Hello doc rossi, hello Rob, hello David and all others, Here is Martina Rosenberger from Germany. I'm a sort of logistical centre of the folks who play Waldzither. For this year I organize the 2nd Waldzither Symposium in Suhl, Thuringia, Germany. I met Rob at the cittern Symposium at Michaelstein, Germany, three years ago, and he "infected" me absolutely with the idea of fingertechniques suitable for the Waldzither. Meanwhile I did research about the 20th century Waldzither and I have contacts to nearly all people involved with the instrument nowadays in Germany. I think, I could do one to three pieces of genuine Waldzither music from the 1930ies for the "sampler production-CD". But it takes time, because I have a sprained right hand at the moment (too much snow for weeks ..I simply slipped and fell.).
By the way: the "Th�ringische Waldzither" (thuringian cittern) has a tradition until now in open tuning C like the English Guittar without an E Bass-string, but also in G as a Bass-Instrument (I have and play one, look at the photograph) and in g as a melody instrument (smaller and higher than the C model). >From practice I can say, that it is absolutely sensible to have the "family" because often the C tuning is not low enough for singing with it. The lower sound is great and I'm getting quite addicted. The small one is for quick melody-playing. The "Krienser Halszither" (Switzerland) is tuned in the same way in g and they play very quick dances and songs on it in Switzerland. It has a "violin or small guitar"- shaped body AND a soundpost. It's the only cittern in german speaking countries nowadays with a soundpost. I think, it is logical - because the small instruments are more suitable with a plektrum and quick playing - that they have a soundpost to shorten the "after- sound" (sorry, don't know the special word in English) and have short, clear notes. The string tension is too high for finger techniques, so it must be the plektrum. The C-Modell is sometimes used for strumming and the large G .....you can let go and use it like a Bassguitar. These two can be played with a plektrum AND with fingers, given the right string length. 52 to 55 cm is ideal for finger technique, given the modern steel strings with high tension. The photograph shows me with the thuringian G-Waldzither. In the foreground you see my C-Waldzither, herited from my father, built in Markneukirchen, Saxony in the 1930ies. I know, that the Waldzither is kind of folk instrument, but it is the surviving relative to the English, sorry Rob, Scottish Guittar, and the questions are still the same. with greetings from Germany Martina -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: doc rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: Cittern NET <[email protected]> Datum: Donnerstag, 10. M�rz 2005 07:16 Betreff: compilation >> Count me in! When, where, how? >> >> One idea I had was to do a CD compilation of the players on this list >> - we >> could all do one or two tracks on our chosen citterns. I'm open to >> ideas. >> >Well, I just need the tracks! I can record them or people can send them >to >me. I would take care of production and mastering to make it all >consistent, and then Cetra would take care of the printing. I can also >do >editing if necessary. Is anyone else interested in this project? > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
