> Mathias, > I second what Steve says...I am in the process of getting one of my > 10-course lutes converted to 11-courses. In fact, I know just the > person to do it for you, for a good price...I haven't gotten mine back > yet, but I trust him and he has a good reputation...
Tnx a lot, but I live beyond the pond, you see, in the Old Continent ... > If you convert > yours to 11-courses, you can still go back and re-string and tune it > like a renaissance lute... Danny Shoskes once wrote on this list, there's an ideal number of lutes to possess: just one more (IIRC). I have followed this advice ever since, so that I'm happy I don't need to convert one of my lutes. Thank you, nevertheless. BTW there is a booklet available from http://www.antiqua-edition.de/lautenmusik/barocklaute/00000095a30982042.html on how to retune your 10c lute so as to get Les Accords Nouveaux, i.e. so called transitional tunings, which I'd count as baroque. Mathias > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: > [email protected] > Sent: Wed, July 20, 2011 4:41:09 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Re: Mace-- Not Mace Anymore > > Steve, > > first of all I'd think about how to convert my 10c into an 11c lute, > as there are not exactly many pieces in D minor tuning for 10 courses. > > Mathias > > -----Original-Nachricht----- > > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace-- Not Mace Anymore > > Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:13:11 +0200 > > From: Steve Ramey <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > All, > > OK, so with all this talk of baroque lute being somewhat easy to > > play, I need to do something useful with my 10C baroque lute, once I > > get a proper set of strings for D minor tuning. Does anyone have > > any recommendations for easy pieces with which to begin-- something > > easily accessible, both in terms of laying ones hands on and playing > > it. I've checked out the items on Wayne's Baroque Lute tab page and > > some look and sound possibly do-able. I'm not an accomplished > > lutenist on the ren lute, so ideas for something easy would be most > > appreciated. > > Thanks! > > Steve > > __________________________________________________________________ > > From: Thomas Walker <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:12 AM > > Subject: [LUTE] Mace > > Hey all, > > Interesting discussion. I have to say, I'm with Sterling & Roman et > > al > > on this one. I started on renaissance lute (actually, guitar before > > that), and D minor baroque lute is still a secondary instrument for > > me. > > But if you can find the basses (most of us can with some patient > > work), there is a vast repertoire that is available, and much easier > > than most of Dowland, for instance. > > From my perspective, the hardest lute music is Italian, c. > > 1580-1620. > > Piccinini's music, straddling the two epochs, is unrelentingly > > difficult. The bass work isn't too bad (even Toccata XX from his > > 1623 print doesn't demand too much of one's "thumb radar"), but the > > left hand work is brutal. > > Zamboni's music for archlute doesn't spend a lot of time below the > > 9th or 10th course (I think most of it you could play on a veil ton > > 10c lute), but even as his textures are leaner than Weiss', the left > > hand work is considerably more demanding. D minor works! > > Cheers, > > Tom Walker, Jr. > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > > > > References > > > > 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > > > >
