Mathias: R. Johnson, Ballard and Vallet wrote some of my absolute favorite music for lute. The perfect melding of melody, texture and polyphonic writing - real or implied. I'm sure you have your favorites at your fingertips but if you or others are interested, I have a few choice pieces by Vallet available on our downloads page at [1]http://editions.mignarda.com/downloads.html. Best, Ron Andrico www.mignarda.com > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:44:51 +0200 > From: mathias.roe...@t-online.de > That does not imply that I've ceased to play the renaissance lute. I do play > it and I enjoy it. Nevertheless, playing the baroque lute has had an impact. > My current renaissance epee is a 10c instrument, me focusing on Robert > Johnson, Robert Ballard, Nicolas Vallet. > > Mathias > > > On 30 March 2011 13:59, Ron Andrico <[1]praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Yes, of course jazz standards will work on lute, either in old > > tuning > > or in d-minor tuning. The point in playing effective jazz guitar > > is > > not just playing triad harmonies (always altered) but voice > > leading. > > Listen to old recordings by Dick McDonough and the player who took > > up > > where he left off, George Van Eps. The latter spent his entire > > productive life demonstrating that improvisation with good voice > > leading in four parts was not only possible but the standard by > > which > > idiomatic playing translates into good music you want to hear. > > That is > > why playing - and writing - polyphony is the best way to wrap your > > head > > around how any music fits on the lute. Face it, guitar is easier > > to > > play, and block chords are simpler to understand. This is why so > > many > > guitarists seem to gravitate toward music for baroque lute with > > its > > simpler treble - bass construction. > > > > Ron Andrico > > [2]www.mignarda.com > > > > > > > > -- > > Peter Martin > > 24 The Mount St Georges > > Second Avenue > > Newcastle under Lyme > > ST5 8RB > > tel: 0044 (0)1782 662089 > > mob: 0044 (0)7971 232614 > > [3]peter.l...@gmail.com > > > > -- > > > > References > > > > 1. mailto:praelu...@hotmail.com > > 2. http://www.mignarda.com/ > > 3. mailto:peter.l...@gmail.com > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > --
References 1. http://editions.mignarda.com/downloads.html
