose at
the correct pitch as they were flabby and
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wrote:
Hi Edward,
I don't really know this set from La Bella, but you can read some info about
the oud sets made by Pyramid in our blog:
http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/cuerdas-para-oud/
There you can see
bravo! :)
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Hi fellow lutenetters!
So I've been asked to do an Italian restaurant gig in July, two sets of thirty
minutes each.
Should I bother selecting Italian music appropriate for a specific time period
- e.g. dances from Negri and Caroso? Or should I just play through '58 Very
Easy Pieces for
Thanks everyone for the wonderful answers and anecdotes :D
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So, the restaurant gig happened last night.
A big thank-you to everyone who suggested repertoire and how I should approach
preparing for the gig. It did turn out that I was there to make a pleasant
background noise, and diners mostly treated me with benign neglect, which was
perfectly fine.
I, for one, would love an arrangement for 7-course or archlute!
Edward Chrysogonus Yong
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On 19 Aug, 2014, at 11:24 PM, Dan Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net wrote:
Roman- beautifully done, very nice. That movement has always been a small
favorite of mine.
Thank you!
Dan
just for myself, when i'm playing my 7-course at home for no audience, i've
been known to tune the two strings of the 7th course to F and D. yes, that's
not a unison, i know, and then i'm careful to hit only one string of the course
when i need to, making for a sort of cheat 8-course…
i wonder
hi!
question for folk - all the editions of Vivaldi's Double Cello Concerto RV 531
have no continuo figures. i've been asked to play continuo for this, but am not
confident of making my own figures from looking at the other parts. does anyone
know of a figured edition?
Edward Chrysogonus
so familiar with stereotypical progressions
from partimenti that figures were redundant. I think I still have a PDF of
the music. I'll be happy to send you a copy when I get home. (I'll write in
figures if you'd like).
Thanks,
Chris
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Lovely, thank you for that!
It's so nice to see workshop processes in HD video.
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Hi All,
The promised documentary can be seen here:
Hi Howard,
Thanks for the reply!
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On Sep 1, 2014, at 8:44 AM, Edward C. Yong edward.y...@gmail.com wrote:
Style and taste question - do you think an archlute or a baroque guitar
would be better for this?
Impossible
Hi everyone,
So I was browsing the EMS Used Instrument Agency, as one does, and I found this:
'EMS Bass Lute - an early example, but in fairly good condition - no case’
And it turns out to be a theorbo for £600.
http://www.earlymusicshop.com/UIA/images/instruments/1985S.jpg
that, the Renaissance lute doesn’t provide enough volume or
support.
Edward C. Yong
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On 3 Nov 2014, at 10:32 am, Herbert Ward wa...@physics.utexas.edu wrote:
I saw a production of Monteverdi's Return of Ulysses last night.
In the orchestra was a theorbo. At least I think
of
English/British either doing the intabulations or being intabulated.
I’ve been looking at the Fuenllana, Narvaez etc, and I find Josquin, Morales,
Gombert, but no Tallis or Byrd. Was English/British music entirely unpopular on
the Continent?
Curious,
Edward C. Yong
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Mantel’s about as historical as The Tudors or The Borgias…
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Read Hillary Mantel on that topic, you'll get another view.
Mathias
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on their ukulele and my
renaissance guitar obviously has no pickup. I was thinking to use something
like the Schertler Basik, which I can then also use on my lute, baroque guitar,
and other instruments.
Any other ideas for useful pickups are also much appreciated!
Edward C. Yong
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I’ve been on this list since 1995.
THANK YOU MR CRIPPS!
Edward C. Yong
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I feel the need to add a clarifying remark my statement that when a
service is free then YOU are the product
offhand, the whole lutesong repertoire seems quite appropriate. then if
you can read figured or unfigured bass, most of the material for treble
instrument and ground bass is useful.
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wrote:
I have a chance
Hi,
Thanks for the replies!
I was under the impression that the non-metal string harps were played with
nails, if played in a historically-informed way, but if nails aren’t strictly
necessary, then that resolves any difficulty.
Thanks again!
Edward C. Yong
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> On
I have a fun explanation - her earlier string broke, and she had to use a
string taken from a harpist… and the only spare string the harpist had was one
of the red-coloured ones.
Edward C. Yong
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> On 29 May 2016, at 2:16 am, Valery SAUVAGE <sauvag...@orange.fr&
Dear David and Lute Listers,
Thank you all for the very informative perspectives :)
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> On 26 Jan 2016, at 4:27 pm, David van Ooijen <davidvanooi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Membra Jesu Nostri is great; all those viols! I prefer to bring
Dear Anton,
I haven’t yet had a chance to sample your intabulations and arrangements, for a
lack of lute players in my country. I hope to be able to do so soon. Please
keep up the excellent work!
Sincerely from Singapore,
Edward C. Yong
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> On 3 Aug 2016, at 3:24
¹ vient cela. Would anyone have it in electronic form anywhere?
Many thanks in advance!
Edward C. Yong
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Hi Lutenetters!
Would anyone know I might get in touch with Michael Jaffee, of the
Waverly Consort? Google reveals no activity from that group since about
2002.
Thanks in advance,
Edward C. Yong
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Good dramas with proper period music that come to mind:
1) The 1994 film Nostradamus. It had a scene of a country theatre, and
the music accompanying was Susato, with an onstage band of instruments
(unfortunately including a metal flute). Soundtrack also included
Josquin, etc.
2)
Hullo!
Query for the luteverse.
While Dowland's song Flow My Tears is in A minor, the solo version is
in G minor. Is there any reason why, and would anyone have the
accompaniment in a G minor version?
Best,
Edward from Singapore
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My vote goes to F. da Milano. When I first took up lute, I was crazy
about Dowland and the English circle - they had very catchy melodies.
Now, 23 years later, I find myself drawn to the polyphony of da Milano
and the earlier composers. There's an intricacy that's very satisfying
-
hi lute people.
i had a fall and ended up injuring my left index finger. specifically an
avulsion fracture at the base of the intermediate phalanx. have any of you or
folk you know had such an injury?
my finger's in a splint now, and i'm wondering how long healing will take.
i'm seeing the
< I've heard that outside of the piano and possibly violin there is
more lute music than for any other instrument.>
i'm wondering if 'piano' here includes the harpsichord repertoire. a
fascinating topic to be sure...
On 29 July 2018 at 22:43, Ed Durbrow <[1]edurb...@gmail.com>
I, also, find these emails on a supposed connexion between Renaissance lute
music and Indian music to be tedious and exceedingly uninteresting.
Edward C. Yong
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IIRC in theory La Folia is Portuguese in origin, even though strongly
associated with Spain.
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wrote:
I am looking for particular musical forms associated with Sicily,
Rome
and Portugal
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<[1]al...@musickshandmade.com> wrote:
Just imagine if J.S. Bach was credited by a contemporary publisher
with
a song entitled "Once, twice, thrice, I Julia tried", would that
raise
an eye brow?? Just curious: did Mozart
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wrote:
hi lute people.
i had a fall and ended up injuring my left index finger.
specifically an avulsion fracture at the base of the intermediate
phalanx. have any of you or folk you know had such an
AHA. hence Monteverdi's 'Selva Morale e Spirituale'. i'd always thought
'moral and spiritual forest', and it never occured to me that 'selva'
could also mean 'collection'.
thanks!
Edward
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wrote:
I do not
Hello collective wisdom!
While there seems to be plenty of intabulations of sacred polyphony by
the Spanish and Flemish composers, there doesn't seem to be many of
Palestrina and the Roman school. I am aware of the lovely intabulations
for two or more lutes by Thomas Höger, and
Hi everyone,
over a decade ago, I recall attending one of the talks at the UK Lute Society’s
meetings where the speaker talked about paintings of lute players, and said he
felt a certain painting (Caravaggio?) was likely a fake on account of the
positioning of the fingers. It was quite a
Thank you! This may well have been it!
> On 2 Mar 2019, at 12:02 PM, Lisa Sass @muse wrote:
>
> Was it David Van
> Edwards? [1]http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/month/jun99/month.htm
>
> ~Lisa Sass
> Sent from my TRS-80
> On Mar 1, 2019, at 21:47, Edward C. Yong &
hi everyone,
where does one find gut strings for diapasons longer than 180 cm? a young
friend has diapasons that are 182.5cm, and the Aquila 180cm strings are too
short to fit!
thanks for the help :)
best,
Edward
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Dear Lute Collective,
Would anyone have the Vivadi Lute Concerto in D major RV 93 in tablature for G
tuning?
Thank you in advance from Singapore!
Edward C. Yong
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> All the Best
>
> Michael Vollbrecht
>
>
> On Thu, 2019-04-11 at 16:39 +0800, Edward C. Yong wrote:
>> Dear Lute Collective,
>>
>> Would anyone have the Vivadi Lute Concerto in D major RV 93 in tablature for
>> G tuning?
>>
>> Thank you in ad
come noises.
> Obviously do this as gently as possible.
> Have you checked on the relative humidity? If you have a concert coming up
> and you think there is a loose bar, make sure the relative humidity is at
> least 50% (but no more than 65%) and this might resolve the issue tempor
k there is a loose bar, make sure the relative humidity is at
> least 50% (but no more than 65%) and this might resolve the issue temporarily.
> Best,
> Matthew
>
>
>
>> On May 20, 2019, at 18:01, "Edward C. Yong" wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
&g
Hi everyone,
Question re plucking room. I’ve never had to think about how much space there
was between the string and the soundboard, and I realise this means I’ve always
had good setups in this area.
I have been playing a friend’s vihuela (by Luca Piccioni of Assisi) that has
always seemed
utes require removing the top. Major surgery, but it was
> done successfully on my lute. Good luck. My repair was done by Mel Wong
> in San Francisco.
>
> A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E.
>
> On Jun 6, 2019, at 7:05 PM, Edward C. Yong <[1]edward.y...@gmail.com>
>
I have to agree. JB used his stardom to get the lute out there, even if it was
a Frankenlute with nothing lute about it apart from the shape.
Would anyone have paid attention to his lute playing if it hadn’t ridden on the
back of his guitarist reputation? Probably not.
I recognise that many
I don’t think Sevogia cared about anything other than his own stardom, really.
This is the man who butchered de Visée’s music and happily signed his own name
on a Stradivarius guitar.
Edward
> On 19 Jun 2019, at 4:32 PM, G. C. wrote:
>
> +++ Ponce (Mexico) got yelled at for faking early
Hi everyone,
A bit of buzz is driving me crazy. I have a renaissance guitar and there’s a
buzz that starts with the plucked note and dies down quite quickly.
I’ve checked the bridge for any loose bits of string - nothing.
I’ve checked the pegbox/peghead for loose buzzy strings - nothing.
Hi Jim,
Thank you!
Could I ask how much space there is between your strings and soundboard at the
bottom of your rose?
Best,
Edward C. Yong
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Hi Ed,
I’m a longtime wikipedia editor. Let me help :)
Perhaps send the content to me directly?
Best,
Edward
> On 19 Nov 2019, at 10:06 AM, Ed Durbrow wrote:
>
> Almost a year ago I attempted to make a Wikipedia entry for Eugene
> Dombois. This is my first attempt to produce content for
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