Oooops and sorry, my first sentence of my just sent mail says it wrong - I mean of course: The sound of the LIUTO FORTE is extremely flexible... :-)
------------------------------------ Dr. Franz Mechsner Hanse Institute for Advanced Study Lehmkuhlenbusch 4 D-27753 Delmenhorst/Bremen GERMANY E-mail: [1][email protected] Phone: +49 (0)4221 9160-215 Fax: +49 (0)4221 9160-179 __________________________________________________________________ Von: [email protected] im Auftrag von Franz Mechsner Gesendet: Mi 23.12.2009 05:11 An: terlizzi; lute Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Liuto forte Hi, As said, IMHO, (in my VERY humble opinion, only tested against lute audios and CDs as well as against my not very good renaissance lute, never tested with an expert), the sound of the lute is extremely flexible (which is one of its advantages). If played with finger pads just above the rosette makes the LF sound closer to the lute (and quite suited for renaissance pieces etc), and other ways of playing it make it sound closer to the guitar. Most people seem to play it mostly or exclusively with finger nails, in the first place, which then explains the sound usually heard in demos - but one has to try for oneself. No need for a religious fight. Though I especially LOVE the lute-similar sound I can make in the way described I agree to the people who say that the advantage of the LF is not so much to replace any lute in any way (it's an instrument in its own right, but consider Eric Bellocq etc) - but its flexibility in one instrument, which allows to play it with finger pads as well as finger nails, lute-like and guitar-like, even in alternation as you do not have to cut the fingernails to play it with pads. Thus it is a good instrument for people who love the guitar (and occasionally have it with more than 6 strings) but sometimes would like to produce a sound closer to the lute. I have however no idea regarding the LF apart from my 9-string thing. For instance, I could imagine that the tiorba forte could be helpful if really louder as a usual theorbe, as a continuo instrument that actually could be heard even in non David-approved baroque orchestras... F ------------------------------------ Dr. Franz Mechsner Hanse Institute for Advanced Study Lehmkuhlenbusch 4 D-27753 Delmenhorst/Bremen GERMANY E-mail: [1][email protected] Phone: +49 (0)4221 9160-215 Fax: +49 (0)4221 9160-179 __________________________________________________________________ Von: [email protected] im Auftrag von [email protected] Gesendet: Mi 23.12.2009 00:20 An: [email protected] Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Liuto forte I think it sounds somewhere between the alt-guitar that Goran Sollscher plays and a lute. It has less sustain in the upper register than a guitar. I want one! Best, Mark Delpriora -----Original Message----- From: luther maynard <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Tue, Dec 22, 2009 5:34 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Liuto forte To each his own, but it sounds more like a Guitar than a Lute to my ears. LM -- References 1. [2]mailto:[email protected] To get on or off this list see list information at [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
