What is a "Liuto Forte" that KJ recently bought. A loud lute? Michael Thames Luthier www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Schall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lautenliste" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:52 AM Subject: Re: right arm motion - thumb under
> Am Mit, 2003-11-05 um 14.20 schrieb arielabramovich: > > > Right, as there're many ideas of what a satisfactory result would be. > > my personal opinion is that one of the fascinating things in "lute > world" is that there are still many different ideas of how the > instrument shoul dsound and be played. Lutz Kirchhoff plays completely > different to Hoppy or Jungh�nel and so on. And I like the idea that I > can listen to 7 different recordings of the same piece without getting > bored because sound and interpretation is different each time (okay - > there are also reasons caused by the production which produce > differences). > Sigrun (and as far as I know Konrad J., too) usually is rather strict > and I don't think she accepts the "thumb out" playing of for example > Lutz. > I find it enriching to have such a variety. > > > > It also has to do with the instrument you play. K. Jungh�nel plays mostly > > big lutes, which forces you to do different things... > > > Good point, yes! > But I can tell it also works for small instruments. > I really think you're right in so far as the technical "development" > came for KJ from the baroque lute while Hoppy developed rather from the > renaissance instruments - I think he explains his technical ideas as > coming from "plectrum technique" ... > > Rumor corner: > Actually Konrad seems to have recently bought a "Liuto Forte" which > shocked me. One of the best players we have seems to have decided to > leave the early music world - I hope this rumor is untrue otherwise I > would be *very* dissappointed. How can a honest musician follow an idea > orientated on the ideal of the Wanderv�gel? > > > I don't know... for renaissance playing, I would definitively encourage my > > students to use the arm. > > Saludos, > > A > > > all the best > Thomas > > -- > Thomas Schall > Niederhofheimer Weg 3 > D-65843 Sulzbach > 06196/74519 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss > > --
