It's not that hard to change the spacing on an existing lute. There is
no reason anyone should be playing a lute that doesn't fit right.
--Sterling
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From: Leonard Williams <[email protected]>
To: lute <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 6:39 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double wide spacing for polyphony
My first lute had string spacings which, I presume, were intended for
thumb-out playing: rather close between courses. When I decided to
learn
thumb-in, this was a serious draw-back. My luting went into hiatus
until
I could afford a new instrument built with wider spacing for thumb-out.
It's interesting how much difference something like that can make, yet,
like strings options, you don't hear much about it regarding other
string
instruments.
Leonard Williams
On 8/23/13 4:44 AM, "William Samson" <[1][email protected]> wrote:
> That's a beautiful lute.
>
> In contrast I have a 59cm 7c Venere replica (also shaded yew) with
very
> close string spacing at the nut - as the original lute has. When I
was
> younger this suited me nicely, but as I age my fingers have
thickened
> and it needs very great care to play chords cleanly. For this
reason I
> have used a considerably wider spacing on my new 62cm 10c lute and
have
> no trouble with chords. The one stretch that I am particularly
> conscious of is when I stop the first and sixth strings at the
seventh
> fret using little finger on the 1st and ring finger on the 6th.
>
> In favour of the lute with closer spacing I find that rapid
single-line
> passages are easier on it - It's ideal for playing divisions.
>
> Horses for courses and an excuse (if one was needed) to have more
> lutes.
>
> Bill
>
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