For those that may be torbanistically inclined-
I have added photos of two instruments, believed to be lost. Both are
elegantly proportioned swan-neck types, and have inlays of Hetman Mazepa
coat-of-arms, see bottom of the
http://www.torban.org/torban3b.html
RT
To get on or off this
Roman -- what I wanted to ask was did they compose with shapes on the
fingerboard and translate that to tablature or was it composed like a
species counterpoint. And did professionals play from tablature or from
standard notation, aside from figured bass.
On 7/6/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL
On Jul 6, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Michael Gillespie wrote:
Does anyone have any comments on improvising trills and other accents?
You mean...(gasp)...actually putting in ornaments just anywhere, even
though they're not officially indicated in the tab? I don't know:
pretty risky business!
Roman -- what I wanted to ask was did they compose with shapes on the
fingerboard and translate that to tablature or was it composed like a
species counterpoint.
Well, I take as evidence of people composing in tabulature Weiss' own
rosicrucian entry in a friends journal, consisting of a few bars
Folk,
I have a lute-like-object. It was an EMS lute kit, put together (badly) by a
friend of whom I am very fond. He offered it to me when I showed interest
(the closest other thing I had to a lute at the time was a guitar.) I took
off the top plate and shaved the bowl back to correct for the
On Jul 6, 2008, at 1:27 PM, William Brohinsky wrote:
All of which is said because I really want to be able to
demonstrate that I
could play that theorboed lute as a theorbo when I audition in a
few months.
I've been working the top six courses as an exercise with my classical
guitar
This is a very difficult situation that you describe.
I think the question to ask yourself, is where exactly you a are
going in your studies. Because ultimately, the instrument you
describe is going to hold you back.
Another point to consider is why the instrument is in its current
state? What
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:13 PM, David Tayler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a very difficult situation that you describe.
I think the question to ask yourself, is where exactly you a are
going in your studies.
Well, actually, where I'm going in my studies is an EE degree.
Because
