Vance,
Nails? When I learned guitar (1949) I kept the nails short. But just long
enough to back the finger pad to make it solid. These days there are
arguments in the harp community as to the "nail playing" of wire strung
harps and the finger pad of the nylon/gut harps. I think it is invalid. I
pl
Another comparison:
A Russian nanny in NYC for a week costs 50 sheets of cheapish printmaking
paper.
A Polish nanny costs 70.
A Trinidadian nanny with a Green Card costs 100+.
RT
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Roman M. Turovsky
http://turovsky.org
http://polyhymnion.org
> Roman commented:
>> I once looked >>
I read this in an unrelated newsgroup today. It is both funny and
appropriate
Cheers
How many newsgroup posters does it take to change a light bulb?
1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
changed
14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the
Arthur Ness (boston) wrote:
snip
>
> There are some remarkable musical minds. One was a colleague from Holland,
> a Dr. K. He had a photographic memory and perfect pitch, and was somewhat
> of a whiz at mathematics (he could add up 30 or 40 numbers in a few
> seconds, and then give the average)
Dear Howard,
You are quite right to raise an eyebrow at the details of what I had
to say about Blind Boone. $1000 does seem a bit steep, doesn't it.
Unfortunately I can't remember where I read what I did. Earlier this
evening I tried to check out what I could from Nottingham University
Music Libra
At 02:27 PM 10/14/2003 -0500, "Hoban, Dick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to locate David Harris, one of the founders of the Lute
>Society of America, on behalf of a member. Does any one know where he is now?
Hopefully, in a better place. He died in 1998 in Charleston SC.
Matanya Ophe
I am trying to locate David Harris, one of the founders of the Lute Society of
America, on behalf of a member. Does any one know where he is now?
Thanks, Dick Hoban
President, Lute Society of America
Our member writes:
In the early 60's I studied classical guitar under David Harris @ the Academy
Patrick wrote
<>><<>I was thinking this question of what lute music may have cost in past
is somewhat accademic. If I am not mistaken, people could remember a lot
more than they care to now. Not that we cannot, it is just that we do not
have to. There was a program with James Burke (Connections
Roman commented:
>>> >> I once looked >> into the price of high quality paper in 16th
century Augsburg, paper of the >> kind one would use to copy lute music. A
ream of folio sized paper (about >> 9x12) in Augsburg cost the equivalent
of a kitchen servant's monthly >> salary. Today a ream of hi
James: It is wonderful to have someone else around who wonders about the
same things I, and I suppose many others, think about. I think, and if I
remember correctly, the Orpharion sounds wonderful with just the finger
tips. I was slow to convert to finger tips only, thinking that the only way
I
To relieve, or perhaps to indulge, the pensive temper of his mind, he
bade Emily fetch the lute she knew how to touch with such sweet
pathos. As she drew near the fishing-house, she was surprised to
hear the tones of the instrument, which were awakened by the hand of
taste, and uttered a plain
Hi all,
I was wondering if any of you had the chance to try the new =
nylgut strings for the basses (overspun).
Any other interesting experience with non-gut strings for the =
bass registers?
Thanks.
Regards,
A
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At 10:30 AM 10/14/2003 +0200, arielabramovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Once I've stop taking part,
You did? what are you still doing in this thread?
> added MO's address to =
>my blocked list, he keeps insulting me, even in messages posted out of =
>the debate.
Which s
At 08:48 AM 10/14/2003 +0200, André Blanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am sure that using copy or web sources music will in a way contribute to
>the promotion of both the publishers material - what ever the prices .. -
What way? is there any evidence for the assumption? In my experience, the
op
Patrick H wrote:
>
> So, is it not possible that many musicians just watched someone play a
> piece, and could then remember it?
>
Outside of overly academic classical (in the broad sense) music, that's
almost exactly how we do it. Only difference is we listen to someone play
it :o)
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Rough
Let's get on with it, why don't we. Is this list really so that people can
feel safe attacking each other's character? I enjoy this list most when I learn
something constructive about the lute, it's player's and it's music. I hope I
will be able to contribute something constructive myself as wel
> Dear All
Stop this madness! Im a amateur lute player from Brazil
and I sad that discussion is unpropoposital. Lute music
is more than it.
Lets go back to the Lute
Jorge II
Dear Andr=E9,
> =20
> I'm afraid that for some of us this
debate was an =
>
Dear Andr=E9,
=20
I'm afraid that for some of us this debate was an =
opportunity to exchange ideas about something very important in our =
daily life as lute players, but for some other person, attacking by all =
means and not being able to stop at any point e
Tim, I'll try to reply before knowing what I'm talking about, Jerry's flat
back is already shipped and should arrive in a couple of days. That means
that if I really want to play it immediately I'll have it strung by
Saturday, but luckily I'm enjoying the guitar transliterations so I might
make a b
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