Hello Stuart:
Since no one else seems to have answered your question, I'll contribute
a few words.
Tinctoris' mention of brass octave strings has been repeated
willy-nilly throughout the spate of performer's guides to early music
that have been published over the last twenty
I am not a Latin scholar but the relevant passage reads as follows:
His autem chordis ex arietum intestinus communiter factis: sunt qui
germanica inventione: gravissime quandam aliam ei per diapason consonantem
adjiciunt eneam: Qua concentus non modo itidem fortior. verum etiam longe
It does translate as loading?, rather then a separate strings, which appears to
prove Mimmo Peruffo's insight.
alexander r.
On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:00:00 +0100
Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
I am not a Latin scholar but the relevant passage reads as follows:
His autem chordis ex
Dear Friends,
Yesterday I recorded the Mertel Prelude # 235, finishing a recording project
that I have been working on for three years now. I shall be posting the
remaining pieces during the next month on the Ning site. I wish to thank
Gøran Crona for producing a beautifully legible version
His autem chordis ex arietum intestinus communiter factis: sunt qui
germanica
inventione: gravissim(a)e quandam aliam ei per diapason consonantem
adjiciunt
(a)eneam: Qua concentus non modo itidem fortior. verum etiam longe
suavior
efficitur.
If gravissime reads gravissimae and eneam reads
Break out the champagne! Well done, Stephen. I'm VERY impressed you stayed the
course, and your recordings are now the 'go to' database for anyone interested
in this very attractive, yet curiously neglected, repertoire.
Only one question remains - What next?
Rob
www.robmackillop.net
On 9
Fascinating. Thanks for the replies.
Stuart
On 9 July 2012 18:38, Mathias Roesel [1]mathias.roe...@t-online.de
wrote:
His autem chordis ex arietum intestinus communiter factis: sunt qui
germanica
inventione: gravissim(a)e quandam aliam ei per diapason
consonantem
Musicians in the medieval and renaissance periods used all available
string material, although it is likely that gut and wire were the most
popular.
This includes brass and earlier versions of drawn wire.
Gold alloy strings were used on harpsichords, and lasted more or less
Is the gut-wrapped wire you describe substantially different than Gamut's
gimped gut, David? If not, the notion that no one makes this lute string
isn't quite right.
Personally, I'm very fond of the tone and functionality of Gamut's gimped
strings. The biggest problem with them is that the
.. and a charming(?) Chaconne:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CGi0bSx8lMfeature=youtu.be
http://vimeo.com/45459264
Possible merits to Dubut, obvious faults to me ... :)
Arto
On 05/07/12 22:33, Arto Wikla wrote:
.. another Dubut, a Sarabande:;-)
On 9 July 2012 21:48, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Theoretically, a length of wire could be covered with gut or silk to
produce a string with ideal properties, and strings used on some
non-western instruments use this type of string--the wire is on the
inside, so it
The quotation doesn't seem to be very precise on the way a wire was used. It
could be a plain wire (rather unlikely), gimped gut (more likely), or gut on a
plain wire (quite possible). The last option could make the most satisfactory
solution to bass strings problem. On the other hand gimped
Eugene Kurenko uploaded a lovely five-course guitar version of a tune
from Soviet era Kazakhstan.
He also uploaded the sheet music.
Here is a shot at the piano version, now on lute and gittern:
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-
Stuart
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References
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... perhaps one - kind of cute - baroque Chaconne intersts also our
only the vieil accord (= renaissance lute) oriented lutenists? If
so, just take a look to:
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v,Gi0bSx8lMfeature=youtu.be
[2]http://vimeo.com/45459264
Not too polished, though -
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