I agree with Arto: lute playing could not have been so quiet in the 16th and 17th centuries...let alone in the baroque area. I like Sterling's humor very much, because he could be right..?
But could anyone refer to my original question about the use of magnesium? Henk ----- Original Message ----- From: "sterling price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:40 PM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Quietness of playing (was: magnesium) > Well first of all he plays over the rose. And he stops > the basses so fast that one can't hear them. > Sterling > > > --- Arto Wikla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tuesday 18 September 2007 15:21, henk wrote: >> > .[..] I went to a concert [...] given by Hopkinson >> > Smith [...]. Although I was sitting in the third >> row I >> > could almost hear nothing of what he was playing >> [...] >> >> I have the same experience of nearly silence in >> Hopkinson Smith's >> concert. That time it was a renaissance lute. As >> beautiful as it may >> be, lute playing could not have been so quiet in the >> 16th and 17th >> centuries... >> >> Opinions of that? >> >> All the best, >> >> Arto >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Got a little couch potato? > Check out fun summer activities for kids. > http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.21/1012 - Release Date: > 16-9-2007 18:32 > >
