>Jon wrote: >I can agree with the beauty of the bass< *** i'm not talking about "the beauty of the bass" (whatever that means), what i talk about is the fact that most of us, lute players, preffer a LONGER VIBRATING TONE. I've taken time to read some of your lenghtly writings (hard to find exactly what your question is each time, they say--hehe) and i've never seen this one concept being mentioned. So i though i'd give you my attention and mention something "new" for your 'explorations'. Or have you passed the age when the last openness for new things is sealed:))) (hope not!) So, may-be, amongst all of your empirical mesurements of tension, stress, pitch, vibrating lenght, diameter, etc.., time lenght of the vibrating tone can find place too if you wish.. *
>Jon wrote: >and I'm not sure how R. got the >impression that I was suggesting a certain pitch for a certain guage (and >I'm not sure what that means).< *** i thought that's what you talk about all the time: the corelations, proportions, dependencies, etc, between gauges, pitches, vibrating lenghts, densities etc. What i meant is that besides all these notions, the notion/exploration of Time Lenght of Vibration can be interesting to be studied too--together with it's corelations with the other notions. * >Jon wrote: >One can go as long as one wants on fretted >courses, just make a longer neck and more frets< *** no. not for the renaissance lute repertoire at least. what do you play J? * >Jon wrote: >and if your arm is too >short get an assistant to do the fretting < *** May-be my hand's lenght is just like you 'sight': handsome for a hand but short for a sight. Hey Jon, do you have you thick glasses somewhere there within a...hand's reach? (hahaha!!!) Or may-be you attach them to your cardigan's button with an appropriate gauge/density/lenght string to pull them when they are too far. Come on Jon, don't be a girlie:) You want my measurements and picture? I preffer only female girls though:Þ * take care! _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
