Thanks a lot!
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:51 PM Martin Shepherd
<[1][email protected]> wrote:
A couple of possible answers:
The secret to getting a full tone on the lute is to concentrate on
quality not quantity. If you force the sound it will not be any
louder,
just worse. What is needed is full contact with both strings of a
course, a deflection of the strings towards the soundboard and
absolutely simultaneous release.
Lute music does sometimes contain fast passages but you definitely
can't
play them if you're not relaxed, and trying too hard.
M
On 02/10/2017 15:53, WALSH STUART wrote:
>
> Very interesting Martin. If playing the lute should be physically
easy
> then two things come to mind: volume and speed.
>
> If the player uses little effort to pluck the string ( I mean the
> player really is making an effort, giving the matter full
attention)
> then surely that isn't going to be very loud? Very possibly the
> contexts in which the lute was actually played didn't require
great
> volume.
>
> What about effortless speed? Here I am baffled too. Lots and
lots of
> lute music needs flurries of notes. Four flags and more and
somehow
> fast and light. (Later lute music can have lots of left hand alone
> articulation.) I think that amateurs, then and now, can learn and
play
> quite difficult pieces but there are definite limitations on
speed.
>
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
>>
>> I have also often found I play better after a break. Presumably
this
>> is because the physical habits are a bit less strong, leaving
some
>> room for the careful mental work which is so important.
>>
>> Martin
>>
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