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> 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
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>> 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?l 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?l 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??
>>
>>> I don't know... for renaissance playing, I would definitively encourage
> my
>>> students to use the arm.
>>> Saludos,
>>> A
>>
>>
>> all the best
>> Thomas
>>
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