David, I think you misunderstood my post. The fact that this was very obviously a HIP performance, rather than modern, and was so lovely, gave rise to my question. Of course, as Christopher recognized, it was somewhat rhetorical. That instruments - and techniques - evolve is no doubt to be expected, and the reasons are many. But one reason is the constant striving for more volume. At best, success along these lines appears to me to be mixed blessing. On Jul 15, 2011, at 10:08 AM, David Smith wrote:
> Nice performance. The player looked awfully nervous for someone who > plays that well, lol. > Edward, what about this struck you as modern (aside from the clothing > worn by the player). It looked significantly divergent from modern > guitar technique to me. (I don't know enough about baroque technique to > evaluate that.) > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Edward Mast <[1][email protected]> > wrote: > > Wonderful. Hearing this lovely instrument, one wonders (well, I > wonder) why makers and players felt that it needed the > "improvements" of the modern guitar and its technique. Well, ok, it > wasn't suitable for recitals in Carnegie Hall. But, as always, > something gained, something lost. > > On Jul 15, 2011, at 2:35 AM, Valery Sauvage wrote: >> Again a nice vid : >> >> >> [1][2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LijMh4LBJSg >> >> >> Val ;-) >> >> >> >> -- >> >> References >> >> 1. [3]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LijMh4LBJSg >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LijMh4LBJSg > 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LijMh4LBJSg > 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html >
