[BAROQUE-LUTE] Mouton's campanella technique

2012-04-11 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear baroque lutenists and guitarists, I played a tiny Prelude by Mouton from his printed book Pieces de Luth, page 1. Here Mouton uses his unique(?) technique of playing first only the low octave of a bass course and only after some higher strings the upper octave of the same bass

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Mouton's campanella technique

2012-04-11 Thread Mathias Rösel
Here Mouton uses his unique(?) technique of playing first only the low octave of a bass course and only after some higher strings the upper octave of the same bass course. So it is actually the campanella technique better known in baroque guitar music. ... Does

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Mouton's campanella technique

2012-04-11 Thread sterling price
Hi-I use this technique all the time in J.S. Bach transcriptions. Its very handy. I have my own way of notating it that is more clear than using a big and little letter or number. --Sterling From: Mathias Roesel mathias.roe...@t-online.de To: Baroque Lute Net

[LUTE] Re: All about micing...part II

2012-04-11 Thread David Tayler
I think that is a lovely group!--the lute is behind the front of the wave, so the mics will pick up less of the lute. The organ is placed at the front of the wave. __ From: hera caius caiush2...@yahoo.com To: lute

[LUTE] Re: Paul O'Dette interview

2012-04-11 Thread Gary Digman
Irony is a difficult effect to pull off on a computer. Gary - Original Message - From: Sauvage Valéry sauvag...@orange.fr To: 'Lute List' lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:32 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Paul O'Dette interview -Message d'origine- De la part

[LUTE] Lute size and set-up was Re: What makes a good lute?

2012-04-11 Thread Martyn Hodgson
David, Clearly the overall size of an instrument and things like string spacing are relevant to the ease of playing. But if a player struggles with a particular size and/or specification of lute, before jumping to erroneous conclusions it's important to see if the player's posture

[LUTE] Re: Lute size and set-up was Re: What makes a good lute?

2012-04-11 Thread Anthony Hart
whilst on the subject of lute set up, I have a question of the action of the bass courses of a 14c Liuto attiorbato. I have found several suggestions concerning the ideal height of the bass strings above the finger board. 1. The strings should be about 5mm at the lower nut. 2. The strings should

[LUTE] Online Repository? Was: Facsimile

2012-04-11 Thread Markus Johann Mühlbauer
Thank you Rainer, nice find. With all those scans popping up again and again I started wondering: Did anyone ever start an online repository for facsimilies? I keep downloading that little treasures and saving them to my hard drives as soon as they appear, but wouldn't it be nice if someone new

[LUTE] Re: Lute size and set-up was Re: What makes a good lute?

2012-04-11 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Dear Anthony, As far as I am aware, there is historical information about this matter and, clearly, extant instruments will have deformed over time so that modern drawings (even if wholly accurate) may tell us little about what the original maker was aiming for. But since you

[LUTE] Correction! to Re: Lute size and set-up was Re: What makes a good lute?

2012-04-11 Thread Martyn Hodgson
CORRECTION For As far as I am aware, there is historical information about this matter read As far as I am aware, there is no historical information about this matter mhls Martyn --- On Wed, 11/4/12, Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From:

[LUTE] the Castelfranco Veneto manuscript

2012-04-11 Thread Luca Manassero
In case you didn't know... Messaggio originale Oggetto: Intavolatura manoscritta per liuto del Duomo di Castelfranco Veneto - new Data: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:41:21 +0200 Mittente: Arnaldo Forni Editore [1]i...@fornieditore.com A: [2]l...@manassero.net Dear

[LUTE] Re: Miking a lute/theorbo

2012-04-11 Thread Ed Durbrow
On Apr 11, 2012, at 6:00 PM, Anthony Hind wrote: Ed Do I understand that you record in mono? I have often found that mono recordings are more relaxing than stereo, and analog more relaxing than digital; so mono analog is sometimes the easiest to listen to. It is as though the brain

[LUTE] Re: Lute Facsimiles at the Royal Holloway University of London Early Music Online site

2012-04-11 Thread Ed Durbrow
I looked at Florilegium omnis fere generis and it looks like every page is a different link. Do you have to download page by page rather than the whole book? On Apr 7, 2012, at 8:55 PM, Matteo Turri wrote: The Royal Holloway University of London Early Music Online site