On 08/20/2010 02:54 AM, David Tayler wrote:
Ditch the Poulton :)
There are lots of youtube videos now where you can see many different
styles of playing.
dt
At 01:18 PM 8/18/2010, you wrote:
very true. And a very good example to start is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhgkubo6YqI
(The series
Dear everybody,
if you happen to be near Bremen, Germany, tonight, don't miss the
opportunity of attending a concert of La Ninfea:
Venue: Kirche St. Johannis, In der Tränke 24, 28279 Bremen, at 7:00 pm
La Ninfea: Italian Baroque Music
Simon Linné (Lute)
Barbara Heindlmeier (Recorder)
David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net schrieb:
Thus, Cabezon's instructions that his pieces for keyboard can also be
played on the harp or lute seem at first to be hard to imagine, but of
course the player was perfectly capable of making any arrangement of
the music necessary.
The
I'm not religious about Poulton or arm postures. But if you look at
pictures and videos, you will more often than not find that compromise
posture where the right crosses the strings in something like a 45°
angle. You will notice even a few baroque lute players with thumb-in
technique.
All I'm
Hi All,
I just have to correct a misunderstanding about Poulton - every one
seems to be assuming that when she says the right arm should approach
the lute at the level of the bridge, she meant the arm coming round the
end of the lute, RH more or less parallel to the strings, the classic
Dear List,
I know this can sound like a totally silly question, but I was kind
of impressed by this article
([1]http://www.silkqin.com/03qobj/strings/raykovstrings.htm#europe),
while I was reading a few infos concerning the guqin instrument in
China.
Somebody who bravely
Always interested in words and their origins, I read David's post with
pleasure, as usual. I was puzzled, though, about the word viola, which
in
classical Latin refers to a flower (the violet).
_The Early History of the Viol_ By Ian Woodfield (ISBN 0521242924,
0521357438) probably hsa
Dear Luca:
I have tried silk strings by Alexander Raykov on my lute and they are
quite nice. I think the basses are particularly superior to most gut
basses I have tried. I would use them again if I ever got around to
working out the diameters and tension.
Ron Andrico
I think David van Ooijen has probably experimented more than me, but I
bought a couple of pure silk shamisen strings once. It became clear to
me, that without knowing the guage, tension etc. it was kind of a shot
in the dark. They didn't sell them by gauge in the shop I bought them
I think Alexander is really an expert.
If he doesn't appear soon in this thread you could write to him directly
voka...@verizon.net
best wishes
Bernd
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