[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392

2011-12-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
baroque lutes of the type that we mostly use to play solos. Bill From: Jean-Marie Poirier jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr To: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 18:27 Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 What about

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2011-12-02 Thread A. J. Ness
. By the way, all 24 keys are represented in the 30 preludes. arthur - Original Message - From: Jean-Marie Poirier jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 8:19 AM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 I forgot to mention that the lute music

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2011-12-01 Thread R. Mattes
On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:26:57 -0800, Nancy Carlin wrote One of the things that is really intersting about John Wilson is that he wrote a series of fantasties in all (many?) keys. In all keys, IIRC. And also some warmup exercises as well. These re for English theorbo with the first string

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392

2011-12-01 Thread Rob MacKillop
Check out 'From the fair lavinian shore' from Balcarres - attributed elsewhere to John Wilson. Number 51: http://scottishlute.com/balcarres/ Rob On 1 December 2011 10:55, R. Mattes r...@mh-freiburg.de wrote: On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:26:57 -0800, Nancy Carlin wrote One of the things that is

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392

2011-11-30 Thread William Samson
missed something? Bill From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk To: Anthony Hind agno3ph...@yahoo.com; Baroque lute Dmth baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 12:46 Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 I think the same applies to lute accompaniment

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2011-11-30 Thread Martyn Hodgson
. regards Martyn --- On Wed, 30/11/11, William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu

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2011-11-30 Thread sterling price
To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:35 AM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 I sometimes wonder why I haven't come across much in the way of contemporary agonisings about pitch

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2011-11-30 Thread Martyn Hodgson
From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 To: David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011, 10:18 Thank you for this. So, if I understand you right, the early lute players could all

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2011-11-30 Thread David van Ooijen
On 30 November 2011 11:18, Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: So, if I understand you right, the early lute players could all transpose tablature on sight - have you any evidence for this assertion? You also suggest we shouldn't discuss such matters... I wonder why? Oh

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392

2011-11-30 Thread Martyn Hodgson
From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 To: David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, 30 November, 2011, 13:46 Thank you for this. I think the same general query applies to modern players too - what

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2011-11-30 Thread David van Ooijen
On 30 November 2011 14:46, Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: I think the same general query applies to modern players too - what evidence have you for your assertion that all experienced players can transpose tablature on sight? Gosh, there goes my English again! Did I really

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2011-11-30 Thread howard posner
On Nov 30, 2011, at 12:35 AM, William Samson wrote: I sometimes wonder why I haven't come across much in the way of contemporary agonisings about pitch standards and compatibility of lutes with their wide range of scale lengths for a given nominal pitch. Presumably this would have been

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392

2011-11-30 Thread William Samson
For most players, pitch was a given. If you lived in London in 1720 and the local pitch was A=410, you tuned your lute to A=410 or you couldn't play with other instrumentalists else, which would make you useless as a musician. Not necessarily that straightforward - Suppose you had

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392

2011-11-29 Thread Anthony Hind
A : howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com; baroque lute list baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Envoye le : Mardi 29 Novembre 2011 5h18 Objet : [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 Hi-After just playing it now, I like the basses but the 1st and 2nd courses could be higher tension of course so I think I

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2011-11-29 Thread William Samson
, 9:06 Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 My 70 cm Warwick works well at 392Hz. While going from 407Hz to 392Hz, I wanted to raise the tension of the basses slightly, so I just shifted them along one increment (C1 to D2 etc). However, I changed most of the mid and top

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2011-11-29 Thread Anthony Hind
baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Envoyé le : Mardi 29 Novembre 2011 10h27 Objet : [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392   As far as I can see the only show-stopper for a lute tuned to 392Hz is   ensemble work, when the other musicians are tuned to a higher pitch   standard - usually 415Hz.  That's where a 66cm

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392

2011-11-29 Thread Anthony Hind
- Mail original - De : Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk À : William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk; baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Anthony Hind agno3ph...@yahoo.com Cc : Envoyé le : Mardi 29 Novembre 2011 12h58 Objet : [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392    Dear

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392

2011-11-29 Thread Martyn Hodgson
with 'perfect' (modern) pitch.. Martyn --- On Tue, 29/11/11, Anthony Hind agno3ph...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Anthony Hind agno3ph...@yahoo.com Subject: Re : [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Date: Tuesday, 29 November, 2011, 12:11

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392

2011-11-28 Thread howard posner
On Nov 28, 2011, at 5:15 PM, sterling price wrote: My question is: should I just tune the same 415 strings down or get a new set of strings for 392? Yes. Those are pretty much the only two options. Right now it is at 392 but I'm wondering if it might sound better with new strings.

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2011-11-28 Thread Edward Martin
, 2011 7:15 PM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: A=392 On Nov 28, 2011, at 5:15 PM, sterling price wrote: My question is: should I just tune the same 415 strings down or get a new set of strings for 392? Yes. Those are pretty much the only two options. Right now