[LUTE] Re: Capirola question, now lute classical guitar

2007-07-26 Thread Orphenica
Hi all, I find it really amazing what a long thread of meandering discussion developed out of the mere question whether a dot in a 500 year old manuscript is a dot or just flyspeck. ;-) [1]http://bogulamedia.de/aa/capi1.jpg Thanks for your answers. Although I have read

[LUTE] hindemith

2007-07-26 Thread Ed Durbrow
On Jul 25, 2007, at 7:11 PM, David Tayler wrote: Why shouldn't someone be able to really study modern lute (including Hindemith's Concerto Hindemith composed a lute concerto? Do tell more. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off

[LUTE] Re: Continuo

2007-07-26 Thread Alfonso Marin
Dear Ariel, I think that you starting up from a wrong concept. Playing continuo is not about learning positions for chords but reading a bass and adding the right harmonies to it as a result of counterpoint and correct voice leading. If you think in chords positions like jazz players do,

[LUTE] Re: Capirola question, now lute classical guitar

2007-07-26 Thread David Rastall
On Jul 25, 2007, at 6:11 AM, David Tayler wrote: I do think we have to get away from any idea that one style is better, or more authentic, that is the undercurrent that prevents us from exploring all the possibilities of the instrument, limiting us somewhat to Historically Blurry

[LUTE] Re: Capirola question

2007-07-26 Thread Ralf Mattes
On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 22:32 -0700, gary digman wrote: F. C. da Milano played viol as well as lute This might very likely have been a `viola da mano' (italian form of a vihuela) ... and used fingerpicks on the lute. De Visee played lute, theorbo and guitar. Paul O'dette, Hopkinson Smith,

[LUTE] Re: More mandora/mandola

2007-07-26 Thread Martyn Hodgson
You asked for speculation: I think these Italian mid 18thC instruments with string lengths in the high 50s to mid 60s are more likely to be the 18thC Italian continuation of the old 'liuto' (usually in an A tuning ie A d g b e' a' or even G tuning) rather than the larger

[LUTE] Re: Capirola question, now lute classical guitar

2007-07-26 Thread Andreas Schlegel
Dear Gary That's partially correct. BUT: Modern string material allows other (modern and in history never possible or needed) techniques as historic ones. F.ex. dampening is first of all a problem of modern bass strings. If we wish to understand the acoustic of a historic instrument and use

[LUTE] Re: Hexachords

2007-07-26 Thread demery
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007, Caroline Usher [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Supposing one wanted to learn the fundamentals of music as it was taught in the 16th century, starting with the gamut and hexachords. Dont forget the lectures and post-lecture beer. Lots of renaissance treatises, Boethius,

[LUTE] Re: Continuo

2007-07-26 Thread Rob
Hi Ariel, and welcome to the 17th century... Nigel North's book on continuo instruments is worth tracking down. There are second-hand copies available from here: http://www.amazon.com/Continuo-Playing-Archlute-Theorbo-Music/dp/0253314151/

[LUTE] Re: More mandora/mandola

2007-07-26 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 07:16 AM 7/26/2007, Martyn Hodgson wrote: You asked for speculation: Thanks for your insightful speculation, Martyn. I like the G to g' or A to a' concept with a single diatonic bass...sort of like an archlute light. This is receiving similar discussion on another forum where I posted.

[LUTE] Re: hindemith

2007-07-26 Thread Ray Brohinsky
Hindemuth had a spurt of writing compositions for all kinds of instruments, including recorder. (Jeremy Montague (sp?) wrote to Early Music decades ago about HIP, objecting to the equally anachronistic playing of Hindemuth's recorder trio on baroque-fingered instruments!) I don't have any record

[LUTE] LSA Seminar Vancouver

2007-07-26 Thread Stephen Fryer
Trying this again with an appropriate subject line. I was wondering if any list members were attending the LSA lute seminar in Vancouver, BC next weekend. It would be nice to have a few faces to attach to names. -- Stephen Fryer Lund Computer Services

[LUTE] Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

2007-07-26 Thread hera caius
Hello, my name is Caius Hera, I'm from Timisoara Romania, one of the very few lutenists here(the one and only baroque lute player, I also play vihuela, renaissance lute and a discant viola da gamba). From oktober I'm student at Schola with Hoppy. I'm looking for a place to stay in Basel