You shouldn't get preoccupied: I certainly wouldn't advocate a capo for any
of my music.
RT
From: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[email protected]>
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
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