Thanks for your kind words, Tristan. Cats always follow other cats, so by showing our cats, hopefully, you can play some duets in the near future :D Forget about cat gut, cats don't fully support that practice in my experience
El 29 ene. 2018 5:08 p. m., "Leonard Williams" <[1][email protected]> escribió: Advisory on cats and lutes: On Lutestrings Catt-Eaten. [Thomas Master, 1603-1643] Are these the strings that poets feigne Have clear'd the Ayre, and calm'd the mayne? Charm'd wolves, and from the mountaine creasts Made forests dance with all their beasts? Could these neglected shreads you see Inspire a Lute of Ivorie And make it speake? Oh! think then what Hath beene committed by my catt, Who, in the silence of this night Hath gnawne these cords, and marr'd them quite; Leaving such reliques as may be For fretts, not for my lute, but me. Pusse, I will curse thee; may'st thou dwell With some dry Hermit in a cell Where Ratt neere peep'd, where mouse neere fedd, And flyes goe supperlesse to bedd; Or with some close-par'd Brother, where Thou'lt fast each Saboath in the yeare; Or else, prophane, be hang'd on Munday, For butchering a mouse on Sunday; Or May'st thou tumble from some tower, And misse to light upon all fower, Taking a fall that may untie Eight of nine lives, and let them flye; Or may the midnight embers sindge Thy daintie coate, or Jane beswinge Thy hide, when she shall take thee biting Her cheese clouts, or her house beshiting. What, was there neere a ratt nor mouse, Nor Buttery ope? nought in the house But harmlesse Lutestrings could suffice Thy paunch, and draw thy glaring eyes? Did not thy conscious stomach finde Nature prophan'd, that kind with kind Should staunch his hunger? thinke on that, Thou caniball, and Cyclops catt. For know, thou wretch, that every string Is a catt-gutt, which art doth spinne Into a thread; and how suppose Dunstan, that snuff'd the divell's nose, Should bid these strings revive, as once He did the calfe, from naked bones; Or I, to plague thee for thy sinne, Should draw a circle, and beginne To conjure, for I am, look to't, An Oxford scholer, and can doo't. Then with three setts of mopps and mowes, Seaven of odd words, and motley showes, A thousand tricks, that may be taken From Faustus, Lambe, or Fryar Bacon: I should beginne to call my strings My catlings, and my mynikins; And they recalled, straight should fall To mew, to purr, to catterwaule From puss's belly. Sure as death, Pusse should be an Engastranith; Pusse should be sent for to the king For a strange bird, or some rare thing. Pusse should be sent to farre and neere, As she some cunning woman were. Pusse should be carried up and downe, From shire to shire, from Towne to Towne, Like to the camell, Leane as Hagg, The Elephant, or Apish nagg, For a strange sight; pusse should be sung In Lousy Ballads, midst the Throng At markets, with as good a grace As Agincourt, or Chevy-chase. The Troy-sprung Brittan would foregoe His pedigree he chaunteth soe, And singe that Merlin - long deceast - Returned is in a nyne-liv'd beast. Thus, pusse, thou seest what might betyde thee; But I forbeare to hurt or chide thee; For may be pusse was melancholy And so to make her blythe and jolly, Finding these strings, shee'ld have a fitt Of mirth; nay, pusse, if that were it, Thus I revenge mee, that as thou Hast played on them, I've plaid on you; And as thy touch was nothing fine, Soe I've but scratch'd these notes of mine. Leonard > On Jan 29, 2018, at 4:22 AM, David Morales <[2][email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > Let me please suggest our tablatures search engine > ([1][3]http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/buscador-de-tablaturas/) > At this moment, only Sarge Gerbode's collection is indexed but you can > find lots of great tabs there. > And... here you have our "Cats&Lutes" initiative, where cats actually > play lutes :) > [2][4]http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/catslutes-an-interview- with-the-illus > trator-nathan-nun/ > Regards. > > 2018-01-29 5:29 GMT+01:00 Ron Andrico <[3][5][email protected]>: > > Cats are enthusiastic advocates for synthetic strings, and they > are > likewise very interested in free tabbies. > ______________________________ ______________________________ > ______ > 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. mailto:[email protected] 3. http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/buscador-de-tablaturas/ 4. http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/catslutes-an-interview-with-the-illus 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
