Arto, and all, I think we have been conned, as I mentioned in my message to Gernot. And I am embarrassed that I answered. But I confess to playing a number of instruments and being open to others. What the hell is a "LONG VIBRATING TONE".
To my mind it is a very large bell in a steeple! Not exactly a musical instrument for melody and harmony. But a good way to set a pitch for the tone deaf. As I understand it, as a new lutenist, one would like the bass tones to last for a measure in order to maintain the polyphony in contrapuntal arrangements. But one doesn't want the bass to overpower the treble, they should be balanced as on performs the divisions on the upper (and conversely the lower) line. I open myself to correction from you all, the experienced lutenists. But I hope those of you who at an earlier stage in my learning thought I knew nothing will accept the question as well intended. BTW, for those who deplored my "flat back" I'm about a week from finishing the mold for the traditional Renaissance lute I'm making. Then I figure about three months to finish it to the point of stringing - but then there are the adjustments. I commend Music Makers for that cheap "flat back" kit - without it I would never have come to this magnificent instrument as the "entry price" would have been too high. When I finish my new lute I'll use the "flat back" to introduce others to the lute, it should be revived. Best, Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "rosinfiorini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:24 PM Subject: Re: Re: Re: Carbon fiber strings > > Dear lutenists > > > i'm not talking about "the beauty of the bass" (whatever that means),=20 > > what i talk about is the fact that most of us, lute players, preffer > > a LONGER VIBRATING TONE. > > I strongly doubt that! Many, perhaps most of us(?), used some time ago > the wound pyramid basses. Those modern guitar style strings have very > long vibrating tone. And most of us(?) wanted to get rid of long > vibrating tones, which made an archlute or theorbo sound like a grand > piano played with pedal down... > > Gut and its modern imitators behave much better. > > Arto > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
