Sam, My sentiments exactly. That is one reason I use gut basses in baroque lutes. It does seem to self-articulate in the use of basses.
ed At 04:51 PM 2/21/2013, Sam Chapman wrote: > Personally, I feel that many performers today overarticulate, and this > can have the effect of introducing unpleasant accents and (moreover) > reducing the volume/resonance of the instrument. The lute, especially > when strung in gut, can be seen as a self-articulating instrument - why > exaggerate this characteristic? Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute http://magnatune.com/artists/edward_martin To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
