If things weren't like they were, they'd be different!
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On Dec 10, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Tom Draughon wrote:
With Viagra he may have had more!
Tom Draughon
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On Dec 10, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Bruno Correia <[email protected]>
wrote:
Well, with our lifestyle they wouldn't have produced any lute music
at
all. With a big screen tv and an internet connection, Bach would have
had far less kids around too...
2013/12/10 <[1][email protected]>
I like nails, the sound of nails. I like nylon strings.
Who knows what they would have used if they had modern strings, 600
sandpaper, and diamond files, not to mention super glue.
I always think the point is to make pleasing music and have fun.
It doesn't matter to me how anyone plays. Do what makes you happy
and have fun.
Allan
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From: "Mayes, Joseph" <[2][email protected]>
Sent: Dec 10, 2013 11:23 AM
To: Bruno Correia <[3][email protected]>, List LUTELIST
<[4][email protected]>
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed
I play the lute, archlute and vihuela with nails for the same reason
that I
play the classical guitar with nails: because it sounds better!
Of course, by that I mean it sounds better to me. Nails give the
attack a
precision that flesh does not. It also comes closer, IMHO to the
sound
usually described in historical sources as desirable on lute -
silvery,
tinkling, etc.
Many sources tell us not to use nails - which they wouldn't have
bothered to
do if people were not doing it that way.
I don't play with flesh, I don't ride my horse to the gig, and I
don't
attend any bear-bating.
My $.02
Joseph mayes
On 12/10/13 11:05 AM, "Bruno Correia" <[5][email protected]>
wrote:
Here we go again with the nails issue. There are many sources
describing the use of flesh as the best way to sound upon the
lute,
however, the use of nails was certainly a possibility. But only
because
three cats used it doesn't mean it was the general taste of those
times. Just because Jimi Hendrix played with his teeth doesn't
mean that everyone does it today. I could only justify the nails
if I
still played the classical guitar, otherwise what benefit would
it
bring?
2013/12/10 Martin Shepherd <[1][6][email protected]>
Well, there's Piccinini, who recommends playing with nails, and
Mace, who says that some people do it and think it's the best
way,
but he says it might be OK in an ensemble but doesn't like it
for
solo playing. There may be others - Weiss? Vihuela
references? I'm
sure others can help.
Martin
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