On Sep 25, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Sauvage Valéry wrote: > And the other evidence (speak with some luthiers) is to try to play > the strings in different places and hear where sound is the best > (objectively, not just as an idea of your ideal sound) Of couse it > depends on the lute, strings and soundboard, but I'm quite sure it > is not by playing close to the bridge you get the better > "objective" sound from our instrument.
There's no such thing as sound that's objectively best. As soon as you say "best" you've eliminated objectivity from consideration. > Do you also think people listening to songs like Janequin wrote, > Lassus and others, listeining to viols and flûtes, could like > buzzing strings on frets ? I think people who listened to krumhorns might enjoy buzzing strings. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
