You've convinced me! Eugene
> -----Original Message----- > From: Roman Turovsky [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 2:27 PM > To: [email protected]; Eugene C. Braig IV > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Alto lute help > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
