You are right - we know very little about how they actually strummed.
Millioni gives the following very brief description but he not giving much
away..
These will give more pleasure if played with three or four fingers of the
right hand, holding them separately one from another, sounding all
That seems reasonable. There is one other point which I would make and
that is - if you are commenting on something that another individual has
said, especially if you are disgreeing or saying something which is
critical it is courteous to reply to them directly as well as to the list
as
with each chord - another useful guide to early 17th century guitar
performing practice. Incidentally he calls his 5 course instrument
just
plain ' guitarre' without any Spanish qualifier..
regards
Martyn
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plain ' guitarre' without any Spanish qualifier..
regards
Martyn
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From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Strumming as basso continuo
To: Eloy Cruz eloyc...@gmail.com
Cc: Vihuelalist
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Monica Hall
Sent: 20 December 2011 14:31
To: Ed Durbrow
Cc: Vihuelalist
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Protocol of emails (again...)
That seems reasonable. There is one other point which I would make and
that is - if you are commenting
are a wonderful resource, and I am
grateful to Wayne for organising them.
Best wishes,
Stewart.
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Behalf Of Monica Hall
Sent: 20 December 2011 17:35
To: Vihuelalist
Subject: [VIHUELA] Protocol of emails
Fascinating. I always wanted to see/hear one of these piano guitars and
now I have.
Unfortunately I couldn't get the first part with the 5-course pieces to play
Christmas or whatever to you all.
Monica
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Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: 3 short pieces from the Ulm MS for mandore
On 08/01/2012 12:48, Monica Hall
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Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: 15th century dance: Anello (lute/gittern duo)
On 08/01/2012 12:53, Monica Hall wrote
Does anyone know of a site from which it is possible to download copies
of Diesel's guitar books?
Monica
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I am pleased to be able to announce that I have completed my tablature
transcription of all of Foscarini's music from Li cinque libri.
It is now on my webpage -
www.monicahall.co.uk
as well as my page at
www.earlyguitar.ning.com
To access it you need to click on Foscarini on my home page
I loved doing it. Foscarini is a fascinating character.
Happy New year to everyone.
Monica
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To: [2]Monica Hall
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Foscarini - Li cinque libri
Wow! Can't wait to hear it. And I am delighted that according to the
liner notes he is using the French tuning.
Monica
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Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:46 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA]
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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:23 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] 19th century Russian 'romance' for 7-string guitar
Here is an attempt at a mid 19th century Russian guitar arrangement of
Here is an attempt at a mid 19th century Russian guitar arrangement of
a
song (a 'romance') - on a mid 19th century Russian guitar. The
arranger
is N. Alexandrov and the title is 'Heart' and the composer is A.L.
Guriljev.
Many thanks to Alexander Batov for the the translations, the link to
Thank you. That's all fascinating. What a lot I never knew!
Monica
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Subject: [VIHUELA] Mazurka by A. Sychra for seven-course guitar (1820s)
Here is an attempt at a mazurka by A. Sychra (who is supposed to have
invented the instrument - i.e. the seven strings and the G tuning).
Alexander Batov has kindly translated the title for me: You'd rather be
ready to
Subject: [VIHUELA] A courante from Panmure 5 arranged for Baroque guitar by
Rob MacKillop
Rob arranged some Scottish lute pieces for Baroque guitar a while ago.
Here's a go at an untitled piece, a courante, from Panmure 5.
Guitar made by Bill Samson. The burn is running into Loch Garry.
That's the source Rob and Stuart got the piece from. It seems it is
definitely Scottish.
Monica
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Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent
with me here, but probably the CNRS volume would tell you more.
Wayne
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From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: A courante from Panmure 5 arranged for Baroque
guitar by Rob MacKillop
Date: March 28, 2012 12:56:17 PM EDT
To: wayne cripps w
I am pleased to announce that thanks to Rob's good offices my webpage has
been re-done and improved. It is now at http://monicahall.co.uk/ although
the www.monicahall.co.uk version still works.
In particular I have completely revised and updated my paper on baroque
guitar stringing.
Thank-you Rob. I expect everyone is on their Easter Holidays.
Monica
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To: [2]Monica Hall
Cc: [3]Vihuelalist
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Monica's Webpage
No responses
Thank you for reading my observations on
stringing and commenting on them at length. This is a very long message
and I suggest anyone not interested in the topic presses their delete key
now.
I have occasionally included references where I thought it was
helpful. However I wanted to avoid
For some reason half this message didn't appear on the previous
sending. For what it is worth I will send it again.
Thank you for reading my observations on
stringing and commenting on them at length. This is a very long
message
and I suggest anyone not interested in the
Very interesting - and very nicely played!
Monica
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Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 11:51 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] early music in the 19th century
Napoléon Coste was interested in
]Martyn Hodgson
To: [2]Monica Hall
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] 5 course guitar - partial strums
Dear Monica,
Just to test the envelope a little, a couple of observations arising
from this:
1. The high octave on the 4th may, as you say
It is only in French sources that they put in dots at all. They are not
used in Italian sources.
The idea seems to be prevalent that they included open courses rather
indiscriminately but I don't think this is so. The sources which mention
that you should include the open courses - Colonna,
Well - I should have said in French tablature
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Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 5:15 PM
Subject
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 10:23 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Chacone (in D), Antoine Carré (1671)
A shot at a Chacone by Antoine Carre:
Brave attempt
I was wondering: a) does anyone use inegales in these pieces?
Well - they should do I think...Castillion does.
b) should the player
it but it is a much better image
that the published one - perfectly clear in fact.
Monica
De: Monica Hall [mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk]
Enviado el: lunes, 26 de septiembre de 2011 10:06
Para: ALEJANDRO PATRICIO VERA AGUILERA
Asunto: Re: Cifras selectas again
Dear Alejandro
I've just realized that the whole of my previous private correspondence
with Vera is on this message. Perhaps Wayne could delete it or at
least not archive it and I will send it again.
Monica
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What a prolific person he was. Does any other guitarist have as much
output specifically for B. guitar?
Corbetta and Granata both have outputs of a similar size. Indeed if all the
music attributed to him in manuscripts is taken into account Corbetta beats
Murcia hands down. A lot of the
Yes - I've got a Dropbox and I was going to suggest that as the next option.
It is a wonderful facility. Everyone should have one. It's a whole new way
of working.
Monica
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From: Ed Durbrow edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp
To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; vl
You are absolutely right - I didn't realize that you had to click on the 2 -
and I am librarian!
Monica
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To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; Ed Durbrow
edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp
Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela
Very nicely played - but LeCocq didn't write the most important source of
music for guitar in Belgium himself. The manuscript which includes his
music was copied by Jean Baptiste de Castillion who was a clergyman and
later became bishop of Bruges. He was a friend and admirer of LeCocq.
Agullo
To: [2]Monica Hall
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 1:47 PM
Subject: Le Cocq
Hello Monica,
And thank you for your kind comment and the correction. Of course,
I have a facsimile of the tablature and I knew that was not copied by
Le Cocq himself.
By Le Cocq wrote I
Here is a shot at La Azuzena Por La E.
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn0dKVUa2FY
La Azuzena = kind of flower?
Azucena is a madonna lily. The tune is a popular one - there is a version
of it in the Codice Saldivar no. 2 for cittern.
I can't figure out the repeats. It's A+B 3
La Azuzena = kind of flower? I can't figure out the repeats. It's A+B 3
times (A is 8 bars and B 16 bars) I played it AAB A'A'B' A''B'', for
some reason or other.
I just looked at the cittern version (should have done that first!) - and
what I said is incorrect!!! Sorry about that.
:38, Monica Hall [1]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
La Azuzena = kind of flower? I can't figure out the repeats. It's
A+B 3
times (A is 8 bars and B 16 bars) I played it AAB A'A'B' A''B'', for
some reason or other.
I just looked at the cittern version (should have done
at an
angle so that these are longer than the treble ones.
Monica
On 25 June 2012 20:40, Monica Hall [1]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
Monica
What is this cittern music? So it's Spansih cittern music from the
early 18th century?
Yes - or possibly early 17th century
to be
active at present. I have a copy of it if you want to know more about it.
Monica
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Cc: WALSH STUART s.wa...@ntlworld.com; Vihuelalist
vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:32
beaten the Netherlands in some horse jumping
competition!
Regards
Monica
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To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Cc: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 7:11 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re
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Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 11:54 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Three Playford tunes from Princess Anne's lute book
I uploaded these three tunes, well known from Playford, a while ago.
Monica Hall edited them from a more or less contemporary Dutch
I am not a chap but I think I can answer your question. The earliest
sources of alfabeto - Montesardo and the
Cancionero Bezon give the version of
chord A = G major with the 2nd course open.
The reason for this is because on the 4-course guitar
the 3rd of the chord had to be on the 2nd
I don't think that doubling the 3rd is an issue or that what people learn in
their harmony lessons today is particularly relevant. I doubt whether
guitarists at the beginning of the 17th century thought in those terms.
In any case Chord B - the C major chord has the 3rd doubled and so does
:12 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: G chord on Baroque Guitar
On 9 September 2012 23:08, Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
I don't think that doubling the 3rd is an issue or that what people learn
in
their harmony lessons today is particularly relevant. I doubt whether
guitarists
despopoulos_chr...@yahoo.com
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davidvanooi...@gmail.com
Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 9:22 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: G chord on Baroque Guitar
I have an opinion -- Giving that opinion may open me
I have said. The chords are arranged in the way
in which they fit conveniently on the fingerboard.
Regards
Monica
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Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday
for the thirds; in this case fingering the 2nd
course gives more equality between the thirds and fifths
rgds
Martyn
--- On Mon, 10/9/12, Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: G chord on Baroque Guitar
it.
Chords are sometimes re-fingered to free the 4th finger for passing
notes and to insert 4-3 suspensions into chords.
Monica
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From: [1]RALPH MAIER
To: [2]Monica Hall
Cc: [3]Martyn Hodgson ; [4]Vihuelalist
Sent: Monday, September 10
Message recieved and understood. It does highlight the fact that we don't
always understand one another and therefore get at cross purposes.
Monica
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To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
Cc: Vihuelalist
: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 1:37 pm
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: G chord on Baroque Guitar
To: RALPH MAIER rkcma...@shaw.ca
Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
I don't think that it is particularly convenient or
good practice to
finger
and counterpoint to degree level.
Best
Monica
regards
Martyn
--- On Wed, 12/9/12, Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: G chord on Baroque Guitar
To: RALPH MAIER rkcma...@shaw.ca
Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela
have shared contemporary
tastes
regarding legato (not that I'm suggesting they would - on the
contrary). On the other hand, it could also be something as
simple
as
personal preferences.
RM
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From: Monica Hall [1][5
The copy of Valderrabano's Silva de sirenas in the Austrian National
Library in Vienna has some additional pieces in manuscript at the end.
Does anyone on the list have a copy of these they could let me have?
Monica
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That just about sums us all up.
I like this definition from Wikipedia but I hope that we are really not
peculiar or otherwise dislikable!
The word geek is a slang term for odd or non-mainstream people, with
different connotations ranging from a computer expert or enthusiast to a
person
Does anyone have a copy of the Italian version of Matteis's False
consonances of musick or has anyone ever seen it.
There is supposed to be a copy in the Thibault Library in Paris.
Also apparently there is an autograph manuscript copy of it in the
Sibley Music Library. Has
Many thanks - that worked and surprisingly quickly too!
Monica
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To: [2]Monica Hall
Cc: [3]Vihuelalist
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Prelude and untitled piece
Monica
But De Visee was not just a guitarist and in the introduction to his 1682
guitar book he
says that he has had to transpose the pieces to make them suitable for the
guitar..
I have been obliged to transpose the pieces because the compass of the
guitar only reaches high D la re
which implies
Musica Antiqua Bohemica.
It includes both the Tombeau and the Sarabande. They seem to me to be very
idiomatically conceived for the guitar. The chord shapes are typical
alfabeto.
Monica
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From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
To: Monica Hall mjlh
That's very helpful and interesting. I just borrowed it from the library
for various reaons but haven't had a lot of time to look at it.
The problem with so many of these early ediitions or even later ones is that
you can't be sure they are reliable. Only the original is reliable - sort
of!
practical on the guitar than the mandora.
Just a thought.
Monica
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To: Chris Despopoulos despopoulos_chr...@yahoo.com
Cc: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk; Monica Hall
mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; Vihuelalist vihuela
are. They didn't know we would be
interested 300 years later.
Monica
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From: [1]Martyn Hodgson
To: [2]Monica Hall
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Losy Rondeau
On f. 75v of the same Ms (Brno D189) this rondeau
Dear Arto
There is a guitar version of this chaconne - in D minor - in the huge
manuscript F.Pn Res. F. 844. It is on p.237.
Someone - Stuart I think - pointed out that you can download an image of the
whole of this ms. from the Bib. Nat. site.
Regards
Monica
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From: [1]WALSH STUART
To: [2]Monica Hall
Cc: [3]ar...@student.matnat.uio.no ; [4]Vihuelalist
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: de Visee Chaconne in a minor to the guitar?
I couldn't resist a quick try at it:
[5]http
Dear Art
Not sure if I have understood your question aright but there are
arrangements for baroque guitar of several movements from Corelli's violin
sonatas in Murcia's Passacalles y obras and quite a lot of arrangements
of pieces by Lully in various French ms.
Monica
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to know whether notes in the relevant range belong along the a, g, or b
string.
Best,
Eugene
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Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 2:33 PM
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guitar - but I didn't care for it very much that way! De gustibus non
disputandum.
MOnica
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Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 9:18 PM
Subject: RE
, Eugene brai...@osu.edu wrote:
From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: de Visee Chaconne in a minor to the guitar?
To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Wednesday, 21 November, 2012, 21:18
Indeed. I'm in the day
to make it more accessible. The biggest problem is transcribing
music in the re-entrant tuning because you end up with so many unisons...
Still I think we have to try.
As ever
Monica
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From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu
To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
There are two articles in the upcoming issue of Early Music with
baroque guitar interest -
K. Macdowell - Il Mattaccino
A. Dean - Strumming in a void
I wonder whether there is anyone who has advanced access to the pdfs
which are available on the EM webpage who might
Does anyone have any dates for Fuenllana. I have just come across a
source which gives them as c.1500-1579. It seems unlikely to me that
he would have lived to be 79... Groves gives fl. 1553-1578.
Monica
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From: [1]Martyn Hodgson
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Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Fuenllana
Well, Orphenica Lyra is 1554 and I'd not think he'd be much younger
than around 30
in 1568.
1578 seems a probable death date but I don't think he can have been born in
1500. 1510 or later seems more likely doesn't it.
MOnica
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I knew in Madrid) added the fifth course
which we call the first. which is also a bit odd. An eye witness
nevertheless.
Another of life's mysteries.
MOnica
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To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
Cc: Eloy Cruz eloyc
on hand - like whether to wait until the insurance company repairs
the washing machine or go out and buy a new one.
Happy New Year to anyone I have not greeted to date.
MOnica
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Cc
Well - I spent a lot of time looking at this some time age - the British
Library have a
copy. In spite of not knowing much German or being able to read Gothic
script I did manage to make some headway with the section about England
which described the London of Charles II very accurately. I
.
Monica
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Cc: 'Vihuelalist' vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:52 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert
Somehow I seem to miss the point. Where can we read
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From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
To: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl
Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:13 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert
Sorry if I haven't made myself clear. The passage about Corbetta
computer.
If you can translate it into English I would be grateful for a copy as John
Roberts has only summarised it.
Monica
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Cc: 'Vihuelalist' vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent
it
includes some material from them.
Monica
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Cc: 'Vihuelalist' vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 11:24 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert
Thanks, this is very
By chance I have a recording of Antonio Ligios playing this piece and as far
as I can tell he is doing exactly what the ornaments seem to imply...
Has anyone any thoughts about the starting note of the x ornament signs in
Corbetta's La Guitar Royal of 1671, particularly the Folia starting on
managed to break
into their library yet. I would like to know exactly what it says.
Regards
Monica
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To: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl
Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 5:21 PM
Thanks for that.
Monica
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From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl
To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:58 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert
Whilst we are on the subject of Corbetta's biography I wonder if anyone
has
of the note to which the appoggiatura is attached. A long note might call
for something more elaborate.
I'm afraid that is the best I can do. Maybe someone else would interpret
the notation differently.
Monica
Thanks Monica,
I put my comments in line.
On Jan 22, 2013, at 1:20 AM, Monica Hall
Hi Ed
Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed listening to it and watching you play.
I always find it fascinating to watch other people playing close up. I did
think that you tend to play too close to the bridge too much of the time
which seems to create an almost metalic sound. But perhaps
I am sure we have discussed this before but are there any other sources
of purely instrumental music besides Marini with alfabeto?
Monica
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Thanks to both of you for the information.
Monica
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Dear Collective Wisdom
I think there are four manuscripts of songs which have guitar
accompaniments in tablature which belonged to Samuel Pepys.
Has anyone ever made modern editions of any or all of these either
published or otherwise.
Monica
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As I am sure you all know there is this tale that Scarlatti heard the
baroque guitar played in the streets of Madrid and tried to reproduce
some of its unique effects in his keyboard sonatas.
But does anyone know what the actual source for this mugget of
information is. Is it
- Original Message -
From: [1]Eduard Agullo
To: [2]Monica Hall
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:07 PM
Subject: Scarlatti in Spain
Hello Monica,
I am a Spanish guitarist, and I follow your vihuela list
frequently, even If I don't post very much.
I am
This may be a silly question but what type of wood is usually used for
the soundboards of original 17th century baroque guitars?
I am just looking through the RCM catalogue and it just says front
fine-grained of fine to medium grained.
Are soundboards ever made of cypress wood?
I don't know if anyone is interested but there is an article about the
Cancionero de Matheo Bezon in Resonance - this is the link
[1]http://www.resonancejournal.org/current-issue/spr-2013/spanish-song-
chitarra-alla-spagnola-and-the-a-bi-ci-matheo-bezon-and-his-1599-alfabe
I just read in a review of Toyohiko Satoh's latest recording of De
Visee that De Visee was born in a little village called Viseu in
Portugal near Coimbra where he learnt the guitar. After studying at
university he moved to Paris where he studied the guitar with Corbetta
and the
I was gob-smacked when I read it. Does Satoh really say that De Visee
was born in Portugal without there being any evidence to that effect?
That really is reprehensible.
As ever
Monica
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From: [1]Martyn Hodgson
To: [2]Monica Hall
I have now put on my web page a revised and much expanded version of my
study of BartolottiI have completely redone the musical examples
because I now have a better programme for doing staff notation. There
are also a few more illustrations of one sort or another including a
Reply at the bottom..
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From: WALSH STUART s.wa...@ntlworld.com
To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; Vihuelalist
vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Web Pages
On 30/10/2013 15:05, Monica Hall wrote
Dear Collective Wisdom,,
When did fixed, rather than tied on frets become the norm on the
guitar?
Monica
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For those of you interested in these matters there is an excellent
article about Chord L written by Natasha Miles - everything you wanted
to know - in the latest Lute Vol. 50, 2010. An impressive piece of
work. Well done Natasha.
Monica
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