Ed,
Wow, thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. And wha
timing - I need to mention one important thing in
conjunction with this album, however.
"Charles Hurel: Works for Theorbo; Christopher
Wilke, theorbo," formerly a self-release with a
different title, is now available with Centaur
Records. When I say "now" however, it is actually so
new that its not entirely in their system yet. The
LSA has a few copies, but it should be a few days
before the album is available from Centaur's website
-www.centaurrecords.com. (I don't even have it yet.)
Thanks again, Ed for your kind words!
Chris
--- Edward Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am glad you mentioned Hurel, Chris. I want to say
> that your theorbo CD
> of Hurel is excellent, and I encourage those on this
> list without a copy
> can get it from the Lute Society of America. It is
> a welcome edition to
> recorded theorbo CD's! Well done!
>
> ed
>
> At 02:36 PM 5/3/2007 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >Nigel,
> >
> >
> > I'm going to leave the "virtually the same
> >instrument" part out of the question for the
> moment.
> >The whole debate over double vs. single string as
> well
> >as Italian vs. French performance practice could
> get
> >ugly.
> >
> > I use the essentially the same technique for
> >Castaldi, Pittoni, Hurel and de Visee. What I do
> is
> >basically thumb-over using thumb-index-middle maybe
> >75-80% of the time. The re-entrant tuning of the
> >theorbo means that I use the ring finger more
> >frequently on theorbo than, say, baroque lute.
> >
> > We know that Kapsberger did not use the
> right
> >hand ring finger at all since he planted it along
> with
> >the little finger on the top. He also uses the %
> sign
> >- meaning some variation of individually-fingered
> (as
> >opposed to strummed or raked) arpeggio depending on
> >the number and disposition of notes in the chord -
> on
> >all chords with more than three notes. He does
> this
> >even on four-note chords that could easily have
> been
> >blocked using the ring finger. I make a real
> effort
> >not use the ring finger in Kapsberger's music
> because
> >I find that it has a huge effect on the
> interpretation
> >and sound of the music. I don't remember what
> >Piccinini specifies, but the three-finger approach
> >seems to work pretty well for everything I've
> played
> >by him, too.
> >
> > In general, other than the case of
> Kapsberger, I
> >try not to be too pedantic about it. I think right
> >hand fingering for theorbo needs to be the most
> >flexible and indiosyncratic approaches to a lute
> >instrument - just look at how many times you end up
> >using the index or even ring finger on the strong
> >beat!
> >
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >
> >--- Nigel Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I have been following the thread of how lute
> > > technique changed over the
> > > years to suit new instruments and fashion. Does
> this
> > > mean we should not
> > > use the same right hand technique to play the
> > > theorbo (chitaronne)
> > > pieces by Piccinini as for De Viséé over a
> century
> > > later, even though
> > > virtually the same instrument is being played?
> > >
> > > Nigel
> > >
> > >
> > >
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