[LUTE] Re: String wear/ technique

2012-08-31 Thread David van Ooijen
Sounds like a problem caused by too high tension. But you lowered the tension, you said ... Do you have highest tension on the third string (the highest sounding) and say 90% lower on the first string (the second highest) and then 90% lower on the rest? Equal tension on all is also possible (my te

[LUTE] Saturday quotes and new video

2012-08-31 Thread Ron Andrico
We have posted our Saturday morning quotes amply early, with a new video of music by DuFay from a live performance. [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-u8 Ron & Donna -- References 1. http://wp.me/p15OyV-u8 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wb

[LUTE] Re: String wear/ technique

2012-08-31 Thread Sam Chapman
Interesting. I don't have an answer, but I have a problem of my own: when I string my theorbo with gut, the 1st course always becomes untrue rapidly and starts to buzz against the frets, long before I have such problems on the other strings. Even if the string is fine when I put it o

[LUTE] Re: instrumental air de cours

2012-08-31 Thread Toby
Beautiful sound. Is that mic an NT1-A? On 08/30/2012 02:49 PM, Rockford Mjos wrote: Lovely, David! Thank you, also, for sharing your arrangement. I recently came across the CD "Tabarinades" by Les Boreades, which has two airs de cour played as solos by Sylvain Bergeron: "Si jamais mon ame", a