[BAROQUE-LUTE] Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Rob MacKillop
I'd like to thank all those people who have written to me over the last couple of weeks enquiring about my arm. I'm happy to report that it feels 100 per cent fine. However, I'm not rushing back into playing for as many hours as I can cram into the day, and restricting myself to half an hour in

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tuning Down Chantarelle ( was Deuxième tombeau sur la mort de ma chanterelle)

2008-02-12 Thread sterling price
Does anyone else tune down the chanterelle after playing or tie pieces on to broken strings and re-use them? If so, how long does it extend the life of the string? I do this all the time with lower non treble courses that break above the nut. I even use thick non stretchy thread or even

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: la belle cecille

2008-02-12 Thread Stephen Arndt
Roman, Forgive me for waiting so long to respond to your posting. If I understand correctly, you have taken a traditional Belgian song and arranged it for Baroque lute. Although I am not familiar with the original, I find your version very pleasing, quite melodic with an underlying chord

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tuning Down Chantarelle (was Deuxième tombeau sur la mort de ma chanterelle)

2008-02-12 Thread Edward Martin
It depends on how salvageable the string is. If it broke in the pegbox area and is a good treble, I have no shame in getting further use out of it. I am noticing much longer life lately in gut trebles for my baroque lutes (11 and 13 course), because I tune them lower than usual. ed At

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Stephen Arndt
Rob wrote: Thanks for the kind comments, Stephen. I thought you were being sarcastic at first! Not at all. I meant what I said quite sincerely. Having had similar problems myself, I have often wondered whether I shall someday be forced to stop playing lute. If I do have to stop, it is a loss

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Test 1 Baroque Lute List

2008-02-12 Thread Stewart McCoy
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[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Anthony Hind
I hope the original went to Rob with photo Le 12 fevr. 08 =E0 17:00, Anthony Hind a ecrit : Rob Oh dear, that is exactly what I did. It happened for your very first recording, I seem to remember. I wonder what migh be causing this. Probably a Mac issue However clicking on the link works

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Anthony Hind
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[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Rob MacKillop
Thanks for the kind comments, Stephen. I thought you were being sarcastic at first! I guess I'm just lucky in getting a recording set up which works for me. It worked on my old Dell PC and on my Sony Vaio. Sorry it doesn't work for everyone. I couldn't buy the Nero wave Editor independent of the

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Anthony Hind
Rob I seem to be the only one who can't see it. I am on Mac and Firefox Isi it on the page with De Visée etc? Regards Anthony Le 12 févr. 08 à 12:16, Mathias Rösel a écrit : Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: It seemed to bring out the best in them. This one is very moving, and

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Rob MacKillop
Hi Jaroslaw, I have a cheap microphone, a stereo condenser by Sony, the *Sony ECM-MS907*. You can get them for around 50 UKpounds. It's the same as Martin Shepherd's. We also both use Nero Wave Editor which I use for chopping the ends off the files and adding reverb- this time I only added a

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Mathias Rösel
Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Good question, Mathias. I don't have a worked-out answer. As I said, I consider it a 'work in progress' recording. A lot of French baroque lute music seems to me to be less about a long arching melody than a sequence of sighing moments set up over an

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Rob MacKillop
Good question, Mathias. I don't have a worked-out answer. As I said, I consider it a 'work in progress' recording. A lot of French baroque lute music seems to me to be less about a long arching melody than a sequence of sighing moments set up over an almost formulaic chord sequence. I guess I'm

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Mark Houghton
Dear Rob. What a wonderful interpretation and recording! Bravo! Regards, Mark Houghton -Original Message- From: Rob MacKillop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 February 2008 10:54 To: Baroque-Lute Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Tombeau de du But I'd like to thank all those people who have