[LUTE] Re: guitar to lute conversion: string advice

2011-12-15 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
A quick FYI: Standard, modern fishing line is monofilament nylon. However, fluorocarbon is also quite common as fishing line, considerably denser, and requires a resultantly lesser diameter at given pitch and scale than nylon. Do you know, t'other Eugene, if you were using nylon or fluorocarbon

[LUTE] Re: SAD TRIP----Michael Thames

2011-11-30 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Oddly enough, this happened to another luthier/musician friend of mine very recently. It was a friend here in my own town whom I knew to be gigging here the day before I received his note, that time allegedly from London. I enjoyed some correspondence with the scammer, who sent along the same

[LUTE] Re: SAD TRIP----Michael Thames

2011-11-30 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Michael writes directly from (a different address), Eugene, sorry my account was hacked this is a scam.. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Mathias Rösel Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 5:28 AM To: Lute

[LUTE] Re: Montserrat Figueras

2011-11-23 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
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[LUTE] Re: Buzzing [was Gut strings]

2011-11-21 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
[mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 4:05 PM To: Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: Lutelist Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Buzzing [was Gut strings] [Eugene C. Braig IV] Do be mindful that all manner of things can cause buzzing, from strings buzzing along lumpy frets to loose glue joints

[LUTE] Re: Buzzing [was Gut strings]

2011-11-18 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
the day to actually do something about it. Now I really will... Monica [Eugene C. Braig IV] Do be mindful that all manner of things can cause buzzing, from strings buzzing along lumpy frets to loose glue joints along structural seams to damaged/loose braces etc. ad infinitum. Do get

[LUTE] Re: BWV 998

2011-10-19 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Hold it there, Bill. Lautenwerk appears to have been a perfectly real instrument. Check out fine recordings of Robert Hill, Geoffrey Thomas (in this case, Bohm's music, not Bach's), Elizabeth Farr, Kim Heindel, etc. on such a thing. In this case, Prelude pour La Luth o Cembal literally

[LUTE] Re: Bellorofonte Castaldi

2011-09-07 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Thanks for sharing this, Dominic. I love this music, and you perform it with a passion that is very sincerely entertaining and a delight to hear. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Dominic Robillard Sent:

[LUTE] Re: long strings?

2011-08-31 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
It really depends upon application and luthier, even amongst those with a great deal of hide glue experience. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of sterling price Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:31 AM To:

[LUTE] Re: Double fret loops

2011-08-31 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
However, gut lasts a great long time (if you don't fray the finer strings with nail or quill in the kinds of quirky applications I sometimes expect of it). It is especially long-lived compared to metal-wound basses. In the long term, it may work out to be more economical depending upon your own

[LUTE] Re: long strings?

2011-08-30 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Well, maybe not epoxy... In any event, all arguments of what *they* might have done if they'd had *whatever* on hand are moot if they didn't. Corbetta had no fluorocarbon; Bach didn't own a Steinway grand; etc. I have no idea what musical tools may be available five decades into the future, but

[LUTE] Re: long strings?

2011-08-29 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Plugging and re-drilling a bridge to suit whatever configuration a player has need of seems commonplace enough. If a re-drill isn't practical, an all-out and appropriately drilled replacement is pretty trivial in the grand scheme of luthier labor. If anything, these tweaks/fixes are probably

[LUTE] Re: Renaissance lute string length

2011-08-10 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
*Pssst* Most modern guitars use a Hauser-like scale around 65 cm. The last generation following in Segovia's shadow favored a Ramirez-like 66 cm. Some whacky experiments of that era (Kasha/Schneider, e.g.) even dabbled in 67 cm (some others even greater) as a standard scale length. That said,

[LUTE] Re: American luthiers

2011-08-08 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
FYI, getting to Chad's contact info isn't necessarily intuitive from the page I'd sent. You'll need to click his name under About Me which will take you to this page: http://www.blogger.com/profile/10122664259981388540 That page will provide a link to his e-mail. Best, Eugene -Original

[LUTE] Re: American luthiers

2011-08-08 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
, 2011 12:31 PM To: Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: 'LuteNet list' Subject: [LUTE] Re: American luthiers Thank you, Eugene. I've checked this page. I'm really impressed with the tool he designed to re-drill a bridge; wish I'd known about it when I re- drilled the bridge of one of my instruments. -Ned

[LUTE] Re: Ernesto Quezada on Youtube

2011-08-01 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
from the de Murcia manuscript discovered in Chile. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Bernd Haegemann Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 6:24 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Eugene C. Braig IV Subject: [LUTE] Re: Ernesto

[LUTE] Re: My new cittern

2011-07-28 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Drifting farther afield (and I know you know this, Chris), I believe one of the weirdest features of nicer guitars that were original builds to carry the Tilton improvements was that they had the soundboard built with the grain running diagonally to the line of symmetry. Weird. Eugene

[LUTE] Re: CG Jung (Re: What's the point to 'historical sound')

2011-07-21 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Sorry, this seems to have wandered way too far afield for my tastes. If this were carried on in direct, private correspondence, I personally would feel no loss for it. Eugene PS: I like lutes and their music. I am not fond of oppressive fascism. I enjoy discussing one of those topics here.

[LUTE] Re: colliding strings

2011-07-20 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I would need to do some comparative measuring to be sure, but it sounds like you should talk to a luthier and consider modifying the existing or installing a new bridge and possibly nut. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On

[LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound'

2011-07-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Just to play devil's advocate, so please consider this commentary with an appropriately metered grain of salt. Some aspects, like tuning (as necessitated by chord forms on a necked chordophone) and range, will need a good fit of instrument to music and vice versa, but those very general

[LUTE] Re: Gynocentricityness

2011-07-05 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
-Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Monica Hall Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 11:14 AM To: howard posner Cc: Lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gynocentricityness You might be interested to know that the The Random House

[LUTE] Re: A question about Bakfark's lute music

2011-07-01 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I love Bakfark's music, but it gets way too little play by professionals, and I can't really make any of it sound convincing myself. While I can't provide technical advice here, I may be able to point you to some inspiration. Heringman did an excellent CD entitled The Black Cow, half of which

[LUTE] Re: A question about Bakfark's lute music

2011-07-01 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Alan sent this in reply to me only, but I'm certain it was intended for the list and t'other Eugene: From: Alan Hoyle [mailto:adr...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 11:00 AM To: Eugene C. Braig IV Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: A question about Bakfark's

[LUTE] Re: A question about Bakfark's lute music

2011-07-01 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Yes, another excellent CD. Pretty peripheral, but those two recordings were the two Heringman made for prog rocker Robert Fripp's Discipline Global Mobile label. Best, t'other Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of

[LUTE] Re: Medieval Lute

2011-06-29 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
There isn't much dedicated to any specific instrument in the medieval literature. Asteria does a great job of setting late medieval songs to punteado lute accompaniments. Perhaps check them for inspiration: http://nueva.asteriamusica.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB4CehJEK8A I also

[LUTE] Re: Welcome to the Lute mailing list!

2011-06-28 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Welcome, Eugene! I am also Eugene and also come to early stringed instruments from modern guitar. Did you play the western 6-string version or the 7-string guitar of Sychra et alia? I enjoyed your video. I found your tone strongly consistent and your playing passionate. I can see your history

[LUTE] Re: Speaking of citterns....

2011-05-27 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
If this combination refers to a scalloped fingerboard along with metal frets, the 6-string mandolino lombardo, popular in northern Italy in roughly the same time frame as the lauten of the wendervogel movement, also typically featured scalloped fingerboards. They were also strung in gut, usually

[LUTE] Re: Hopkinson Smith Concert

2011-04-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I do not know of Mrs. Smith's musical activities. However, I can tell you about a similar event I coordinated in Columbus, OH this past weekend. I was very pleased with the turnout for Hoppy's concert and all the support from Early Music, WOSU, the Columbus Dispatch, etc. We had attendees from

[LUTE] Re: Hopkinson Smith Concert

2011-04-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
reply: Imagine it's an audience of *musicians* instead. Ha! ...And I'm not ashamed to call myself a guitarist. Eugene -Original Message- From: Roman Turovsky [mailto:r.turov...@verizon.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:26 PM To: Edward Martin; Eugene C. Braig IV; lute

[LUTE] Re: Saint-Luc again. Was: Foscarini Experience

2011-04-04 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
...@tiscali.co.uk To: Eugene C. Braig IV [7][14]brai...@osu.edu Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Foscarini Experience - Original Message - From: Eugene C. Braig IV [8][15]brai

[LUTE] Re: Foscarini Experience again

2011-04-01 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
they are contributing themselves. Strange world really. What the uninitiated don't perhaps understand is how sketchy the original sources are Monica [Eugene C. Braig IV] I suppose not so strange and not so different than Kreisler, Giazotto, Vasilov, Segovia/Ponce, etc. ad nauseam foisting discoveries

[LUTE] Re: Stability of lute in playing fast.

2011-04-01 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
. Then, the ladies, or terz- guitars, quite a bit shorter and smaller. The younger guitar loving people should be the ones concerned with this though... [Eugene C. Braig IV] Well, I have no idea how my age compares to yours, Alexander, but this is a topic that appeals to me. Who were the makers

[LUTE] Re: Continuo and the Foscarini Experience

2011-04-01 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I think there may be a little confusion amongst the few recordings referenced here. Compared to Echo de Paris or Ensemble Kapsberger, The Foscarini Experience is downright tame in their interpretive approach to Foscarini. Where they've wandered is asserting a particular painting is known to

[LUTE] Re: Stability of lute in playing fast.

2011-03-31 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Don't know which competition is mentioned, but Winfield, KS is the big one for folk styles, including mandolin. For what it's worth, classical players would much prefer their mandolins to be relatively stable in performance, usually playing seated and usually bracing the instrument with the flesh

[LUTE] Re: Foscarini Experience

2011-03-31 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I quite like that CD (especially the guitar solos that they opted to record as solos), but the liner notes do strike me as a bit whimsical. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Monica Hall Sent: Thursday, March

[LUTE] Hopkinson Smith to give concert and master class in Columbus, OH, April 2011

2011-03-09 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
if you'd like) with any questions you may have.   Best, Eugene Eugene C. Braig IV Artistic Director Phone: 614-561-9204 The Columbus Guitar Society Capital University, Conservatory of Music 1 College Main Columbus, OH 43209 USA http://columbusguitarsociety.org/ To get on or off this list see

[LUTE] Dalla Casa ornamentation

2011-03-03 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Greetings collective wisdom, I don't recall if this specific topic has been discussed here before. Considering the mandolino/mandola works in the Dalla Casa lute book, there are some ornament indications that I'm not entirely certain how to interpret. If you have a copy or access, please

[LUTE] Re: Boccherini

2011-02-02 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Bream, Yepes, and many, many others. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Jorge Torres Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 9:50 AM To: t...@heartistrymusic.com Cc: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Net Subject: [LUTE] Re:

[LUTE] Re: Vihuela Concert

2011-02-01 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Nice! I wish there wasn't an ocean between Bremen and me. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Mathias Roesel Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 6:00 PM To: Lute List Cc: palca...@gmail.com Subject: [LUTE]

[LUTE] Re: RV93 - which instrument?

2011-01-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Martyn Hodgson Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 2:34 AM To: 'Lute Dmth'; Eugene C. Braig IV Subject: [LUTE] Re: RV93 - which instrument? Thanks Eugene. I don't think it impossible that the mandora was the instrument for which Vivaldi conceived

[LUTE] Re: RV93 - OT... what's this?

2011-01-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
The evident configuration is not unlike the 5- to 7-course leuti of the mid 18th c. we've been discussing here (by the likes of Radice, Presbler, etc.). However, most of the pieces by that era seem to be in seven courses. The profile of the shell doesn't quite seem to fit my expectations for

[LUTE] Re: RV93 - which instrument?

2011-01-05 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
called gallichon) was only developed during the early 18th century with peak popularity in these and some other (generally North German) States in the 1740s to 70s. [Eugene C. Braig IV] Musing upon the possibility of mandora is not without reason. The chamber works for leuto were

[LUTE] Re: RV93 materials?

2011-01-05 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Greetings Mathias, I suspect you are familiar but for those without facsimile on hand, the Dalla Casa pieces mostly specify only arcileuto francese and are in two-staff systems. Where ensemble music is specified, it states mandolino or mandola with accompaniment by arcileuto francese. The duo

[LUTE] Re: RV93 - which instrument?

2011-01-05 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
PM To: 'Lute Dmth' Subject: [LUTE] Re: RV93 - which instrument? - Original Message - From: Eugene C. Braig IV brai...@osu.edu To: 'Lute Dmth' lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 5:10 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: RV93 - which instrument? Instrumentation

[LUTE] Re: RV93 materials?

2011-01-03 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Because of the dedicatee in Bohemia, and the popularity of mandora amongst noble amateurs in that region of the world, Eric Liefeld (an occasional to this list) also speculated that they may have been performed on a mandora in D (see Liefeld, E. 2002/2003. Pondering Vivaldi's Leuto. LSA Quarterly

[LUTE] Re: RV93 materials?

2011-01-03 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
-Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of howard posner Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 2:41 PM To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: RV93 materials? On Jan 3, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: Oddly, when

[LUTE] Re: catgut

2010-12-27 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
..or cat as possibly derived from kit, an antiquated folk reference to fiddles. ...or cat as an abbreviation of cattle in general reference to any ruminant (or specifically sheep) from which a large length of gut for string fabrication might come. Take your pick. I doubt this one will be

[LUTE] Re: catgut [somewhat peripheral to topic]

2010-12-27 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Very interesting. Thanks for this, Alexander. Peripheral, but the Treatyse of Fysshynge With an Angle was first published (as you've referenced) as only one small part of an all purpose, late-medieval outdoorsmen's compilation generally known as the Book of St. Albans. It also included

[LUTE] Re: Chitarra battente stringing

2010-12-20 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I do have experience with using brass wire on early Neapolitan mandolins. I hope somebody with direct experience with chitarra battente also weighs in. Given the similarities in construction between early chitarra battente and early Neapolitan mandolins, I suspect the stringing was probably also

[LUTE] Re: Chitarra battente stringing

2010-12-20 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Thanks for this word, Nancy. Do you know if he is making strings of twisted brass? Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy Carlin Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 12:52 PM To: Eugene C. Braig IV; 'Lucas Harris

[LUTE] Ernesto Quezada on Youtube

2010-11-23 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
A friend who studied with Ernesto Quezada in Chile was visiting Ohio this weekend. He was kind enough to point me to some fine concert recordings of Ernesto performing on lute, vihuela, and 4-course guitar made throughout the 1980s and posted to Youtube. Check them out:

[LUTE] Re: tying two strings of different thickness together?

2010-11-22 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
The one problem I have with fishing knots that involve many twists (like the blood knot or uni-uni knot) on gut is that the stiffness of gut imparts difficulty in cinching knots. Depending upon how pliable your strings are, this can even be pretty prohibitive. Most fishing knots in use now were

[LUTE] Re: tying two strings of different thickness together?

2010-11-22 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Ah, makes good sense. Have you tried this with gimped or loaded strings, Guy? Eugene -Original Message- From: Guy Smith [mailto:guy_m_sm...@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 2:06 PM To: 'Eugene C. Braig IV'; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: tying two

[LUTE] Re: Kozena and guitars, theorbo, colascione etc..

2010-11-15 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
It's even worse than you've all imagined. This guy is popular! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCage-_yz7A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCCE-oTwRfY Frankly, I actually enjoyed the Kozena et al. performance. There's also nothing wrong with not. It is light years ahead of Benise. Eugene

[LUTE] Re: Lute volume

2010-10-21 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I also think the perception of a conductor/director of the theorbo in ensemble is very different than that of audience because of proximity. Plucked strings of any type in ensemble work great in chamber settings, even with loudish things like bowed strings and winds, in part because the audience

[LUTE] Re: Lute volume

2010-10-21 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Fortunately for the people around me, I don't have any. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Gary Digman Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 5:53 AM To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute volume - Original

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings?

2010-10-08 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Somehow, I'd been deleted from the list. Here are my comments once more. Hopefully you can swim through the angling minutiae to arrive at something useful. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: Eugene C. Braig IV [mailto:brai...@osu.edu] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 5:39 PM

[LUTE] Re: Francesco and flat back lute?

2010-08-17 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Not quite Italian, but here is as affordable a rebuild of an odd German-made vihuela from a few decades ago incorporating a slightly curved pegbox: http://www.neallutes.com/2009/09/vihuela-for-eugene-eugene-brought-me.html I keep the bass courses in octave to be a little more Italianate. Enjoy,

[LUTE] Re: Airlines and Intruments

2010-07-19 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
.. or even dandier littler baroque mandolino. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Mayes, Joseph Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:42 PM To: Edward Mast; Benjamin Narvey Cc: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re:

[LUTE] Re: Fret Gut

2010-07-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I once bought a used instrument that came to me fretted in nylon. Personally, I do not recommend nylon as fret material. Nylon is quite hard and the surface very slick. It will eventually slip too easily. If tied tightly enough to not slip initially, it may bite into the timber of the

[LUTE] Re: incompatibility gardening/lute playing?

2010-06-29 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I saw Irwin give a demonstration (mostly to sell videos) at a percussion clinic years ago. It was intriguing. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Stephen Arndt Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:36 PM To: Anthony

[LUTE] Re: books of bland tablature

2010-06-22 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
of the cover if you want to impress people on the bus. (I suggest you scratch out guitar tab and, using a ballpoint pen, replace it with Ye Olde Booke of Tabliture foreth ye Most Noble and Honorable LUTE in your best Gothic script. Little lightening bolts and gargoyle faces optional.) [Eugene C

[LUTE] Re: geared pegs and Dan Larson's lute

2010-06-21 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I remember when these came out, and have read all the comments to follow on this thread. I'm not entirely certain of the practical usefulness of this product unless one would want to replace pegs on an existing instrument with minimal modification to the instrument. I seem to recall geared

[LUTE] Re: strange lute

2010-06-11 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Can you post it to the web and provide link? The list does not permit attachments. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Drew Villeneuve Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 6:14 PM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings?

2010-06-09 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
fishing expert Paul On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV [1][9]brai...@osu.edu wrote: Not all fluorocarbon fishing lines make good strings. I've had pretty poor luck with Berkley's house brand of fluorocarbon

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings?

2010-06-07 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Not all fluorocarbon fishing lines make good strings. I've had pretty poor luck with Berkley's house brand of fluorocarbon fishing line. Under continuous tension (e.g., as an instrument string), I have found it to fray and lose intonation along its length. I've had much better luck with P-Line

[LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin

2010-05-28 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Thanks for sharing. Who made yours? What do you use as a plectrum? Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Alfonso Marin Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 4:00 AM To: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: playing

[LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin

2010-05-28 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
..Or do you know what he uses as a plectrum? Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Alfonso Marin Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 4:16 AM To: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin I

[LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin

2010-05-28 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
___ From: Martyn Hodgson [mailto:hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 4:23 AM To: Eugene C. Braig IV; Stuart Walsh Cc: 'Susanne Herre'; 'Lute List' Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin

[LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin

2010-05-28 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Hey, mandolinists have little enough music! Tell that guitarist to give it back! Semi-kiddingly, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Stuart Walsh Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 5:12 AM To: Alfonso Marin Cc:

[LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin

2010-05-28 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Eugene C. Braig IV Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 12:21 PM To: 'Martyn Hodgson'; 'Lute List' Subject: [LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin Greetings Martyn, Of course, more lute-like mandolins comfortably predate wire-strung mandolins historically. I don’t

[LUTE] Re: baroque mandolins etc--- tensions and kgs?

2010-05-28 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
happy to receive refinements from those who know physics better than I. Eugene -Original Message- From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 3:17 PM To: Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: 'Martyn Hodgson'; 'Lute List' Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: baroque mandolins etc

[LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin (with link!)

2010-05-27 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
: Thursday, May 27, 2010 5:23 PM Cc: Eugene C. Braig IV; 'Susanne Herre'; 'Lute List' Subject: [LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin (with link!) Stuart Walsh wrote: Stuart Walsh wrote: I just can't imagine how you get a loud, full sound playing the instrument fingerstyle when

[LUTE] Re: Mandolin at Kedleston Hall

2010-05-25 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute- a...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Eugene C. Braig IV Sent: 17 May 2010 18:19 To: 'Martyn Hodgson'; 'Lute Dmth'; 'Susanne Herre' Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute music and playing technique in italy 18th century -Original

[LUTE] Re: Larry Brown

2010-05-25 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Here is what I posted to Ning in mid April: Fear not, lute ningers! I am fairly certain these are altogether different Larry Browns and that the lute builder of North Carolina is still alive. In spite of the fact that his lute and violin web site has been down for a while, I have an e-mail from

[LUTE] Re: Mandolin at Kedleston Hall

2010-05-24 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
, Stewart McCoy. -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute- a...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Eugene C. Braig IV Sent: 17 May 2010 18:19 To: 'Martyn Hodgson'; 'Lute Dmth'; 'Susanne Herre' Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute music

[LUTE] Re: Larry Brown

2010-05-24 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I know he sent word by e-mail to a small group of correspondents of several steel-string guitars he was building for sale, I believe back in January or February. His site appears to have been down for a while. This also received a little chat at Ning. Best, Eugene -Original Message-

[LUTE] Re: lute music and playing technique in italy 18th century

2010-05-18 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Coincidentally, such mandoras have received some discussion here. Those italianate things with sickle-shaped pegboxes seem to me a slightly different concept. Frankly, I'm not certain what their makers and players called them, but I suspect it might not have been mandora. Eugene

[LUTE] Re: lute music and playing technique in italy 18th century

2010-05-17 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
the mandolin, especially the Neapolitan wire strung instrument tuned the same? [Eugene C. Braig IV] However, there isn't any evidence that the Neapolitan type existed until the mid 18th c. at the earliest. Instruments (some with somewhat dubious labels) don't appear until the 1740s and obvious

[LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin

2010-05-17 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
No, I'm not aware of any iconography showing mandolinists specifically engaged in the pit. However, what iconography there is of the era does seem to imply punteado play. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of

[LUTE] Re: Monica's website

2010-05-17 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
that classical guitarists get a real insight into what the baroque guitar is really like. [Eugene C. Braig IV] You mean it's not all transcriptions of Bach cello suites and misc. preludes? Facetiously, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc

[LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin

2010-05-17 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
, Eugene -Original Message- From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 2:10 PM To: Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: 'Susanne Herre'; 'Lute List' Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: playing technique of baroque mandolin No, I'm not aware of any iconography showing

[LUTE] Re: lute music and playing technique in italy 18th century

2010-05-13 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Almost nothing is documented on playing technique of 4th-tuned mandolin/o other than iconography, and techniques so portrayed can pretty diverse looking. One of the clearest and most performance-ready painting from the mid 1700s is Longhi's Little concert. It shows a pair of ladies playing

[LUTE] Re: lute music and playing technique in italy 18th century

2010-05-13 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
and playing technique in italy 18th century That looks like a nice mandolin in the picture. Who made it and what kind of music do you play on it? Nancy At 07:24 AM 5/13/2010, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: Almost nothing is documented on playing technique of 4th-tuned mandolin/o

[LUTE] Re: lute music and playing technique in italy 18th century

2010-05-13 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
PS: My instrument is patterned after the 1736 Smorsone in Berlin. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Eugene C. Braig IV Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 2:06 PM To: 'Nancy Carlin'; 'Lute List' Subject: [LUTE

[LUTE] Re: lute music and playing technique in italy 18th century

2010-05-13 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
-Original Message- From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:02 PM To: Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: 'Nancy Carlin'; 'Lute List' Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: lute music and playing technique in italy 18th century Eugene C. Braig IV wrote

[LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players

2010-05-12 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Au contraire, my dear Stuart. I am stereotypically left-handed and play standard instruments. I don't believe there is necessarily anything inherently naturally left-handed about placing the neck of a chordophone in the right hand...or right-handed about placing it in the left. Both your hands

[LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players

2010-05-12 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I would say they're wacky...or playing a standard instrument in revers to standard stance. Interestingly, I just enjoyed a visit from Brazil's Quaternaglia Quartet. They're sinistral leader, Sidney Molina, plays in reverse to standard on instruments built in reverse to standard, but is

[LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players

2010-05-12 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Stuart Walsh Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 10:41 AM To: Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: Au contraire, my dear Stuart. I am

[LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players

2010-05-12 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
a subaltern hominid. Eugene -Original Message- From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 11:55 AM To: Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players Eugene C. Braig IV wrote

[LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players

2010-05-12 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
sight reading (not to mention a convenient excuse at rehearsals). Intriguing. Eugene -Original Message- From: Nck Gravestock [mailto:bluti...@leicester.anglican.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 12:10 PM To: Eugene C. Braig IV; 'Stuart Walsh'; simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk Cc: Lute

[LUTE] Re: P.C. stringing

2010-05-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Vegans probably should also not play lutes since many-most are manufactured using animal-based glues. Frankly, vegans should also not eat anything at all because of trace amounts of animal protein (invertebrates especially) inadvertently included in pretty much everything humans ingest. Tongue

[LUTE] Re: Bremen, Professor for Lute

2010-05-04 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I wish I was closer to Bremen! Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Mathias Rösel Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 4:44 AM To: Lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Bremen, Professor for Lute Dear everybody, applications for

[LUTE] Re: HIP, was string tension of all things

2010-03-29 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Since we seem to have drifted a fair distance from string tensions, you've omitted what I find to be the most irritating genre designation: World - I challenge any musicologist or casual fan to demonstrate a piece of music that didn't originate on our world. Eugene -Original Message-

[LUTE] Re: HIP, was string tension of all things

2010-03-29 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Hmmm, I'm not sure free-jazz induced fiction quite counts as otherworldly. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel Winheld Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 6:03 PM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re:

[LUTE] Re: HIP, was string tension of all things

2010-03-29 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: HIP, was string tension of all things Pythagoras would say Music of the spheres? On 29 Mar 2010, at 21:23, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: Since we seem to have drifted a fair distance from string tensions, you've omitted what I find to be the most

[LUTE] Re: should i learn thumb-under technique?

2010-03-23 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
..Not to mention some specialized tremolo techniques popular from the romantic era forward (note Foden, e.g.). However, thumb on the treble strings is certainly less common to modern guitar playing than to lutes. Still, I believe this technical aspect might be amongst the very easiest to adopt

[LUTE] Re: Modern lute recordings

2010-03-17 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Not a professional recording artist, so weigh my opinion for what it's worth: so much fish. I'm torn on the issue of close mic'ing acoustic music. Electric instruments and ensembles depend entirely upon some kind of processing for sounding like they do, so close mic'ing and processing the sound

[LUTE] Re: Modern lute recordings

2010-03-17 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
I am a great fan of the Skeptic Society. A recent article to touch (peripherally) on the digital vs. analog debate: http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/10-01-06 -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of nedma...@aol.com Sent:

[LUTE] Re: Anne Boleyn on rollerblades

2010-03-10 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Wouldn't O Death Rock Me Asleep have been a better choice for a ghostly Anne Boleyn...on rollerblades...than Greensleeves? Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Stewart McCoy Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:31 AM

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