-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [email protected] <[email protected]> Datum: Donnerstag, 10. M�rz 2005 21:58 Betreff: Re: Re: compilation, hello here's a new member
>Martina, some questions if you have time to answer them: > >Does the Waldzither have its own unique music and repertoire or do you play folk music that best fits the tuning? There is nearly no unique music for Waldzither. It's mostly folk songs. Singing of folk song became very popular at about 1900. Youth Clubs, Walking tours, tramping, scouting and so on. The Waldzither is "easy to play" as long as you use a capo to change tune. If you don't use a capo, like me, it is getting more and more artistic with every # more. The typical music from 1900 until 1950, (later singing of german folk songs got out of fashion), was to play the melodie one- ore two-voiced and use the open tuning to get a simultanous chord. It is easier than on English Guittar because of the missing E-Bass. It is more difficult than on English Guittar to play Bass Melodies for the same reason. Does the Waldzither play along with other folk instruments? Is it more like the Irish bouzouki (or mandola) or more like the Portuguese guitarra? The B�hm Waldzither resembles the Portuguese guitarra at 1900. The modern "Guitarra Portuguesa" is very strangely tuned and the picking styles are quite artistic and very difficult. There is more to tell about the connection of the two instruments at 1900, but my documentation about C.H. Boehm is not ready yet. >You say the C- Model is sometimes used for strumming. Strumming is quite rare in 18th Century music and chords aren't that easy to do in these tunings? I think, the English Guittar has a soundpost, too. I have seen it in one or two instruments. Isn't that an indicator for melodie-playing? If you just "rip" all strings of the waldzither, they will hold the sound for a long time (no soundpost) , so you get your basic chord to play the melodie with. To change tune, it could be necessary to use the thumb of the left hand. Some portuguese players do that, too. Without the thumb, you can't use all strings in a picking patterns when you have to play g-minor or fis-minor (for example) > >Do you know anything about those strange German instruments that were around the same time as the 'guittar' in Britain - e.g. the ones made by Klemm in the middle of the 18th C (Four top courses doubled and lots of bass strings)? I 'm sorry, that is not my special subject. I apologize for some probably strange words, but I'm not so fit in musical terms yet. Martina > >----------------------------------------- >Email sent from www.ntlworld.com >virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software >visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
