Everyone,
With all due respect to POD, I think if he (or any
of our modern lutenists) were zapped back in time with
his lute, his playing would illicit some very strange
looks: "What manner of playing is this? Why dost thou
contrive to perform these musicks the identical way
each and ev'ry time? Canst thou not give us any
ditties that art a reflection of thine own genius?"
(I might also add, as a polemical expression of
personal belief: "With what strange, unknown and
inflexible substance hast thou endeavoured to string
thine instrument?")
As for nails... like everything else, who knows?
Chris
--- "Mayes, Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think, upon reflection, that we have no idea how a
> lute is "supposed to sound." We know what we like,
> and that we're accustomed to hearing.
>
> Imagine Paul O'Dette and a time machine - He plays
> for Queen Elizabeth, who says, "But master O'Dette,
> I can't hear you!"
>
> Joseph Mayes
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Vance Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sun 3/26/2006 5:44 PM
> To: lute list
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Playing With Nails
>
>
>
> That's the way the Lute is supposed to sound, more
> of a soft shoe.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mayes, Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lutelist"
> <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:35 PM
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Playing With Nails
>
>
> > For me - playing without nails is like tap dancing
> barefoot.
> >
> > Joseph Mayes
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: LGS-Europe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Sun 3/26/2006 3:19 PM
> > To: Lutelist
> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Playing With Nails
> >
> >
> >
> > >>
>
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> emS-=AB=B7=F6=A5=B5=EA=E7j=D8=AFy=BA.=9D=D6=AB
> > >>
> > >
> > > This is what my playing sounds like w/ nails.
> >
> > On carbon, that is.
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >
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