Yes, I understand that and have experienced it with the ren. lute... I still love it, but boy oh boy, it can be tough to keep the sound going with all those left-hand fingerings/chords...Good observation! Thanks again to everyone for all your informed input and help! I really appreciate it! Warm regards, Brent
----- Original Message ---- From: Roman Turovsky <[email protected]> To: Lutelist <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, July 17, 2011 5:53:04 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace There is sometning in the acoustics of baroque lute that make thin (i.e. easier) textures sound good/interesting/meaningful. One really has to keep filling the space with sound on the renaissance one, which requires a lot more physical motion. This is especially evident when writing for them. RT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Shoskes" <[email protected]> To: "brentlynk" <[email protected]> Cc: "sterling price" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 5:37 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace > I think with the Ren lute it is easier to play a reasonable beginner > piece more quickly than with the baroque lute. Once the right hand > thumb gets trained on the baroque lute, then I think it is the easier > instrument for medium and high difficulty works. It's really a case of > what is more difficult for you and the size of your hands and fingers: > scrunched together left hand chords on the Ren lute or a flying right > hand thumb (with or without damping) on the baroque lute. > Danny > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:26 AM, brentlynk > <[1][email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, Sterling and Ed, > Part of me wants to believe you when you say baroque lute is easier, > and I do > recall having read that...the chords do seem easier than chord > fingerings in > renaissance tuning. However, part of me is wondering if you are > kidding me? :-) > If you are, I think it's great and I don't mind a bit... > Warm regards, > Brent > ----- Original Message ---- > From: sterling price <[2][email protected]> > To: [3][email protected] > Sent: Sun, July 17, 2011 1:19:58 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace > You couldn't get better encouragement than from Mace. He tells how > 'easy' the Baroque lute is compared to those of the past. > Good luck. > Mace is absolutely right about this. Much easier.... > -Sterling Price > On Jul 17, 2011, at 2:25 AM, brentlynk wrote: > I am just about to get started on the baroque lute and any > informed > guidance > will be welcomed and appreciated... > Ed Durbrow > Saitama, Japan > [1][4]http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ > [2][5]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > -- > References > 1. [6]http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ > 2. [7]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > To get on or off this list see list information at > [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. mailto:[email protected] > 4. http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ > 5. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > 6. http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ > 7. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html >
