Okay,
If you're going to make the reach easier, one would have the string
spacing compressed > toward the hand edge of the fingerboard not <away from
it. Just me?
Thirteen equally spaced frets on the neck, abnormal, at least for 18th
century west & central european terrestrial lute.(don't want to step on
anyone's toes here. Might be "the thing" for "air lute")
Dale
----- Original Message -----
From: "peter rauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "baroque lute list" <[email protected]>; "Ed Durbrow"
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Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 4:38 AM
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Pesne
> Dear List,
> I think on the painting there is a real lute played by the beautiful lady.
> I
> think the reason for the strange stringing is that the sattle and the
> distance between the strings was changed to fit the smaller fingers of a
> young lady.
> do you think the red color of the bass strings is because they are wound
> with copper?
> I counted 13 frets - not unusual.
>
> regards from austria,
> peter
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dale Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:22 AM
> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Pesne
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> As for accuracy, I think there are a couple too many frets for
> reality.Which
> makes the whole lute thing look more like a prop. She sure is cute. Too
> bad,
> she's probably dead by now.
> Dale
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Durbrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 12:46 PM
> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Pesne
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>>I like her right hand. It looks very relaxed. The pinky is outside
>> the bridge and I bet she would have slid the whole hand gracefully
>> upwards when she needed to reach the lowest sounding courses, keeping
>> the little finger outside and parallel to the bridge the whole time.
>> I'm sure she could play and remain pretty and dignified alla Mary
>> Burwel.
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