On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 7:18 AM, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
David--I'm sorry if I asked you this before, but can the silk koto
strings be adapted for lute trebles?
Koto strings are too thick, I should think. Perhaps one can get a
thinner set, but that would still be too thick.
Hi all,
I recently was reading a short bio on Miguel Ysrael (formerly Miguel
Serdoura) and noticed that 'in 2000 he took part in a television
documentary devoted to the lutenist Hopkinson Smith'
I couldn't find anything else on the web mentioning it
Does anyone know about
David:
You would do well to contact Alexander Rakov, the silk string
specialist who contributes regularly to this list. I've tried his silk
strings on my six-course lute and found the trebles to be, well, silky
and also clear and strong. They are remarkably consistent and the
This place might be worth checking out. Next time I'm in Chinatown
for dim sum I will. Some years ago I went there and discovered that
Erhu bows don't work for bass viols; I had forgotten about that place
since then.
http://www.clarionmusic.com/
Ron- That is Rakov, not Batov? I would be very
RaYkov.
RT
- Original Message -
From: Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 8:03 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Silk String Sources
This place might be worth checking out. Next time I'm in Chinatown
for dim sum I will. Some years ago I
Matthew Spring's book contains a reference to Christopher Tye's Acts of
The Apostles, published in 1553, with music to synge and also play
upon the Lute.
However, Tye's book (available on EEBO) doesn't have any lute
tablature, just four voice parts. Has anyone tried doing these
Dan:
It's Rakov, as Roman points out. He is generally quiet about it but has
been making fine strings for several years and published an interesting
article on silk strings in the Lute News 58, June 2001.
Ron Andrico
www.mignarda.com
alexander voka...@verizon.net
Date:
Yes, and he's quick, personable, and easy to deal with (Hi,
Alexander!). I've got his silk strings on several of my Asian
instruments, and have been meaning to send him off an email about silk
for my 10-course. I'm surprised he hasn't responded to this thread
yet, in fact. I hope
It might be -- wonderful place, definitely stop by if you're in SF --
but most Chinese instrument makers, at least the mainstream ones, have
gone over to modern materials like steel, nylon, or nylon wound over
metal, for strings. As David v. O. points out, though, Japanese
shamisen
I've worked some from Richard Allison's Psalmes of David... years
ago, but not Tye. I'd have to check, but I remember Allison as
having lute, cittern, and bass (viol) parts, along with vocal quartet.
It was interesting, but IMO it depends how Protestant you want to get
whether
Hello Christopher,
Tye's book sets out the first 14 chapters of the Acts of the Apostles,
from the New Testament, rewritten in rhyming couplets. At the head of
each chapter is a setting for four voices of the first couple of
verses. The music looks simple, but has some
I'm not sure I understand the question :)
The problem is MusicXML, which records only fret and midi-pitch for modern
tabulature.
Modern tabulature is basically french form using numerals. Guitar, banjo,
and mandolin (possibly bouzuki and modern cittern too) are published in
modern tabulature;
The top string is a, two bottom - e. The lowest string is fingered with the
thumb, and the chords are built like: (from the bottom) e-a-c, and such. a
On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:48:19 -0500 (EST)
dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us wrote:
I'm not sure I understand the question :)
The problem is
Thanks everyone. Hope to make contact with Rakov in regard to silk
strings.
Playing from the Siena Ms. on my last pair of gut trebles this
morning- (doubled first on my Chambure copy vihuela) during the
gentle haze of a happy holiday hangover is a most poignant moment on
this
Apparently i lost the track of who is looking for the silk strings. Please
e-mail me directly. alexander
On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:25:44 -0800
Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net wrote:
Thanks everyone. Hope to make contact with Rakov in regard to silk
strings.
Playing from the
I know Tye's In Nomine's for viols and in my opinion they are amongst
the top ensemble pieces of the mid 16th century.
Merry Christmas to y'all (late, but even so!)
Lex van Sante
Op 26 dec 2009, om 14:54 heeft Peter Martin het volgende geschreven:
Matthew Spring's book contains a reference
The Scots/Irish clarsach (medieval wire-string harp) of yore had the
two central strings tuned to b, and were referred to as the 'two
sisters'. I have a couple of theories as to why this should be. 1) one
of them was b flat
Thanks for the mention, this is the first I have heard
On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net wrote:
this overcast December 26th. A very special Thank You to DvO for his
exceptional encyclopedic website; I navigated to this page after
viewing the one he posted-
I don't have a date - I'm thinking back 20 years or so. I imagine I got
the information from Anne Hayman or Bill Taylor. Anne, if I remember
her correctly, had some madcap theory to do with folk-lore, pixies,
spiritual lay lines, and god-knows what else - although may be doing
her a
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