Hi Thomas, indeed I was not completely sure, what he meant, but I think it is our German expression "Lage". So I understood it in the meaning, the lute is mostly played using the lowest frets.
Best Markus On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 10:10:33 +0200, thomas.schall wrote: t> t> t> t> t> t> I've read Alain's posting different: the positions on the lute do have a t> musical meaning which is not easy to reproduce on a guitar. t> t> Best wishes t> Thomas t> t> t> t> t> t> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus Lutz) am 07.04.2005 23:07:29 t> t> An: <[email protected]> t> Kopie: t> t> Thema: Re: Weiss on guitar (was: Willams Concert) t> t> In my eyes that isn't true for Weiss, but I should check that once again. t> He uses every possible position and his fingering is very thoughtful. t> Usually he therefore avoids unnecessary shifting of positions, so very t> often notes are played in higher positions, although they could have been t> played also in the first positions. t> t> Best t> Markus t> t> t> t> On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 12:00:27 -0600, Michael Thames wrote: t> t> MT> >Does lute music mostly rely on first positions?? t> MT> t> MT> >Come on t> MT> In Weiss this is true, but maybe not Bach, or other t> transcriptions. t> MT> t> MT> Michael Thames t> MT> www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com t> MT> ----- Original Message ----- t> MT> From: "G.R. Crona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> t> MT> To: <[email protected]> t> MT> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:51 AM t> MT> Subject: Re: Weiss on guitar (was: Willams Concert) t> MT> t> MT> t> MT> > >Two: lute music relies mostly on first positions, whereas the guitar t> MT> > >not only allows for high position fingerings but often sounds best t> in t> MT> > >the higher positions. t> MT> > t> MT> > Does lute music mostly rely on first positions?? t> MT> > t> MT> > Come on t> MT> > t> MT> > t> MT> > t> MT> > To get on or off this list see list information at t> MT> > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html t> MT> > t> MT> t> MT> t> MT> t> MT> t> t> t> t> t> t> t> CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and t> may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the t> sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use t> it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. t> t> t> t> t>
