My apologies, Daniel, Franz, et al. I sincerely intended no offense (or even threat) with the "silly" comment. That was more meant for ribbing than as a serious attack on all those silly guitarists (which I myself am much more than any incarnation of lutenist). Because I don't capo solo music doesn't mean better qualified musicians shouldn't. Enjoy.
Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Daniel Winheld > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 1:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Alto lute help > > Well, it didn't seem silly when I had no clue about historic pitch > variation, and no knowledge of lute sizes- and all transcriptions > were for a "G" instrument, with no disclaimer that such a pitch was > strictly nominal convenience from another age. I was 17, it was 1964, > and I desperately wanted a "lute" in the worst possible way. While > the "determination" has grown rarer, we have actually had to educate > a few guitarists right on this list over the past couple of years. > One irony- at a workshop with my old "E" bass lute, I had to get it > up to F# and G (A-440) for some singers. Instant capo at 2nd and 3rd > fret with a pencil and some thick rubber bands! Talk about karmic > retribution. Or the Gods of Early Music have a sense of humor. > > >[Eugene C. Braig IV] I never was. That's a rather silly and arbitrary > >"determination" and, I think, much rarer than it was a few decades ago. > >Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
