[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-05 Thread Martyn Hodgson
was significantly less than ordinary contemporary lutes - around 12mm rgds M --- On Tue, 4/10/11, Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com wrote: From: Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele To: sterling price spiffys84...@yahoo.com Cc

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-04 Thread William Samson
Hi Rob, I have no knowledge of the source of this suite. Do you know if it is in Weiss's own hand? I'm opening myself up to brickbats here, but it is usual for classical guitarists to make slight alterations to the pieces they play, to suit their own physical characteristics and

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-04 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Dear Rob, It is a stretch but I do think the low A (ie 13th) is meant: the BL MS is very clear and there are no signs of an a on the 6th course being altered to a 6 (as we sometimes find elsewhere). I think there are two factors here: 1. Clearly much depends on how one

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-04 Thread Daniel Shoskes
The Dresden Ms version has that bass note up an octave. Nevertheless, it isn't the only example in Weiss of playing notes on the 1st and 13th course simultaneously (and if you travel further in time, Hagen and Falckenhagen) Danny On Oct 4, 2011, at 4:05 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Enjoying

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-04 Thread William Samson
robmackil...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:25 Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele Dear Rob, It is a stretch but I do think the low A (ie 13th) is meant: the BL MS is very clear and there are no signs of an a on the 6th course being altered to a 6

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-04 Thread Christopher Wilke
: Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele To: Daniel Shoskes dshos...@mac.com Cc: BAROQUE-LUTE baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 6:31 AM I can play the 13th and 1st courses simultaneously without too much of a problem. I think

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-04 Thread Rob MacKillop
...@yahoo.co.uk To: BAROQUE-LUTE baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:25 Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele Dear Rob, It is a stretch but I do think the low A (ie 13th) is meant: the BL MS is very clear

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-04 Thread Martyn Hodgson
in the mid 140s. Perhaps reflecting local tastes? - but too small a sample to draw any clear conclusions. Martyn --- On Tue, 4/10/11, William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele To: Martyn

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-04 Thread William Samson
baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 12:44 Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele Thanks, Bill. That's it. To which Malcolm added a few more, including the bizarre c.160mm on the small Berr, the smallest lute but with the largest string band. Thanks to all

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-04 Thread Rob MacKillop
2011, 12:44 Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele Thanks, Bill. That's it. To which Malcolm added a few more, including the bizarre c.160mm on the small Berr, the smallest lute but with the largest string band. Thanks to all the advice on different approaches to managing

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'infidele

2011-10-04 Thread Louis Aull
--=_NextPart_001_0002_01CC828B.B8FC28A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rob, I'll second the lifting of the pinky off the soundboard. If you watch some of the videos of this suite and other Weiss suites, some performers, perhaps without

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'infidele

2011-10-04 Thread Christopher Wilke
say. Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Tue, 10/4/11, William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'infidele To: Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com Cc

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-04 Thread Rob MacKillop
That's getting on the wide side, Sterling. Would you have a problem with Bar 4 of L'Infidele? I agree that close spacing is difficult. I don't know how people can play with a string band of less than 148, but they do. People find a way. Rob www.robmackillop.net On 4 Oct 2011, at 22:34,

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Infidele

2011-10-04 Thread Edward Martin
When I started baroque lute 30 years ago (!!), I had difficulty at first, but I learned to accommodate the stretches. On 13 course lute, I seldom rest the pinky on the soundboard, and when playing the first 2 courses with my middle or ring finger (with the thumb on 12th or 13th course), they