[LUTE] Re: Gerle recorded

2007-09-05 Thread Anthony Hind
David There does not seem to be much audible difference, but through my computer, although I have attached my JBL on Tour speakers (not hifi, of course). I hear no rumble, but that is harldy surprising. Anthony Le 3 sept. 07 à 22:30, LGS-Europe a écrit : Inspired by seeing POD in Antwerp

[LUTE] Mystery Brownsea lutes

2007-09-05 Thread Anthony Hind
The message from Kenneth Sparr (below) about the mystery lady with the Copenhagen Jauch lute, brought to mind two mystery lutes that I had read about in a book on the history of Brownsea Island. I used to live in Poole, UK, near this island, and I seem to recall reading that two lutes

[LUTE] Warwick Frei?

2007-09-05 Thread Anthony Hind
I just wondered whether there were any web accessible photos of the actual Warwick Frei. Of course, I can access numerous copies, but I would like to see a photo of the original. Regards Anthony To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Harptone

2007-09-03 Thread Anthony Hind
There are also the aluminium cases by Pierre Rousseau 145, rue de Belleville 75019 Paris (France) Tel/fax : +33 (0)1 42 45 68 74 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://valipier.club.fr/index.html They would certainly be water-proof, as they are covered in metal. The structure is made of aviation

[LUTE] Re: Savarez KF strings.

2007-08-29 Thread Anthony Hind
and then nylgut basses with octaves. Actually, I like carbon for many reasons but unfortunately the strings are very thin because of their high density which leads to less presence than nylgut. Best wishes. 2007/8/15, Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear Bruno Martin Shepherd

[LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - Tennis-Lute love ALL

2007-08-26 Thread Anthony Hind
- a consideration which affects all aspects of playing polyphony on the lute - but that's another story Best wishes, Martin Anthony Hind wrote: Glad to see you are back, Martin (perhaps you weren't away). The Purr'll strings are strong, but how do they sound? Regards Anthony

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - Tenn is-Lute loveAL

2007-08-26 Thread Anthony Hind
Bernd Funny, my friend was playing in Britanny (on the Norther coast côte rose) and you can't get much more humid than that, especially this year. When I go there my hygrometer registers well above 60. The strings have lasted him the summer vacation. He was worrying more about the

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Re: Gut stri ngs - Tennis-Lute loveALL

2007-08-26 Thread Anthony Hind
Anthony Le 26 août 07 à 16:06, howard posner a écrit : On Aug 26, 2007, at 3:35 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: Initially, he was slightly disappointed, thinking his strokes were less powerful, but gradually he realized the racket absorbs the vibrations from the attacking ball far better. He reports

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] R e: Gut strings - Tennis-Lute loveALL

2007-08-26 Thread Anthony Hind
PROTECTED] To: Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Martin Shepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED]; LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ariel [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 7:44 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - Tennis-Lute

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - Tennis-Lute loveALL

2007-08-26 Thread Anthony Hind
Well if you do insist on playing tennis with your theorbo, gut strung or otherwise … Le 26 août 07 à 19:57, howard posner a écrit : On Aug 26, 2007, at 8:54 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: You may be right, about the speed (except pehaps the greater movement back gives greater power forward, I

[LUTE] Re: Two Related Questions

2007-08-26 Thread Anthony Hind
Stephen I can answer the second question [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think you need th pay by bank draft; but I don(t know about the file. How do you find those KF strings (I lmean how good are they)? What courses did you use them on? How do they compare with the gut sound, nylgut, or carbon?

[LUTE] Re: Two Related Questions

2007-08-26 Thread Anthony Hind
David Could you explain exactly what you do. filng this every day, does this not gradually widen the groove? I have always just used a graphite pencil. Best regards Anthony Le 26 août 07 à 22:07, David Tayler a écrit : In the US you can get a set of ten diamond coated hobby files for

[LUTE] Re: Two Related Questions

2007-08-26 Thread Anthony Hind
Oh you mean that one. So that was what was going wrong with my playing, and only now you tell me … Anthony Le 26 août 07 à 22:14, David Tayler a écrit : When I refer to dressing the nut every morning, I am referring to the one in the mirror. Regards, dt At 01:11 PM 8/26/2007, you

[LUTE] Re: Two Related Questions

2007-08-26 Thread Anthony Hind
Renaissance lute between gut and Nylgut, I honestly can't tell much difference between them at all on my baroque lute. The tonality of the first course in Nylgut and the second in gut is pretty much identical. Thanks again your help, Stephen - Original Message - From: Anthony Hind

[LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - 'Universale cord e musicali'

2007-08-25 Thread Anthony Hind
the weather), but he often has wise words on gut strings. As he strings his lutes for his clients, and also teaches, he probably comes into contact with more string situations than many of us. Best regards Anthony MH Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mimmo You are right to say that few

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - 'Universale corde musicali'

2007-08-25 Thread Anthony Hind
(perhaps esacaping the weather), but he often has wise words on gut strings. As he strings his lutes for his clients, and also teaches, he probably comes into contact with more string situations than many of us. Best regards Anthony MH Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mimmo You

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - 'Univ ersale corde musicali'

2007-08-25 Thread Anthony Hind
- Original Message - From: Anthony Hind To: Martyn Hodgson ; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Net Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 11:20 AM Subject: [LUTE] Rep : [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - 'Universale corde musicali' Le 25 aout 07 =E0 08:49, Martyn Hodgson a ecrit : Dear Anthony, I do, of course

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - 'Universale corde musicali'

2007-08-25 Thread Anthony Hind
Glad to see you are back, Martin (perhaps you weren't away). The Purr'll strings are strong, but how do they sound? Regards Anthony Le 25 août 07 à 16:44, Martin Shepherd a écrit : Dear All, My experiences with Sofracob gut are much the same as David's - fine for everything except a top

[LUTE] re Kirkby

2007-08-24 Thread Anthony Hind
There was an excellent Kirkby documentary on British Television this summer. Anthony To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: WinTemper

2007-08-24 Thread Anthony Hind
David, What a pity I have a MAC. I think it is possible to use the Korg OT-12, not perfectly, by cheating a little. I read that you can get 6th comma meantone with Korg by selecting Vallotti and Young, which is the same as 6th comma for the white notes only. Fine for lutes in A, D and G as

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - 'Universale corde musicali'

2007-08-24 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Martyn I don't know whether they are similar to Aquila Venice which are a twine of two elements, and not a tress of three like Pistoys. This according to Mimmo Perfuffo results in a more flexible string; but I suppose flexibilty may not be everything. I found the Venice very

[LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Gut strings - 'Universale corde mu sicali'

2007-08-24 Thread Anthony Hind
the string: I'm not aware that modern string makers have taken this challenge up yet. regards, MH Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Martyn I don't know whether they are similar to Aquila Venice which are a twine of two elements, and not a tress of three like Pistoys. This according to Mimmo

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - 'Universale corde musicali'

2007-08-24 Thread Anthony Hind
or three thinner guts twisted together which inevitably introduced an element of discontinuity within the string: I'm not aware that modern string makers have taken this challenge up yet. regards, MH Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Martyn I don't know whether

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - 'Universale corde musicali'

2007-08-24 Thread Anthony Hind
_ Aquila Corde Armoniche S.a.s www.aquilacorde.com Phone +39 0444 986972 Fax +39 0444 989399 - Original Message - From: Anthony Hind To: Martyn Hodgson ; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Net Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 6:49 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - 'Universale corde musicali'

2007-08-24 Thread Anthony Hind
www.aquilacorde.com Phone +39 0444 986972 Fax +39 0444 989399 - Original Message - From: Anthony Hind To: Martyn Hodgson ; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Net Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 6:49 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - 'Universale corde musicali' Martyn I just had a thought. If price

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Re: Rép : [LUTE] Vallet with a st utter

2007-08-23 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 23 août 07 à 10:00, LGS-Europe a écrit : why on earth do record companies function like that? They must have their logic with escapes me; and indeed, I wonder Economics. I f a musician goes on tour with the programme he's playing available in cd, he'll sell the cd. Well, in this

[LUTE] Re: J.L. Rauwolf + Weiss

2007-08-23 Thread Anthony Hind
PROTECTED] a ecrit : Anthony, --- Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It just shows how heroic Jakob Lindberg's gut strung Rauwolf project and his Bis recordings must have been, the mind boggles! I have this CD. Its an absolutely beautiful recording and - wow, what an amazing sound! (I

[LUTE] Re: J.L. Rauwolf + Weiss

2007-08-23 Thread Anthony Hind
PROTECTED] a écrit : Anthony, --- Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is a fair point. However, at least some of Weiss, I believe, was composed on 11c lute, and some of it I think was later transposed for 13c lute. Yes, this is definately true. Lindberg makes this point

[LUTE] Re: Vallet with a stutter

2007-08-22 Thread Anthony Hind
David Sorry about my delay in getting back to you, but I had that niggling buzz problem on the 4th course for a few months, and I would not want to give my lute to anyone else than the maker. However, he is in England, which could mean some time without it, horrible thought! So I

[LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Vallet with a stutter

2007-08-22 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 22 août 07 à 17:14, LGS-Europe a écrit : When I want Beethoven, I buy Brendel, and I will respect all his choices as part of the unity that he presents to me. Other player, other choices, including sound. Compare Hoppy's and Nigel North's Dowland recordings. Not just a different

[LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Vallet with a stutter

2007-08-22 Thread Anthony Hind
Nancy That is indeed, interesting, I thought it was the contrary. I thought the recordings were made following the concerts, or occasionally during the concerts. I did not realize, at all, that the recording was made before the performer began his concerts. Obviously you are quite

[LUTE] Re: CDs LPs touring

2007-08-22 Thread Anthony Hind
Nancy, Guy and Tony, You clarify the presnt situation well, but does this not show that my nostalgia for the old days of Astree LP records, financed partly by the Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique, along with those magnificent CNRS de Rippe tablatures, that I was able to

[LUTE] Re: ctave+ Buzz on 4thC

2007-08-21 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 20 août 07 à 11:48, Anthony Hind a écrit : Le 19 aout 07 =E0 18:45, Edward Martin a ecrit : Yes, that is the idea. If a stiffer string vibrates less at the nut bridge, it will be in effect to the sound, a shorter string. So, if you tune it in the open position, it will be true

[LUTE] BUZZ on the 4th course, the answer

2007-08-21 Thread Anthony Hind
Buzz on the 4th course. I have found the answer to my question about the buzz on the 4th course at http://www.aquilacorde.com/faqi.htm The question Why should two lowish twist strings on the 4th in unison buzz when fretted or not, while two very hightwist, and flexible Venice strings not do

[LUTE] Venice and Nylgut same behaviour?

2007-08-21 Thread Anthony Hind
I just quoted Mimmo Peruffo about the nature of Venice strings, but then I saw that he says something similar about nylgut, which could interest synthetics users (but no doubt you will have realised this already, I admit I hadn't) About Venice, Because of its nature a Venice string

[LUTE] Re: Sources of music

2007-08-21 Thread Anthony Hind
Thomas I forgot to mention a book for sale at the French SFL site (http:// www.sf-luth.org/index.php?Partitions/Le_Secret_des_Muses), Volume 34 : 80 Pièces faciles pour luth baroque by Jean-Luc Bresson, Oeuvres de Dufaut, Dubut, Gautier, Logy, Pinel, Mouton, Reusner, Anonymes. Paris

[LUTE] Re: Venice and Nylgut same behaviour?

2007-08-21 Thread Anthony Hind
/tuning). Maybe I can do that tonight and report. Ray On 8/21/07, Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just quoted Mimmo Peruffo about the nature of Venice strings, but then I saw that he says something similar about nylgut, which could interest synthetics users (but no doubt you will have

[LUTE] Re: ctave+ Buzz on 4thC

2007-08-20 Thread Anthony Hind
explained it better than I can. If the string is true and very flexible, the intonation is usually much more accurate than a stiffer gut string. ed At 11:04 AM 8/19/2007 +0200, Anthony Hind wrote: Hello Ed You are no doubt right, as Venice are supposed to be double direction

[LUTE] Re: Buffardin, Weiss, and Baroque Flute Music with Lute

2007-08-20 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 20 août 07 à 16:34, Taco Walstra a écrit : On Monday 20 August 2007 15:06, Mathias Rösel rattled on the keyboard: Taco Walstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: The pieces by Baron are simply horrible and not interesting at all. I'm sorry? Bit harsh of a judgement, don't you think? I had the

[LUTE] Re: Buzz on 4thC

2007-08-19 Thread Anthony Hind
Hello Ed You are no doubt right, as Venice are supposed to be double direction twist (not triple); but in their blurb they claim they are the most flexible string on the market, as they explain, here: The Venice strings possess a remarkable degree of elasticity and pliability,

[LUTE] Venice, Venice loaded

2007-08-19 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Gut lovers, experimenters, and gut tolerators, After Ed. Martin's remarks on the flexibility of Pistoys and Venice, I had a short communication with Mimmo Peruffo on that subject; and he says that Venice are a twist of two, rather than three, but that a twist of two, in his

[LUTE] Re: Venice, Venice loaded

2007-08-19 Thread Anthony Hind
you, rename this change the Great Bowel Shift. Sorry, I could not help it, mi Lud Regards Anthony Le 19 août 07 à 16:20, Roman Turovsky a écrit : From: Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Gut lovers, experimenters, and gut tolerators, After Ed. Martin's remarks on the flexibility of Pistoys

[LUTE] Re: Octave anomaly

2007-08-18 Thread Anthony Hind
Ed That probably explains a problem I had on my 4th course. An annoying, but mild buzz appeared on my Kurschner gut strings on that course. I was sure it was either that the two strings were relatively out of true, not beating identically, thus beating together, or one of them

[LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Re: Carbon Historical gut string s.

2007-08-17 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 17 août 07 à 04:45, David Tayler a écrit : There are several things one can do to tweak the sound of carbon, but it won't sound as good as gut. It sounds pretty good though and stays in tune under the spotlights. Carbon can sound a bit too bell like on some luttes. The easiest, low

[LUTE] Re: Historical gut strings.

2007-08-16 Thread Anthony Hind
to less presence than nylgut. Best wishes. 2007/8/15, Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear Bruno Martin Shepherd was particularly suggesting the use of KF on the 5th course of a Renaissance lute. This is what Jacob Heringman sometimes uses combined with nylgut on the top courses

[LUTE] Re: Historical gut strings.

2007-08-16 Thread Anthony Hind
Hello Ariel You seem to be an example that proves me wrong. It is just that I did notice how, at first, I found it difficult to make my gut basses sing. I am still far from happy with my playing abilities, but I have noticed an improvement, here. However, on the instant I moved from

[LUTE] Re: Historical gut strings.

2007-08-15 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Bruno Martin Shepherd was particularly suggesting the use of KF on the 5th course of a Renaissance lute. This is what Jacob Heringman sometimes uses combined with nylgut on the top courses, and gut diapasons below

[LUTE] Re: Greensleevs in short sleeves

2007-08-13 Thread Anthony Hind
David I think at present, we all listen to your MP3 recordings on the computer, but should you think of producing these as CDs, then the fact that many people have very different systems, some very dry, others very warm, makes it an almost impossible task to please every one.

[LUTE] Re: Greensleevs in short sleeves

2007-08-12 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear David I am back from a break in the UK. I find your experiments very interesting. I notice a strange difference between the first three Left - Centre - Right. To my ears the Left and Right ones sound slower than the centre one. Of course that could be you (you are obviously

[LUTE] Re: Greensleevs in short sleeves

2007-08-12 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 12 août 07 à 11:08, LGS-Europe a écrit : Obviously. So you like the Greensleeves without reverb better than the one with? (The last two of the five Greensleeves on my page). I think I do, but for most people who commented it is too dry, they prefer the takes with the artificial

[LUTE] Re: Greensleevs in short sleeves

2007-08-12 Thread Anthony Hind
processes, which you are also sharing with us. Thank you. Regards Anthony Le 12 août 07 à 20:37, Anthony Hind a écrit : Le 12 août 07 à 11:08, LGS-Europe a écrit : Obviously. So you like the Greensleeves without reverb better than the one with? (The last two of the five Greensleeves on my page

[LUTE] Re: Sources of music

2007-08-12 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Thomas I think Miguel Serdoura is not far from completing a method. On his site there is the following quote: he is preparing a method for the baroque lute, to be published by the French Lute Society in 2007. http://www.miguelserdoura.com/?Biography Regards Anthony Le 13 août

[LUTE] Re: mics arrived

2007-07-04 Thread Anthony Hind
David and Ed This is just a passing thought and I admit more one for the sound engineer than the lutist. I know you probably won't want to go to the extra trouble involved, but one way of making a recording a little less dry is to use a valve and single-ended transformer preamp.

[LUTE] Re: Mics arrived

2007-07-04 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear David and Stewart Le 4 juil. 07 à 12:57, Stewart McCoy a écrit : Dear David, My impression is that the mikes are too good, inasmuch as they pick up everything. In the Dowland Pavan I can hear you breathing. I prefer the Delight Galliard, where the mikes are a couple of yards or so

[LUTE] Re: mics arrived

2007-07-03 Thread Anthony Hind
David Each recording is of a different instrument, so it is difficult to compare in any very serious way. However, I think I like the more natural resonance of the Johnson, Galiarde to delighte, with mics, and I felt you were really enjoying playing it, so it also delighted me. I

[LUTE] Re: mics arrived

2007-07-03 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 4 juil. 07 à 00:15, David Tayler a écrit : I've tested over 200 mics for lute and one of the best budget mics is the Studio Projects B1. It costs about $90. It is cardioid, so it won't give you that omni sound. And it is not a Schoeps M2 or a Sennheiser MKH20. dt David John Buckman

[LUTE] Baroque lute concerts

2007-07-02 Thread Anthony Hind
Recital : Friday, July 20, 2007, 19:30 The Big Barn, Old Farm, Horspath, OX33 1HZ, Oxford. Contact : David Humprey E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] United-Kingdom Regards Anthony Hind To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Re: Serpent trio

2007-06-27 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Serpentistsss I think I heard my first serpent knowingly (while also seeing it) very recently in an orchestrated version of Purcell's Dido Aeneas, (orchestrated by Philip Pickett with the help of Andrew Pinnock) here in Paris. This serpent was making suitable grumblings to

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Re: Serpent trio

2007-06-27 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 27 juin 07 à 17:51, Stephen Kenyon a écrit : Anthony Hind wrote: Dear Serpentistsss I think I heard my first serpent knowingly (while also seeing it) very recently in an orchestrated version of Purcell's Dido Aeneas, The Serpent was played by expert serpentist Philip Humphries

[LUTE] Re: Carbon versus KF, Venice versus Lyons?

2007-06-25 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Martin, or any body else, I am still wondering whether my interpretation of the quotations in your web page, Martin, as implying that the 5th course could have been in unison for Holbourne, Dowland, etc, is at least compatible with the facts as known, or whether it is a

[LUTE] Re: Carbon versus KF, Venice versus Lyons?

2007-06-25 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 25 juin 07 à 13:48, Anthony Hind a écrit : Oups, I lmeant 17th century AH Dear Martin, or any body else, I am still wondering whether my interpretation of the quotations in your web page, Martin, as implying that the 5th course could have been in unison for Holbourne

[LUTE] Re: Carbon versus KF, Venice versus Lyons?

2007-06-25 Thread Anthony Hind
Sorry again, nooo of course I didn't mean 17th century, I clearly meant 16th century. Hardly have I put key to computer than I became struck by self doubt. AH Le 25 juin 07 à 14:13, Anthony Hind a écrit : Le 25 juin 07 à 13:48, Anthony Hind a écrit : Oups, I lmeant 17th century AH

[LUTE] Re: Carbon versus KF, Venice versus Lyons?

2007-06-25 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 25 juin 07 =E0 17:01, David Rastall a ecrit : On Jun 25, 2007, at 7:48 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: ...could not several modes of stringing have continued side by side during the period...? They continue side by side today, so I would imagine that they did then too. I don't see

[LUTE] Re: Carbon versus KF, Venice versus Lyons?

2007-06-21 Thread Anthony Hind
and more complex story. Best wishes, Martin Anthony Hind wrote: Le 20 juin 07 =E0 10:45, Martin Shepherd a ecrit : Dear Anthony, I have not tried KF for the 6th course but I am pretty certain it would be too stiff. The Lyons are also relatively stiff (it is high twist

[LUTE] Re: Pickering or Pickeringe?

2007-06-21 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Ron and Stephen In fact such spelling variation has continued in registers even up to recent periods. My family used to have a middle name Stobo-Hind and my father continued to keep this name. A member of the family trying to trace the origin of the name discovered that it could

[LUTE] Re: Carbon versus KF, Venice versus Lyons?

2007-06-21 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Martin I see from this that there has been a confusion. I did not have unison stringing on the 6th, only the 5th up. My question raised in my last message remains, as I am not sure (as I stated just now), how I should interpret your page (I think that probably is a reflection of

[LUTE] Re: Pickering or Pickeringe?

2007-06-21 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 21 juin 07 à 09:12, Ron Fletcher a écrit : Hi Stephen, There was no set standard of spelling in the 16th century. Many registrars wrote names as they heard them from the couples being married etc. As many citizens were illiterate at that time. I also read that her book has the

[LUTE] Re: Pickering or Pickled(Red) Herring?

2007-06-21 Thread Anthony Hind
the field of music. Regards Anthony Le 21 juin 07 à 16:16, Howard Posner a écrit : On Thursday, Jun 21, 2007, at 02:21 America/Los_Angeles, Anthony Hind wrote: [Rather a lot of interesting historical-phonetical-type stuff] In addition to looking to regional or temporal changes in pronunciation

[LUTE] Re: Pickering or Pickeringe?

2007-06-21 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 21 juin 07 à 17:47, Stewart McCoy a écrit : Dear Ed, Had he not died prematurely, Prince Henry would have become Henry IX, but his subjects were never going to be large marine mammals. :-) Although, in French the word for the young pretender to the throne is the dauphin and it also

[LUTE] Re: Carbon versus KF, Venice versus Lyons?

2007-06-20 Thread Anthony Hind
down to about 20N for the 9th course, paired with a higher tension octave, and that seemed to give better results than a higher tension fundamental. Best wishes, Martin Anthony Hind wrote: Dear Martin Good to hear from you again. I am interested in your positive comments on the KF

[LUTE] Re: Carbon versus KF, Venice versus Lyons?

2007-06-20 Thread Anthony Hind
together. Thank you, Martin, for your very helpful comments. Best regards Anthony Best wishes, Martin Anthony Hind wrote: Dear Martin Good to hear from you again. I am interested in your positive comments on the KF strings, although at present I will probably stay with gut

[LUTE] Re: Carbon versus KF, Venice versus Lyons?

2007-06-20 Thread Anthony Hind
the major lute pioneers of the 20th C because they had an ingrained belief that unisons were superior and thought that Dowland supported them in that view. The evidence (such as it is) tells a different and more complex story. Best wishes, Martin Anthony Hind wrote: Le 20 juin 07 à 10:45

[LUTE] Re: Pickering or Pickeringe?

2007-06-20 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Stephen (Steven?) I may be wrong (I often am) but I don't think the spelling of names was quite so standardised at that time. I see much variation for Holbourne, etc… There may be an accepted spelling, but that would probably be a modern fairly arbitrary decision, I think. Anthony

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings versus KF?

2007-06-19 Thread Anthony Hind
Several previous messages from synthetics users mention the advantage of using carbon strings on the 4th and 5th course to avoid wire- wounds. Nobody, in that discussion (i can recall) mentioned Savarez KF. Some answers contrasted carbon and nylgut, others carbon and gut. However, I notice

[LUTE] Re: Zamboni added

2007-06-19 Thread Anthony Hind
David I agree with what C.G. says,the recording is quite natural but with a hint of the metallic. I would imagine it could be due to the frequence cut operated, by transferring to MP3, or even the tonal quality of the internal mike, rather than any double strings (if they are

[LUTE] Re: Carbon versus KF, Venice versus Lyons?

2007-06-19 Thread Anthony Hind
be successful on a unison course, but it makes a very handy alternative for a gut string when you want to be waterproof. Best wishes, Martin Anthony Hind wrote: Several previous messages from synthetics users mention the advantage of using carbon strings on the 4th and 5th course

[LUTE] Re: Lute Chord Confusion

2007-06-16 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 16 juin 07 à 02:25, David Rastall a écrit : On Jun 15, 2007, at 3:37 PM, Howard Posner wrote: ...please don't tell us you're utterly confused and ask very basic questions, then tell us how offended you are when you get basic answers that don't acknowledge your advanced state of

[LUTE] Re: Lute Chord Confusion

2007-06-16 Thread Anthony Hind
onto the lute. Best wishes, Denys -Original Message- From: Anthony Hind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 June 2007 19:25 To: Stewart McCoy; Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute Chord Confusion Thank you Stewart I must admit I hadn't read Besard, but the texts I had

[LUTE] Re: home recordings

2007-06-15 Thread Anthony Hind
Ed Surely there must be some preamplification. I was thinking of electronic noise (or grain), not motor noise. If there is no such preamplification, you could be right. Regards Anthony Le 15 juin 07 à 13:01, Ed Durbrow a écrit : On Jun 14, 2007, at 6:06 PM, Anthony Hind wrote: Any

[LUTE] Re: Lute Chord Confusion

2007-06-15 Thread Anthony Hind
Neil It is interesting that lute manuals do not usually give chord shapes, whereas this is often basic to guitar text-books. I think this may be because, it is felt that although Renaissance lute players may have used what we would recognize as chords, perhaps if they came from a

[LUTE] Re: Lute Chord Confusion

2007-06-15 Thread Anthony Hind
chart to transfer notes from one notation to the other. After a while, you become so familiar with the notes on the fingerboard, that you hardly need look at your cog. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. - Original Message - From: Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Narada [EMAIL

[LUTE] Re: Lute Chord Confusion

2007-06-15 Thread Anthony Hind
, there are a lot of pieces based on standard ground bass patterns (bergamasca, passo mezzo, romanesca, la Folia, Conde Claros...) which do basically correspond to chord/rhythm patterns. Guy -Original Message- From: Anthony Hind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007

[LUTE] Re: home recordings

2007-06-14 Thread Anthony Hind
study, too many books, so I'll get back to the living room for more experiments. To be continued. David David van Ooijen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.davidvanooijen.nl - Original Message - From: Anthony Hind [EMAIL

[LUTE] Re: home recordings + Reverb

2007-06-14 Thread Anthony Hind
-Original Message- From: Anthony Hind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 June 2007 10:07 To: LGS-Europe; Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: home recordings David In general, books and book-shelves are the best things you can have for improving a recording studio or listening room

[LUTE] Re: home recordings + Reverb

2007-06-14 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 14 juin 07 à 13:33, LGS-Europe a écrit : Dear Anthony I am still in the research and learning process Aren't we all, for ever? David Yes but in my case, the accent is more heavilly on the need to learn, I would guess. Oh, well, no, you are quite right, there is no limit to what

[LUTE] Re: home recordings

2007-06-13 Thread Anthony Hind
I far prefer the non reverb sound. I agree with John Buchman (Magantune) that choosing a large hall for recording lute or harpsichord is a mistake. If you add reverb, it has a siliar effect. I know that MP3 is a little thin, but I don't think that reverb is the way out of this. That is just

[LUTE] Re: home recordings

2007-06-13 Thread Anthony Hind
Le 13 juin 07 à 16:13, Anthony Hind a écrit : I far prefer the non reverb sound. I agree with John Buchman (Magantune) that choosing a large hall for recording lute or harpsichord is a mistake. If you add reverb, it has a siliar effect. I know that MP3 is a sorry, I meant similar effect AH

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread Anthony Hind
Bruno Yesterday, I was with a player who has just changed back to nylgut, from carbon fibre. He told me that carbon was too slippery to the touch and not very subtle in sound. According to him, Nylgut was closer to gut from that point of view. Personally, I have never used carbon

[LUTE] Re: Greensleeves - Poulton

2007-06-04 Thread Anthony Hind
Eric If you have access to the lute society music editions, you will find that in the publication 58 Easy Pieces for Renaissance Lute, on page 26 of this, there is an edited (corrected) version of Green sleeves, from the Ballard book. There are two slight alterations. This might be a

[LUTE] Re: mic advice

2007-06-04 Thread Anthony Hind
David John Buckman of Magnatunes, kindly replied, and told me, I like the Studio Projects omni mics, they cost me $300 a pair and I did an album of Jacob Heringman with them. I hope that may be helpful, perhaps to others also. Best regards Anthony Le 3 juin 07 à 16:38, LGS-Europe a

[LUTE] Re: mic advice

2007-06-03 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear, David, and all, The thing is, as you say, to use only two mikes and to avoid any over-amplification and echo. Jacob Heringman says that he always uses B and K 4006s, one pair, placed roughly where the ears of a person standing six feet away from where I'm sitting would be.

[LUTE] Re: Kapsperger or Kapsberger?

2007-05-22 Thread Anthony Hind
It could be a typical case of phonetic variation. I think when French speakers imitate people from Alsace speaking French they tend to pronounce initial /b/ as /p/ (I am thinking here that Alsatian French might be influenced by German, which some may want to refute). It would then seem

[LUTE] Re: Tables (was cleaning a soundboard + Strap)

2007-05-21 Thread Anthony Hind
Was it just for the music, or was it also to support the lute? Anthony Le 20 mai 07 =E0 07:21, Ed Durbrow a ecrit : On May 15, 2007, at 11:31 PM, Anthony Hind wrote: The prospect of every lutist carrying his own table around is a little daunting, Jakob Lindberg does. He designed an amazing

[LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Re: strap + glasses

2007-05-17 Thread Anthony Hind
Dyslexia The use of well adapted glasses could indeed be a way of avoiding precocious eye-related tiredness, which according to Laura Maschi could contribute to vertical dyslexia. I will be rushing out later to the optician. I have been using some American pharmacy glasses that had about the

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Re: Rép : [LUTE] Re: strap + glasses + worsening dyslexia

2007-05-17 Thread Anthony Hind
, Empress of the Known Lute World a écrit : Anthony Hind wrote: [big snips] perhaps your breathing, if you sing at the same time. Catherine Usher also points out that this position may be less easy for women. Actually, Catherine was a rather different empress. . . . -- Caroline Caroline I

[LUTE] Re: Tables (was cleaning a soundboard + Strap)

2007-05-16 Thread Anthony Hind
Ron I have to admit that I haven't heard or read Christopher Morrongielo on this research into lute tables (does any one have references? I did a wb search and came up with nothing, in this area), so my imagination and inventive inclinations may have got the better of me.

[LUTE] vertical dyslexia (b)

2007-05-16 Thread Anthony Hind
In fact this just occurred and I stopped for five minutes or so to write you my previous message. I then went back to my lute and the normal reading mode had returned. Could this simply be momentary tiredness, a need for a new pair of glasses, or …? Anthony To get on or off this list see

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Anthony Hind
cure ( not fully ) is to drink say 5 pints instead of 6. Hope this helps N -Original Message- From: Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 May 2007 16:23 To: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] vertical dyslexia? Dear All Recently, I have noticed that I seem to be beginning

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Anthony Hind
Bill I'm sorry about that. My part-time dyslexia does not seem a joke to me. I began to wonder what was happening to me, so I can sympathize. In fact, it may be a mild form, I have, that is only revealed under duress. On the other, hand as someone else suggested, it could be one of

[LUTE] Re: vertical dyslexia?

2007-05-16 Thread Anthony Hind
Bill I envy your memorizing abilities. I have just been thinking what your situation implies. You obviously must have found a way of learning all pieces by heart. I find that extremely difficult, but began trying to do so after reading an article by Matthew Wadsworth on that

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