[LUTE] Re: Transposed Dowland songs??

2009-02-16 Thread David Tayler
We use meantone in our ensemble for the singers and instrumentalists, for 17th century music, and I have a series of exercises to quickly get everyone locked in. Concerto Palatino plays exclusively in meantone with singers and instrumentalists--they are the best I have heard at it. Loekie

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Relativity

2009-02-16 Thread David Tayler
I only play a toy theorbo in public. The Lorenz Fitzgerald contractions. Horrible. dt At 07:47 PM 2/16/2009, you wrote: And then, since we are in a gravity well, you'll need to account for the local curvature of space... -Original Message- From: Robert Clair [mailto:rcl...@elroberto.com]

[LUTE] Re: Transposed Dowland songs - ruminations on lute sizes around 1600

2009-02-14 Thread David Tayler
If you tune some of the notes to 415 and some to 370 and some to 465 you can get baroque tuning. dt At 02:33 AM 2/14/2009, you wrote: Clearly all this is subject to considerations of local pitch standards and national preferences... There you go. Proclaim A to be

[LUTE] Re: Transposed Dowland songs??

2009-02-14 Thread David Tayler
Dowland transposed all the time--except he put the music into a MORE difficult key. dt At 02:00 PM 2/14/2009, you wrote: Hi all, I think Dowland himself would not have objected to transposing a lute song to suit the tessitura of a particular singer. Most of his songs can quite comfortably be

[LUTE] Re: Transposed Dowland songs??

2009-02-13 Thread David Tayler
I routinely play lute songs down a whole step and that is normally the best transposition. If reading it down a step is daunting, just download the Fronimo file from Sarge's website and have the computer do a rough transposition. You will have to clean up some of the voice leading. I also keep

[LUTE] Re: meantone fret position measurements

2009-02-09 Thread David Tayler
David's is the only one I have measured that works, but perhaps some of the other ones work. dt At 11:58 AM 2/8/2009, you wrote: Charles Browne wrote: There is a fret placement spreadsheet on the LSA website that will provide you with all the information without re-calculation. It will give

[LUTE] Re: RH position, was: Dilettantism

2009-02-09 Thread David Tayler
If all the pictures show us that the RH was at the bridge, then many of the pictures have gone missing. dt At 12:33 PM 2/8/2009, you wrote: From: Mathias Rösel mathias.roe...@t-online.de All instruction from the period tell us and the pictures show us that the right hand was at the bridge.

[LUTE] Re: RH position, was: Dilettantism

2009-02-09 Thread David Tayler
I'm assuming the Vermeer doesn't count dt That quote by Barto was bearing on the baroque lute, distinctively. I'm not aware of even one painting / engraving / whatever of baroque lute players, showing a different position. Mathias At 12:33 PM 2/8/2009, you wrote: From: Mathias Rösel

[LUTE] Re: RH position, was: Dilettantism

2009-02-09 Thread David Tayler
, Eugene -Original Message- From: David Tayler [mailto:vidan...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 3:18 PM To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: RH position, was: Dilettantism Obviously, because there were no lefty lute players. Except for Leonardo da Vinci

[LUTE] Re: RH position, was: Dilettantism

2009-02-09 Thread David Tayler
: David Tayler [mailto:vidan...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 3:18 PM To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: RH position, was: Dilettantism Obviously, because there were no lefty lute players. Except for Leonardo da Vinci. There are some nice lefty

[LUTE] Re: Dilettantism

2009-02-07 Thread David Tayler
You can do one in three, three in ten. Depends on how much you want to practice. dt At 03:43 AM 2/6/2009, you wrote: I've been bothered by the charge of dilettantism (someone who prefers diversity to virtuosity) which was raised on this list recently. How many different instruments

[LUTE] Re: was trench fill now exact replica

2009-02-07 Thread David Tayler
. Alexander - Original Message - From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 10:55 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: was trench fill now exact replica What I'm saying is that it is possible to build an exact replica because

[LUTE] Re: Karamzov--was Trench Fill

2009-02-07 Thread David Tayler
- Original Message - From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:10 PM Subject: [LUTE] Karamzov--was Trench Fill I think Karamazov is at his best when he adopts techniques from historical keyboard players. His

[LUTE] Re: was trench fill now exact replica

2009-02-07 Thread David Tayler
I hear quite often no one can make an exact replica But of course in the art world, this happens all the time. My comments are merely to point out that not only is it possible, but that it has been dome already. I honestly don't know what the big deal is. David v.O. comments are certainly

[LUTE] Re: meantone fret position measurements

2009-02-07 Thread David Tayler
I can vouch that David's system works perfectly and as I result I owe him a beer for life. dt At 02:53 PM 2/7/2009, you wrote: On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com wrote: Did someone once put up a calculator which which worked out fret positions, in meantone,

[LUTE] Re: was trench fill now exact replica

2009-02-06 Thread David Tayler
What I'm saying is that it is possible to build an exact replica because it has already been done on a large scale for books, painting, scores, sculpture and musical instruments. Hey, the Capirola Lutebook could be a forgery. It is a good candidate. Some of the forgers were true geniuses. I'm

[LUTE] Re: tremolo, vibrato, wobble and bleat

2009-02-05 Thread David Tayler
: On 2009-02-04, at 21:30, David Tayler wrote: BTW, the tremolo is more interesting than the vibrato in early recordings. People stopped using it. And it sure sounds better without it. I'd trade vibrato for tremolo any day. Nobody talks about that, but it is the biggest single change

[LUTE] Re: was trench fill now exact replica

2009-02-05 Thread David Tayler
gets what one believes in. Alexander David Tayler wrote: Let's assume that 30 percent of these old instruments are fakes, which is a reasonable assumption. Maybe the number is higher, maybe it is lower. But a good percentage of them are fakes, of course. Then it is possible to make an exact

[LUTE] Re: tremolo was Tench Frill

2009-02-05 Thread David Tayler
as strong as the rattle of dice in a box was the way it was described :) dt At 12:23 AM 2/5/2009, you wrote: On 2009-02-04, at 21:30, David Tayler wrote: BTW, the tremolo is more interesting than the vibrato in early recordings. People stopped using it. And it sure sounds better without

[LUTE] Re: Haynes Book, was French trill?

2009-02-04 Thread David Tayler
book discusses, there is a lot more to dig your teeth in teeth in, I would still like to know what you find so distasteful? Have you actually read the book? All the best Mark -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: David Tayler [mailto:vidan...@sbcglobal.net] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 4. Februar 2009

[LUTE] was trench fill now exact replica

2009-02-04 Thread David Tayler
Let's assume that 30 percent of these old instruments are fakes, which is a reasonable assumption. Maybe the number is higher, maybe it is lower. But a good percentage of them are fakes, of course. Then it is possible to make an exact replica, because it has already been done. dt At 09:15 AM

[LUTE] Re: French trill?

2009-02-03 Thread David Tayler
of the main criticisms of HIP. But HIP is just as Haynes says is a statement of intent and not a claim to be modern or upholding the thousand year tradition of the prophets. All the best Mark -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: David Tayler [mailto:vidan...@sbcglobal.net] Gesendet: Dienstag, 3

[LUTE] players getting better--was Trench Fill

2009-02-03 Thread David Tayler
Players getting better: They are better at everything. One can of course argue that they are getting worse, or, even worse, staying exactly the same--those would seem to be the options-- but I have watched the lute scene now for forty years, and we have come a long way, we play better, have

[LUTE] Karamzov--was Trench Fill

2009-02-03 Thread David Tayler
/3/2009, you wrote: From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net I'm old fashioned, I guess; I think the old ways are better. Some are. Some aren't. I've no objection to musical freedom, I just advocate try then decide. I also think one learns more form one note of a great player than a whole book

[LUTE] Re: French trill?

2009-02-03 Thread David Tayler
Just do your own paper edits-- I find I do two clean takes, and the rest are all improv takes, fun takes, and I get to choose some really nice things--much closer to a concert performance. Or hire me to produce ;) dt I have become better, through recording. Concentration improved, accuracy

[LUTE] Re: French trill?

2009-02-03 Thread David Tayler
It's much simpler than that, we are playing the trill backwards. I'm just suggesting to try it the other way round. That's it. People can play it anyway they want (they will anyway)--that's a good thing. You can take any aspect of the lute, I mean you could take the strings off, glue the pegs

[LUTE] Re: Haynes Book, was French trill?

2009-02-03 Thread David Tayler
in the 50s-- The old ones are awfull. Bad sound, bad technique, out of tune, bad ensemble. Square phrasing, dreadful continuo Over time, they got better. We all got better. I'm better. I sure hope everyone else is, too. dt At 03:00 PM 2/3/2009, you wrote: David, --- David Tayler vidan

[LUTE] Re: Haynes Book, was French trill?

2009-02-03 Thread David Tayler
reading for any early music performer. But maybe it is just too spicy All the best Mark -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: David Tayler [mailto:vidan...@sbcglobal.net] Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. Februar 2009 23:11 An: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Haynes Book, was French trill? Well, I

[LUTE] Re: French trill?

2009-02-02 Thread David Tayler
I'm old fashioned, I guess; I think the old ways are better. I've no objection to musical freedom, I just advocate try then decide. I also think one learns more form one note of a great player than a whole book of deconstructionist. dt At 04:40 AM 2/2/2009, you wrote: As you might expect - I

[LUTE] Re: Lute aphorisms

2009-02-02 Thread David Tayler
Fret loose and Fancy Free, dt To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Melchior Neusidler

2009-01-31 Thread David Tayler
I see the XI as meaning a note above X It would have been immediately obvious to the player what note was called for. If that's the case, these aren't typos but shorthand; ealy notation always has an element of shorthand. Also, the tab does not refer to a half-step; the half step ideogram is a

[LUTE] Re: French trill

2009-01-31 Thread David Tayler
amazing to me, indeed, how a baroque piece that starts with a 7th in the opening chord, comes to your mind just like that. As you asked David, I'll refrain from answering that particular questio. I didn't mean to ask David Tayler exclusively because I prefer open discussions

[LUTE] Re: Sarge Gerbode web site

2009-01-31 Thread David Tayler
Just google sarge and lute if in doubt And everyone should nominate Sarge for an award of some kind--perhaps the Knight of the Lute dt Linky: http://www.gerbode.net/ At 03:32 PM 1/31/2009, you wrote: I have lost the link to Sarge Gerbode's web site of Fronimo files. Can someone please

[LUTE] Re: Melchior Neusidler

2009-01-31 Thread David Tayler
Yes, but you would rarely double the F sharp anyway, It could mean his counterpoint is a bit stricter. Still, it could be influenced by the tuning. dt At 05:00 PM 1/31/2009, you wrote: Mudarra, in his Tres Libros... of 1546 uses (only once, in #38 Fantasia (quinto tono), Lib. II, f. 14,

[LUTE] Re: my first video

2009-01-30 Thread David Tayler
, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:40 PM, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Technically, you needed a sign at the entrance. Which I'm sure you For this gig I had to show up with my passport some weeks in advance, on the day of the concert arrive _very_ early, show a personal pass with digital info that I

[LUTE] Re: French trill

2009-01-30 Thread David Tayler
Absolutely--I'm not claiming to be an expert, I have just read all the literature and all the sources. Open dialogue is the way to go! dt I didn't mean to ask David Tayler exclusively because I prefer open discussions rather than dialogues, and, second, David is not the only

[LUTE] Re: bel

2009-01-30 Thread David Tayler
I had a similar shock the first time I played Les Indes of Rameau with Jordi, it was the original, and the bass line was BARITONE clef, and there were figures above the line AND below the line. Yikes! And the Rondeax, yes, it is a frog in a blender. dt At 03:04 PM 1/30/2009, you wrote: On Fri,

[LUTE] Re: French trill?

2009-01-29 Thread David Tayler
may think it is backwards, some may think it is forwards, I think it is being played backwards. These are not my ornaments! I don't need to defend them, they have survived 400 years just fine, please play them if you find it fun. Any which way. Best wishes, David Tayler `I don't understand

[LUTE] Re: my first video

2009-01-29 Thread David Tayler
Technically, you needed a sign at the entrance. Which I'm sure you had, I saw it! dt At 01:05 AM 1/29/2009, you wrote: On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:10 PM, David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com wrote: Sort of anyway. This morning's live radio was on internet as well:

[LUTE] Re: Melchior Neusidler

2009-01-28 Thread David Tayler
An opportunity to use thumb position in a rare moment of cello envy. It is so fun :) d At 11:03 PM 1/27/2009, you wrote: === 28-01-2009 05:04:31 === The vast majority of the early lutes had no body frets, and the high notes can be easily and with a nice but distinctively different

[LUTE] Re: French trill?

2009-01-28 Thread David Tayler
of Lambert At 02:16 AM 1/28/2009, you wrote: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net schrieb: Without wishing to go too far down this path, modern performance practice does not really reflect the historical sources for trills and other ornamnents. The appogiatura was as long or longer

[LUTE] Re: Fun with Joy

2009-01-28 Thread David Tayler
You can hear my harmonization of Joy to the Person here http://tinyurl.com/JoytothePerson I used chords that I found for similar pieces in English and Dutch collections of tune arrangements To my ear, the Musica Britannica harmonization does not reflect the shape of the line--Rob is right, it

[LUTE] Re: French trill?

2009-01-28 Thread David Tayler
, winds players are now doing. A big opportunity. dt David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net schrieb: Have you looked at the Principes de musique of Monteclair, because that I think is one of the most important sources for ornamentation practice, There's certainly no argument

[LUTE] Re: Melchior Neusidler

2009-01-27 Thread David Tayler
Presumably there were no frets. dt At 01:33 AM 1/27/2009, you wrote: Dear Richard, Presumably he didn't have an 11th fret, so his 11th fret is our 12th, if you see what I mean. :-) A similar thing happens, if I remember right, in the Holmes MSS in Cambridge, where the letter m is used for the

[LUTE] Re: Melchior Neusidler

2009-01-27 Thread David Tayler
The vast majority of the early lutes had no body frets, and the high notes can be easily and with a nice but distinctively different sound played all the way up the B flat (imaginary fret 15) on the soundboard.. Some lutes either show body frets or curious decorative squiggles, but these are a

[LUTE] Re: how to upload high quality video to YT

2009-01-27 Thread David Tayler
The best way is to save your video in AVCHD (or H264, it is the same) in 720p, non interlaced, widescreen, square pixels, 11 mbps, 320kbs audio (preferably 44.1). That way, your video will be future proofed, in addition to looking good in full screen. In addition, you can then specify a custom

[LUTE] Re: French trill?

2009-01-27 Thread David Tayler
www.mignarda.com Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:58:00 + To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu From: mathias.roe...@t-online.de Subject: [LUTE] French trill? Dear Collected Wisdom, in several threads, Stewart, David Tayler, Jorge, et al nicely sorted out

[LUTE] Re: lute

2009-01-26 Thread David Tayler
Deciding whether to boil the horse and then pluck the vulture, or just fish. dt To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Melchior Neusidler

2009-01-26 Thread David Tayler
Locally anhemitonic. dt To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Inauguaral Music OT

2009-01-24 Thread David Tayler
Milli Vanilli--it was taped. dt At 11:01 AM 1/21/2009, you wrote: If you were wondering what that music was while Kathy Couric was talking, it's all here http://inaugural.senate.gov/documents/doc-2009-inauguralmediaguide.pdf Try pages 20, 26, 28 and 46. Use Ctrl+Shift+N to go to a specific

[LUTE] Re: John Donne

2009-01-24 Thread David Tayler
The Expiration springs to mind, Ferrabosco. dt At 01:59 PM 6/16/2008, you wrote: Dear Wisdom, What lute and voice settings are there of poems by John Donne (a long-time favourite poet of mine)? I'm also interested in settings for viols and voice or voices. Rob MacKillop -- To get on or off

[LUTE] Bach Telemann

2009-01-24 Thread David Tayler
My new CD is up on Magnatune--as always, free to listen! dt http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/voicesofmusic-bachtelemann/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Bach Telemann

2009-01-24 Thread David Tayler
Y'all are welcome to sit in. dt At 12:37 AM 1/24/2009, you wrote: I am jealous. What a great band to be in! Rob 2009/1/24 David Tayler [1]vidan...@sbcglobal.net My new CD is up on Magnatune--as always, free to listen! dt [2]http://magnatune.com/artists/albums

[LUTE] Re: Bach Telemann

2009-01-24 Thread David Tayler
I'm not sure about the background noise, probably the strongest single component comes from the Organ Bellows--that's about 15dB of white noise, plus, because it is entirely mechanical there is quite a bit of wood on wood sound from the stickers. Then there is the Bay Area airplane background

[LUTE] Re: New videos

2009-01-24 Thread David Tayler
ppl could put an index in the keywords, like LHRIN Lute hot renaissance Italian noodles. We just need a lutey decimal system. dt At 04:03 PM 1/24/2009, you wrote: Well, perhaps some kind soul could make an index manually? To his/her own pages? Anyone volunteering? ;-) Arto On 1/24/2009,

[LUTE] Re: Pilkington's Rest Sweet Nymphs

2009-01-16 Thread David Tayler
Considering the text, it is doubtful that he wrote it for his daughters. dt t 02:59 PM 1/15/2009, you wrote: Greetings all and Happy New Year, Does anyone know the origin of this song? I've heard it was written for Pilkington's daughters but I can't find any corroborating evidence. All help will

[LUTE] Re: More Dowland Paraphrases

2009-01-11 Thread David Tayler
The black bird of night in Flow my tears refers most likely to Erebus and Nyx. dt To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo question

2009-01-06 Thread David Tayler
G dt At 12:20 PM 1/5/2009, you wrote: Although I'm primarily interested in Ren music, I haven't been able to resist the temptation to dabble in continuo a bit (we have a continuo group in Seattle, loosely modeled on Pat's Continuo collective). I'm afraid that I might have

[LUTE] Re: Thought Provoking

2009-01-06 Thread David Tayler
I this story because it is both fake and true. No one ever mentions that in the NY subway musicians often draw a gigantic crowd of people who stop and listen for long periods, paying careful attention. One has to consider the possibility that it wasn't very good. The music world is eternally

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo question

2009-01-06 Thread David Tayler
Arto makes a good point about E Major Vivaldi. But in, for example, in the Four Seasons, you have E Major and then the other three are F minor, G minor, F major, all of which are far better in G. And so it goes! Looking down the road, you want to be in a position where you are playing good

[LUTE] Re: Fourier measurements of lute sound.

2009-01-06 Thread David Tayler
But the Korg is not accurate as far as dB, dt At 04:17 PM 1/6/2009, you wrote: I think the calibration data are important. We are just seeing a picture of a sound with no reference data to compare it to. I would want to pop a couple of waves through to test the equipment, square in, square

[LUTE] Re: damping of basses

2009-01-03 Thread David Tayler
Mersenne gives 20 seconds as the ring length, which is longer than the Pyramid strings ring on my lutes. Obviously, they had some strings we don't have, one candidate would be the brass core overspun with gut or silk which you see on some Asian instruments. I'm sure they had other types as

[LUTE] Re: Fourier measurements of lute sound.

2009-01-02 Thread David Tayler
I think the calibration data are important. We are just seeing a picture of a sound with no reference data to compare it to. I would want to pop a couple of waves through to test the equipment, square in, square out, etc. dt At 09:39 AM 1/2/2009, you wrote: Also, you would expect a brief

[LUTE] Ballo del Gran Duca: Buonamente Mersenne

2009-01-02 Thread David Tayler
For your entertainment, the rarely performed Buonamente Ballo del Gran Duca [1]http://tinyurl.com/Granduca This piece is one of a number of works from the 17th century that presents a thorny performance practice issue: in Divisions, do you play the really really fast notes up to

[LUTE] Re: Fourier measurements of lute sound.

2009-01-01 Thread David Tayler
The fundamental should be present in your data set. Are you using a measurement microphone? dt At 02:01 PM 1/1/2009, you wrote: Using computerized Fourier analysis, I measured spectra of lute sound, using all strings in courses 1-6, plucked with good tone. Several unexpected features cropped

[LUTE] Re: Messiah

2008-12-31 Thread David Tayler
hey ray you have to have keyboard, but if you really don't, try to find an organ realization so you can quickly figure out the chords. Look for harmony changes in the middle of the recits when the bass is not moving--they are often dominant chords but can be other things as well. It is not an

[LUTE] Re: Recording, Lute Flute making

2008-12-19 Thread David Tayler
Ther DPA 4090 is an excellent little microphone, though perhaps a tad noisy for lute with a noise figure of 23dBA (reference 20µPa). Compared to the 10dBA or 11dba from the full line of Sennheiser and Schoeps omnis. A very nice mic nonetheless. dt At 01:00 PM 12/18/2008, you wrote: Dear

[LUTE] Re: Recording, Lute Flute making

2008-12-19 Thread David Tayler
- Von: David Tayler [mailto:vidan...@sbcglobal.net] Gesendet: Freitag, 19. Dezember 2008 10:18 An: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Recording, Lute Flute making Ther DPA 4090 is an excellent little microphone, though perhaps a tad noisy for lute with a noise figure of 23dBA (reference 20µPa

[LUTE] Re: Peg count on Choc lute

2008-12-19 Thread David Tayler
Yup-- The double first course is sorta the sleeper in historical lute performance. Along with the double course theorbos. The top course doubled sound terrific at a slightly lower pitch, seamless transition among the top three courses. dt At 04:47 AM 12/19/2008, you wrote: On Fri, Dec 19, 2008

[LUTE] Re: Peg count on Choc lute

2008-12-19 Thread David Tayler
I think relativeley rare is about right, maybe medium rare. There are enough examples that we know that there was a presence, and not truly rare, but not enough examples to think in terms of either or. Some very interseting iconography for earlier instruments as well. It is a terrific sound,

[LUTE] Re: A (quasi?) philosophical thought?

2008-12-16 Thread David Tayler
Just rewrite them and play and play them till they sound the same as you think they might have sounded if you knew them from childhood back then. dt At 01:16 PM 12/15/2008, you wrote: Dear lutenists, after having played and arranged quite a few pieces to lute, one perhaps interesting idea

[LUTE] Re: Music in accords nouveaux

2008-12-16 Thread David Tayler
Much needed and important work! dt At 01:10 AM 12/16/2008, you wrote: Dear lute friends Finally the work of François-Pierre Goy on the accords nouveaux is easily accessible! We made a homepage with some very important files: the thesis of F.-P.Goy as PDF with hyperlinks Datenbank PAN =

[LUTE] Re: sing along with Bach

2008-12-14 Thread David Tayler
It will happen! Soon! Also, one can put up lute songs and so on. dt At 11:06 AM 12/14/2008, you wrote: Now who is going to put some not too challenging duets into the same format for us??? To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Dowland song paraphrases

2008-12-13 Thread David Tayler
This is a very interesting piece of work, and obviously a great deal of effort. I'll have to read it very carefully, but on first reading it appears to completely flatten the text, like rendering layers in photoshop. This is particularly evident in if my complaints where the poet uses the word

[LUTE] sing along with Bach

2008-12-13 Thread David Tayler
The new HD feature of youtube opens the door to all sorts of possibilities for sharing music, or even sing-alongs--or play alongs. You can view the score to the Prelude in D minor here, and play along, or turn the sound off, etc. [1]http://tinyurl.com/bachscore The score here

[LUTE] Re: sing along with Bach

2008-12-13 Thread David Tayler
Here is the vimeo version as well. http://www.vimeo.com/2517881 I've tweaked the youtube settings so it will still look good in full screen mode if viewed in HD I'll be posting some TAB later on, if people are interested. dt At 05:07 PM 12/13/2008, you wrote: The new HD feature of

[LUTE] Re: sing along with Bach

2008-12-13 Thread David Tayler
Message - From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 8:07 PM Subject: [LUTE] sing along with Bach | The new HD feature of youtube opens the door to all sorts of | possibilities for sharing music, or even sing

[LUTE] Re: Converting technique to gut.

2008-12-11 Thread David Tayler
I depends on how you play, but it is not the same technique. You should try it anyway :) dt At 02:13 PM 12/11/2008, you wrote: Assuming a poor lost sheep (excuse the pun) had learned to play on carbon, and then, suddenly, began trying to play gut strings. Would he have to modify his technique

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-10 Thread David Tayler
day jobs--nothing wrong with that, I worked some pretty bad jobs in school. And why should there be so few professional concert artists on the lute? We can change this. dt At 11:52 PM 12/9/2008, you wrote: Am 9 Dec 2008 um 14:47 hat David Tayler geschrieben: 7. All editions should

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-09 Thread David Tayler
I think everyone has their faves, just like the original copyists. Here's a few themes: 1. Landscape vs portrait-- Both existed historically, some formats work better for some music. But see below 2. Diplomatic facsimile--hints at, or strongly resembles the original. A very good choice for many

[LUTE] Re: scan vs camera

2008-12-06 Thread David Tayler
Many Libraries have microfilm scanning stations. There's one at the UCB music library, for example. Bring a USB drive and scan away. dt At 01:56 PM 12/6/2008, you wrote: I'm no rocket surgeon but I've taken fine, sharp pictures just holding a loupe in one hand between a 3.2meg digital camera

[LUTE] Re: Ballard in g

2008-12-05 Thread David Tayler
Beautiful playing; the glowing eyes in 2434865 gives it a king of Lutestar Galactica look. dt At 12:11 AM 12/5/2008, you wrote: Hi folks, I have tubed another Ballard set to YouTube and Vimeo: Pieces in g-minor (Volte in major) * Entrée de luth sixiesme * Courante the music * Volte

[LUTE] HD

2008-12-04 Thread David Tayler
youtube has gone HD. Check it out--just click the HD link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNQLJ1_HQ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNQLJ1_HQ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNYNJ85GgGc dt To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: HD

2008-12-04 Thread David Tayler
You may have to change your preferences to see the HD button. It works on all the computers I have tried--the quality is absolutely great! dt At 11:58 PM 12/3/2008, you wrote: youtube has gone HD. Check it out--just click the HD link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNQLJ1_HQ0

[LUTE] 5 string cello

2008-12-04 Thread David Tayler
: David Tayler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 December 2008 16:46 To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: HD cello The 5 string cello enjoyed a wave of popularity in the baroque period, in some countries it was more popular than the four string version. That's an original instrument

[LUTE] Re: 1579 English cittern, Orpharion, Bandora..

2008-12-04 Thread David Tayler
If it is real meantone, you will see it immediately, if it isn't, you won't. MT has major and minor semitones, so you will see BIG FRET l'il fret. dt At 12:46 PM 12/4/2008, you wrote: I seriously doubt that the cittern (or at least the neck and pegbox ) is from 1579. I am sure the museum would

[LUTE] Re: Baroque mandolin

2008-12-03 Thread David Tayler
Depends on the variety, but gut or silk for the six course. Silk sounds amazing. dt At 11:42 PM 12/2/2008, you wrote: Interesting to start this topic now, because this morning I just have a question on YT by a mandolin player, playing since five years, mostly early music, and wanting to take

[LUTE] Re: Baroque mandolin

2008-12-03 Thread David Tayler
Before I forget, you can hear Nigel North play the baroque mandolin in an episode of Inspector Morse. I was watching the TV, heard the music, assumed it was him--but had doubts, as it was coming through the TV. What a great gig. dt To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Late Dowland to 9 or 10 courses?

2008-12-02 Thread David Tayler
The Galliard to Lachrimae is nice, the solos in LoST, the La Mia Barbera--needs reconstruction, that one, the beautiful solo in Tresor D'Orphee. I think are are one or two more. I like the in Nomine on at least 8 courses. Sempre Dolens, is nice to have the low F, and of course the passionate

[LUTE] Re: Fret Calculator

2008-12-01 Thread David Tayler
If you keep the fretgut in the humidor with cigar you will be richly rewarded. dt At 07:03 PM 12/1/2008, you wrote: Absolutely the best procedure; what I now use. I set frets by calculation only once, about 30 years ago. Came out so bad, I ran crying back to EQUAL (yecchh!) until about a month or

[LUTE] Re: Fret Calculator

2008-12-01 Thread David Tayler
Dan, it is definitely time for another play, any themes, music you'd like to try? Or anyone else, you are all invited! d To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: John Dowland

2008-11-29 Thread David Tayler
I would like to express my support for Rob's project, which is a great idea. I think it is important to get as many pieces in the Canon recorded--whether by Dowland or not, let's get it recorded, then we and everyone else can have a listen. Also, I think it would be very nice to do it on a

[LUTE] Re: mobile recorder advice wanted

2008-11-27 Thread David Tayler
I recently attended the AES show, and I was surprised, because I thought there were be a new crop of these things, smaller, faster, lighter. Except for one pocket sized offering from Yamaha, there wasn't anything I would use for music, and the Yamaha was limited. There were some very nice, VERY

[LUTE] Re: You Tube/Vimeo Question

2008-11-26 Thread David Tayler
Time for a nice cheap dual core. You can pick one up on Black Friday for between $400 and $600. Check bfads dt At 01:36 PM 11/25/2008, you wrote: All, When I click on the links to You Tube and Vimeo lute videos provided in the posts (and all other posts on those sites, as well), they

[LUTE] Re: Informal performing situations.

2008-11-26 Thread David Tayler
They played at the barber shop, or outside the shop if the weather was fine. dt At 04:11 PM 11/25/2008, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/25/2008 7:04 PM On Tue, Nov 25, 2008, Christopher Stetson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I'm sure there will be better documented replies wassermusik I

[LUTE] Re: staff realization of tablature [was Material for sight reading]

2008-11-26 Thread David Tayler
PROTECTED] 11/25/2008 5:21 PM Out of curiosity, all ye to read from this edition or Arthur himself, how do the grand staff versions handle octave basses? Thanks, Eugene At 03:29 AM 11/25/2008, David Tayler wrote: I play from the grand staff in Ness's edition, I first mark any differences

[LUTE] Re: ok...need some more help...

2008-11-26 Thread David Tayler
Just plop for fronimo; or you can use Score software with macros, but the Big Packages are really crap for tab. Inexcusable, but they are bad. And they are bad for formal editions as well. dt At 01:06 AM 11/26/2008, you wrote: On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Omer katzir [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[LUTE] Re: ok...need some more help...

2008-11-26 Thread David Tayler
, but I've been with it for over a decade and wouldn't trade it for anything else - and I continue checking out other software. The time I've put in learning it has been well worth while. On Nov 26, 2008, at 10:27 AM, David Tayler wrote: Just plop for fronimo; or you can use Score software

[LUTE] Re: You Tube/Vimeo Question

2008-11-26 Thread David Tayler
. I routinely run 2GB in my Windows boxes; memory is relatively cheap these days. Guy -Original Message- From: David Tayler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 1:14 AM To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: You Tube/Vimeo Question Time for a nice cheap dual

[LUTE] Re: Universale

2008-11-26 Thread David Tayler
I still have some strings from Wills in Chicago. It was very tough. When driving to a concert, my windshield wiper blew off in a driving rainstorm. Visibility was zero, I tied the wiper on with a gut treble. I think a silk blend would be a good idea for sound as well as durability. dt To get

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