When I play (arch)lute or theorbo with harpsichord I'd like to think we help eachother: the lute will make the sound of the harpsichord more mellow whilst the harpsichord will give volume to the sound of the lute. But one has to take care not to constantly double eachother. With organ, the lute gives attack while the organ gives sustain. That's an easier combination. David
******************************* David van Ooijen [1][email protected] [2]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* On 27 February 2014 15:16, Geoff Gaherty <[3][email protected]> wrote: On 27/02/14 9:07 AM, Eric Hansen wrote: I saw that orchestra in Connecticut last Sunday. The lutenist strummed quite bit, on a swan - neck Baroque lute. It looked to have a pick guard installed. He was a fine player. I was interested to see how both lute and harpsichord played most of the time, rather than one or the other. I'm sure I've read somewhere that they were rarely used together. Geoff -- Geoff Gaherty Foxmead Observatory Coldwater, Ontario, Canada [4]http://www.gaherty.ca [5]http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ To get on or off this list see list information at [6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. http://www.gaherty.ca/ 5. http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
