Just listening to your first piece now. Seems like a nice balance and a nice sound and recording.
On Sep 20, 2013, at 1:14 AM, stephen arndt <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > I wanted to let you know that I have now finished recording all 71 > pieces of Antoine Francisque's Le trA(c)sor d'OrphA(c)e, which is > available for you to listen to here, if you would like: > [1]http://www.verseandsong.com/song/renaissance-lute/1293-2/ . You have > the option of clicking on a particular piece and listening to it > individually or of scrolling down to the bottom of the page and using > the playlist to listen to the pieces successively. Please feel free to > leave a comment and to visit the other pages of my website. > > One problem (among many!) that I have had in playing the lute has been > to strike a good balance between the treble and the bass. To my ears at > least it seemed that I tended to play the bass too loudly and the > treble too softly. When I tried to increase the volume of the treble, > it seemed that I involuntarily increased the volume of the bass as > well. > > As I was working through this manuscript I was asked to begin playing > lute at my wife's church, which I have now been doing once a month. The > space is a little too large for the instrument, which was difficult to > hear, so the choir director asked me to play more loudly. Although I > did not like the request because I found it difficult to maintain a > good tone at a greater volume, I began practicing playing more loudly. > Somehowahow exactly I don't knowaI think I learned to bring out the > treble more with respect to the bass and achieve a better balance > between the two. > > I did not record this manuscript straight through from beginning to > end. Instead I started with the pieces most familiar to me and recorded > numbers 17 through 34. On those pieces I think that you can hear that > the treble is a bit weak. Then I went back to number 16 and recorded > the pieces in reverse order until I reached the first, and then finally > picked up with number 35 and recorded to the end. On pieces 1a16 and > 35a71 I think that the treble comes out much more clearly. > > It was often not clear to me what was a section marker and what was a > repeat sign. So, I consulted with Sarge Gerbode, who told me that the > same sign could indicate both depending on context and urged me to use > my good judgment. I followed at leas half of his advice and used my > judgment, though it may not always have been good. > > I found the piA"ces A cordes avalA(c)es (numbers 59a71) particularly > interesting. If anyone knows of other collections in that tuning, I > would appreciate a reference. > > Those of you who know me know that I am just an amateur. Those who do > not should not expect professional quality either in playing or > recording quality. Nevertheless, I hope that if you listen, you will > find something to enjoy. > > Best regards, > > Stephen Arndt > > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.verseandsong.com/song/renaissance-lute/1293-2/ > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ --
