Le 2 févr. 09 à 13:36, Edward Martin a écrit :
No, it was recorded before carbon was available. He used standard
Pyramid strings, strung in the manner in which we strung lutes back
in the 1970's. His technique was playing close to the rose, etc.
Right, my first, rather brief contact with the lute was around
1979-1980. My teacher, Terrence Waterhouse, who was a student of
Michael Schaeffer was already using gut. He used lutes by Mattheus
Durvie that were of light construction. I suppose this was around the
moment that gut must have been reintroduced, and he (along with
Matteus) must have been a pioneer. I think I had nylon for a year,
and then moved to gut.
I recall very interesting debates among lutenists, around that time,
in the Early Music magazine, about whether light lutes and gut
stringing and no nails was the way to go. Some arguing that in the
interest of consideration for the public, that louder instruments and
stringing was to be preferred, better suited to the acoustics of the
modern auditorium.
Photos on the Dowland 1981 LP set, show that three (possibly four) of
five players seem to be using thumb-in.
On this record Bailes is using two lutes by Matteus Durvie, and the
notes explicitly say that "he plays without nails and where possible
with original fingering, on lutes which are lightly constructed and
in the style of the old masters"
He is the only one of the five for which this is specifically stated,
si it must still have seemed quite new as an approach at that time.
Yes, I forgot that gut stringing, came in around the 80s, while thumb-
in (which Terry used) was reintroduced (under the influence of
Michael Schaeffer) a little earlier, I think.
Unfortunately, both T. Waterhouse and M. Durvie abandonned the lute
scene probably before the 90s.
Anthony
The LP's (it is a 2-record set) were done years ago, before people
were recording in gut.
ed
I will try to find this LP set.
Is Satoh already playing on gut at that time? I think David said that
at one time he was playing on carbon? I assume he was playing nearer
the rose, and was using higher tension strings than he know uses.
Do you prefer his high tension sound over his present lower tension
stringing. I am not being polemcal, just wondering.
Best wishes
Anthony
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