[LUTE] Re: Mi bemol majeur, tuning of bass strings.

2016-04-21 Thread Stephan Olbertz
Andreas Schlegel has published an edition for a normal 13-course setup. Search for "lute corner". Best wishes Stephan -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im Auftrag von Herbert Ward Gesendet: Donnerstag, 21. April 2016 14:52 An:

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: "Courante" Performance broadcast live on Facebook Live

2016-04-21 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Good luck, Ed ! Enjoy yourselves with this fine repertoire ;-) ! Best wishes, Jean-Marie -- > This Saturday, April 23, Edward Martin and Thomas Walker will be > performing the program from their duet recording of baroque lute duets > "Courante" at the Sacred Heart Music

[BAROQUE-LUTE] "Courante" Performance broadcast live on Facebook Live

2016-04-21 Thread Edward Martin
This Saturday, April 23, Edward Martin and Thomas Walker will be performing the program from their duet recording of baroque lute duets "Courante" at the Sacred Heart Music Center in Duluth. The concert will be broadcast live on the Gamut Music Inc Facebook page and we invite you

[LUTE] Re: Mi bemol majeur, tuning of bass strings.

2016-04-21 Thread Christopher Wilke
Herbert, Interesting. In theory, it's an 11-course piece, so you wouldn't have to worry about the 12th and 13th courses. It requires an unusual scordatura: the 5th course is tuned down to B-flat and the 6th course is A-flat. (A tuning chart is shown on the last page of the score

[LUTE] Re: Mi bemol majeur, tuning of bass strings.

2016-04-21 Thread Daniel Shoskes
The last page of the pdf shows the tuning. It only needs 11 courses so you only need the Eb in the basses HOWEVER there is a funky scordatura for the 5th and 6th courses (Bb and Ab) which may be a challenge with basic strings. > On Apr 21, 2016, at 8:52 AM, Herbert Ward

[LUTE] Mi bemol majeur, tuning of bass strings.

2016-04-21 Thread Herbert Ward
I am starting a Baroque lute suite by one Johann Christian Jacobi. The title page has "Mi bemol majeur". Does this definitely indicate that I should tune my bass strings to an E-flat major scale: Ab, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, and G? The PDF is at

[LUTE] Re: (S) Light weight case for Renaissance Lute

2016-04-21 Thread David Van Edwards
Dear Christian, "Affordable" and "carbon" don't go together! If you or a friend have the time and inclination, this is certainly both very affordable and very lightweight. http://www.lutesociety.org/pages/catalogue#m (The second item in the list.) Any questions, do ask me. Best wishes,

[LUTE] Re: (S) Light weight case for Renaissance Lute

2016-04-21 Thread David Morales
Check out these ones: [1]http://www.bagluthiers.com/ 2016-04-21 10:43 GMT+02:00 Christian Aretz <[2]christian.ar...@posteo.de>: Dear Lutenists, I'm searching for an affordable case for my renaissance lute. The one I have at this moment is just a heavy transport

[LUTE] (S) Light weight case for Renaissance Lute

2016-04-21 Thread Christian Aretz
Dear Lutenists, I'm searching for an affordable case for my renaissance lute. The one I have at this moment is just a heavy transport box and nothing to travel with. The new case should be light-weight type (carbon?). Any suggestion is welcome :-) Greetings from Berlin and thanks for your help