a week. I suspect they would wear down gut strings, also. So, I
assume metal frets would have been suitable for wire strung
instruments only. But I'm only surmising; I have no historical
evidence!
On May 27, 2011, at 5:31 PM, Sean Smith wrote:
Andrew Hartig has set up an all-things
Would anyone have a translation of Arcadelt's madrigal?
Here are the words (from the Ortiz 1552 book). I apologize for
probably not getting the lines/stanzas arranged correctly.
O felici occhi miei felici voi
Che sete car'al mio sol per che sembianz' havete
de gl'occhi che gli fur si
Steven, G.
Thank you immensely for the translations! Though I'll take your
caveats at face value, Steven, it's good to know the possible vaguery
of 'rei'.
best wishes,
Sean
On Apr 30, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Sean Smith wrote:
Would anyone have a translation of Arcadelt's madrigal?
Here
Here's a project from the LSA:
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/associated/Susanne/index.html
On Apr 10, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Hilbert Jörg wrote:
Dear friends,
I am currently working on a very nice flute variation on Susanne ung
jour by Bassano, which is obviously based on a song of Orlando
I had to hurry --my neighbor was taking a bath outside and I didn't
want to miss it.
s
On Apr 10, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote:
Well done, Sean ! You beat me on that one ;-))
Best,
Jean-Marie
=
== En réponse au message du 10-04-2011,
On a broader front - it troubles me that so many people - not just
musicians - seem unable to make a clear distinction between fact and
fiction. Both intellectually and morally I see this as a problem! --
Monica
As a victim of unfortunate news concerning a concert mate [Three
I have received notice that Dan Larson has started a line of beef-gut
strings at Gamut. No, I haven't tried them yet. Has anyone else?
http://gamutmusic.squarespace.com/news/new-beef-gut-strings.html
Sean
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gut trebles, and only
one string change for the 4 of us!!!
ed
At 12:39 PM 3/17/2011, Sean Smith wrote:
I have received notice that Dan Larson has started a line of beef-gut
strings at Gamut. No, I haven't tried them yet. Has anyone else?
http://gamutmusic.squarespace.com/news/new-beef-gut
Tie the strap off at the butt end of lute in the usual way. Where the
strap ends over the left shoulder attach a long loop of string (I like
a dark shoelace). Let one end run over the peg at the nut end of the
pegbox and the other at the tip (or wherever you like considering all
those pegs
:
I've made a little chart of how to tie the strap to prevent rolling/
slipping:
http://torban.org/images/strap.jpg
RT'
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To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:43 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Strap slips off left
Just to be saucy, I'd call it HP.
Sean
On Feb 9, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Christopher Wilke wrote:
Howard,
--- On Wed, 2/9/11, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote:
I didn't try to extrapolate an overall mensur, or what an
ET fretting would be, because the picture doesn't show the
whole
Ha! There's my kitty on the second page.
Surely that can't be it?
Sean
On Feb 3, 2011, at 1:00 PM, adS wrote:
In google books search for
inauthor:Giovanni Antonio Terzi
Rainer
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Very nice, Martin! Exceptional piece of music, too. The long
stringlength works nicely with the arpeggios
I saw a microfilm of this many years ago and it was very difficult to
read (washed out, most of the rastering was missing). Later, I saw the
excerpt on the cover of Anthony Rooley's
There are also one German and one French-Canadian
early music groups who have done a lot of arrangements
of folk as early music.
Add Shirley and Dolly Collins recording with Hogwood, Munrow,
Skeapingx2 and Laird in the late '60s.
sws
On Jan 22, 2011, at 5:52 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote:
In
Herbert,
You should change a fret when it buzzes against the next fret
'downstring'. It might be possible to go a little longer by pressing
harder on the string but this breeds bad habits.
A new fret gives a minimal surface meaning the least dampening of the
string. This translates to
For the pieces using the Db major chord could you not set the frets to
ET (or 1/6) and not finger the tastino?
Other than pieces that are technically impossible I personally like
1/6. And if you can get away with it, 1/4 can sound very nice once in
a while. Given his daring use of tone
All this sounds right as rain. For a burning tool I use a non-sharp
knife with the tip of the blade on the stove heating element (electric
or gas work equally well). Your work table should be close by.
On Nov 23, 2010, at 1:51 PM, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net
wrote:
Take a piece
I had the same problem for years. My problem was primarly how I held
it. It was a 55 cm 8c with a somewhat shallow back that was simply too
small. I had to hunch to hold it. I still pick it up now and then but
within a couple of hours it lets me know. Oddly enough, my next was
a 55 cm 6c
What HP just said. The ram to upgrade to 1.25 gig is very cheap, too.
It's still a workhorse and I use it for Fronimo among other stuff --
putting this mildly on topic even.
Sean
On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:55 AM, Roman Turovsky r.turov...@gmail.com
wrote:
I'm really not fond of the whole L.
has lured you inside his R.D.F.
(Reality Distortion Field).
Cheers,
Lex
Op 18 nov 2010, om 20:15 heeft Sean Smith het volgende geschreven:
Parallels 2, windows xp. (1 ghz processor). I loaded it all up about
8 years ago and am hesitant about upgrading anything more than Fr 3
every now
Full color ricercars, some of the finest motet settings on the
planet, 14th century chansons, giraffes, hippogriffs, peacocks,
cheetahs, monkeys, monkey riding cheetah!, bunnies, lions, unicorns
AND the family dog? What's not to like?
Most enchanted evenings with lute do not involve
I *think*it's the same as Fronimo2 but I'm not at home to check.
Under each note, when you enter text into the dialog box hit the
return key at the end of words of the first verse. That should send
you to a second line where you can enter the 2nd verse text under that
note.
Also, by
The missing dot + extra short value note is quite common in
intabulations in this time, such as Neusidler and Spinacino. It
happens throughout Spinacino (eg, Sidedero, Bk II, 29v) and he
frequently used dotted values as well. It also occurs between mensural
notation sources. Tsat een
Have you tried VLC player? A lot quicker than QT and SC, plays
anything (audio/video) and easy-peasy. It's free.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Sean
On Oct 24, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Leonard Williams wrote:
Can anyone explain how I can get to hear the audio of the clips at the
LSA
website?
Hi Bernd,
I found more ren guitar versions at
http://beatlesite.info/ tho not this one.
Sean
Sent from my iPotato
On Oct 20, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Bernd Haegemann b...@symbol4.de wrote:
Hi!
I am interested in the lute version, too.
Here
http://www.lute-academy.be/docstore/inmylife.pdf
Interesting point, Anthony.
At one of the lute seminars in Cleveland an interesting duo played
that put some of these ideas to the test. As you suggest, JH plays
with a reserved and relaxed manner on all gut but projects quite well.
In this concert he was paired with Ronn MacFarlane
That was some nice playing, Martin! Oh, and a sweet looking lute!
I'm so glad you didn't spend the 3rd section researching the Luteweb
archives for the best plastic strings.
cheers, Sean
On Oct 10, 2010, at 3:03 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote:
(with a little help from Francis Cutting):
Dear Anthony,
Thank you kindly for the news of these strings. When I need that
perfect gut sound I'll, as you can well imagine, use a gut string. If
I'm simply practicing, playing for or accompanying those who won't
notice or care or replacing a treble (or 4th course 8ve) on one of the
In Can she excuse from the First Booke, what is the voicing for that
final D maj chord? The type is broken and missing in my Scolar press
facsimile. It's not often facsimiles let me down!
Also, and this is more curiosity, what is the source for the 4-part
Flow my teares? I only see two
Tears, very true - there are only cantus bassus
parts on the song version, but perhaps go to the Lachrimae book for 4
parts in that piece.
ed
\At 04:30 PM 10/2/2010, Sean Smith wrote:
In Can she excuse from the First Booke, what is the voicing for that
final D maj chord? The type is broken
It's a lot of stuff I know but I went the standard route and:
--first bought the Virtual Machine to load Windows: Parallels (there
are others)
--loaded a copy of XP from the olden days when we had Windows machines.
--bought the Fronimoes.
This was all years ago. There may be programs to
David,
I take it you're looking for a couple of no-page-turns, lots-o'-
variety readable books. Pickering can work if you're sure you've got
enough light. Phalese '68 has quite a few dances and oodles of anticho
noodles + quite a few chansons that might work in your case too. I
know this
Dear Dr Nightingale,
I like your attitude, sir, and will resist billing you for any editing
and reconstruction of your extensive catalogue.
sincerely yours,
Sean Smith
On Aug 16, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Peter Nightingale wrote:
Thanks to all of you --Chris, Dana, Ron, Ed, David-- who
I remember reading through the Pifaro Belly bon-bon and not being
impressed by its resemblance to the popular chanson. I'll check it
again when I get home.
The MC La from Ms 266 is the real Stewart McCoy, though, and an
excellant setting.
my two cents,
Sean
On Aug 9, 2010,
On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Sean Smith wrote:
I remember reading through the Pifaro Belly bon-bon and not being
impressed by its resemblance to the popular chanson. I'll check it
again when I get home.
The MC La from Ms 266 is the real Stewart McCoy, though, and an
excellant
Dear all,
Though this arises coincidentally from the Passereau question, it's
actually been brewing in my head for some time. For a lute student of
between 1-3 years what would you suggest are the 5 most important
facsimiles to own? I was going to say have access to but I feel that
any
... and then back off a few degrees.
On Jul 24, 2010, at 6:16 PM, howard posner wrote:
On Jul 24, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Herbert Ward wrote:
What is the maximum safe temperature for a lute?
I can't wait to see the experiment protocol for this one.
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...
...
...
...
... timing!
;^)
Sean
On Jul 19, 2010, at 1:37 PM, wikla wrote:
Dear Bruno,
I do. What is the question?
Well, I guess I know: I perhaps would play it
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I just checked how it works on my lute and, yes, I get a slight
difference, too. I guess my ear has been absorbing it. There are a lot
of factors going into it so it'll be pretty complex trying to find the
root(s) of this. I'll assume you have your frets set to the proper
meantone place
I'm starting to agree w/ Ed more on the idea that a monofilament
nylgut rings at more than one frequency, confounding the ear and tuner
box. Ironically, I think the near perfect smoothness and controlled
diameter do this. It is very near perfect when manufactured and
unstretched but
, (because it is a highly flexible
string), it makes a beautiful sound and excellent intonation. Never
perfect, but it is closer than anything else I have ever tried.
ed
At 10:36 AM 7/11/2010, Sean Smith wrote:
I'm starting to agree w/ Ed more on the idea that a monofilament
nylgut rings
diameters in order to end up at
the desired tension.
Best to All,
Martin
Sean Smith wrote:
snip
Guts, otoh, either stretch more evenly or somehow cover for their
discrepant tones. Nylon, being more stable, keeps its diameters
over length more evenly. Unfortunately, nylon is a little
Thanks for putting that up, Wayne. Interesting that they chose a
Gerle(?) 6-c for the design.
s
On Jul 9, 2010, at 8:42 AM, wayne cripps wrote:
Hi folks -
The luthier Mel Wong has a lute on my lutes for sale web page
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html
which is made
The Castelfranco, right?
This is wonderful news. Thanks for keeping us posted, Goeren!
Sean
On Jul 6, 2010, at 12:41 PM, G. Crona wrote:
Hallo, It seems that, at last, we will have a complete fac-simile
of the ms., I hope it will come before the end of 2010. The editor
will be Franco
of the DIY-elements of
playing
the lute? I'm probably getting my luthier to do things that I
ought to
be able to do myself. Where should we go to teach ourselves how to
do
this without destroying our instrument during the learning?
Graham Freeman
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Sean Smith
Phalese printed many of his tablature books with 5 lines instead of 6
(the botttom line missing). Once you get the hang of it --and it's not
hard, really-- any blank manuscript paper/notebook works. That's what
I used for years till Fronimo arrived.
Sean
On Jun 22, 2010, at 7:01 AM,
Dear collected wisdom,
I've been asked to accompany Todo quanto pudo dar by Guerrero
preferably on renaissance guitar (I don't have a vihuela) or, if needs
be, on lute. I can tune the 4th course down on the guitar to get most
of the tenor range giving me 3 voices to work with.
I think the movie works at least well as a loose post-modernist
adaption of Cyrano de Bergerac where we (as Roxane) wish Jordi Savall
would reveal his true self instead of through the proxy of Gerard
Iron Grip Depardieu.
And that's my most generous spin on it. Maybe get Steve Martin to
I kept my eyes closed through half of that movies so I wouldn't have
to watch Gerard D wringing that poor gamba's neck in time to some
other piece of music! Tous les moments of that movie couldn't end soon
enough.
Nice music tho
s
On Jun 11, 2010, at 1:44 PM, wikla wrote:
One
. Vive la France!
G.
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute sighting
I kept my eyes closed through half of that movies so I wouldn't have
to watch Gerard D
On Jun 10, 2010, at 6:15 AM, Roland Hayes wrote:
Not very flattering to us players, but what if these depictions are
of someone not playing loud as possible but merely providing the
muzak to the moment, the kind of unsurprising unremarkable music
that makes a cocktail party a little
So, do theorboes work better for casting or trawling?
Sean
On Jun 9, 2010, at 9:05 PM, Laura Maschi wrote:
Thank you all...
so Inow I'll go to the fishing store and check what we have there.
By the way...I think I will tie all my nylguts and go fishing!
:-)
Laura
2010/6/10
My experience on the smaller diameter courses:
As gut ages it goes sharp on the upper frets.
As Nylgut ages it goes flat on the upper frets though I only notice
this on the smaller diameter (chanterelle 4th 8ve) strings.
At different rates, of course.
s
On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:47 PM,
It's nothing like a percussionist converting to piccolo.
I thought you just hold one in each hand and keep bashing away!
Not that my lute technique is much better.
Sean
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Behalf Of
On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Ron Andrico wrote:
Hello Howard All:
I have to say that contrapuntal lines CAN actually connect at a
tempo
slower than today's espresso-driven pace if the player can relax and
resist the urge to push.
This is an important point along w/ Howard's
But
Interesting, incidentally, this business of solo versions of
Lachrimae
in two different keys. How often does this happen? I can think off
the top of my head of Danyel's Rosa and Milano's Janequin Bataille.
Why did people bother doing what is in effect a complete rewrite?
It goes
On Feb 24, 2010, at 2:05 PM, howard posner wrote:
On Feb 24, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Martin Shepherd wrote:
Also one has to ask whether Francesco da Milano, brilliant though
he must have been, was actually able to invent extended strict
canons without recourse to mensural notation. Some of
them.
The best known reference is a letter from Annibale Capello to
Guglielmo
Gonzaga of 18 October 1578 concerning Palestrina intabulating some of
the movements of his Missa Dominicalis. See Jessie Ann Owens,
Composers
at Work (1997), p. 309
JG
On 25/02/2010, at 10:59, Sean Smith
ddh
I can see this approach easily enough. What I couldn't see was playing
through large liturgical works and getting the whole picture. I'm sure
he could play enough to let his mind fill in the rest.
Sean
On Feb 24, 2010, at 5:29 PM, David Tayler wrote:
I think Howard is right on
. Is there a connection?
Best wishes,
Martin
Sean Smith wrote:
Well, Dan, there's that special tomato knot that defies
comprehension standing between me and HIP in this case. Can you
imagine doing that w/ those monster 1mm 1st and 2nd frets? Brrr.
I don't know if anyone answered the question on how
Good point, Alexander. There could easily be an aesthetic point to a
slight bray and I confess to enjoying this aspect of double frets.
Although unrelated to renaissance music as we know it, many Indian
instruments like the vina, sitar and tamboura have a braying mechanism
just north of
to learn about this
Martin
Sean Smith wrote:
Good point, Alexander. There could easily be an aesthetic point to
a slight bray and I confess to enjoying this aspect of double frets.
Although unrelated to renaissance music as we know it, many Indian
instruments like the vina, sitar
It's very neat, too. But as for double frets.
Do it twice!
Honestly, it works though it doesn't seem HIP whatsoever. The
advantage being you only need to replace one half (always take off the
more worn fret and replace it w/ a new one on the bridge side).
Anyway, I've done the
Well, Dan, there's that special tomato knot that defies comprehension
standing between me and HIP in this case. Can you imagine doing that
w/ those monster 1mm 1st and 2nd frets? Brrr.
I don't know if anyone answered the question on how often to change
frets but I remember Jacob
Thanks for sending in the photo, Alexander. I think this is an
important lute for the archives showing a good transitional
solution. ... and a lute I wouldn't mind finding on my dining room
table.
The music is very legible, too. I'm sorry I don't know enough song rep
to figure it out.
An archcittern, Gernot? That broken chanterelle curls like gut to my
eye.
Sean
On Feb 15, 2010, at 1:51 AM, Gernot Hilger wrote:
Hi Franz,
the instrument in this pic is of course not a lute, but an
archcittern. Looks like a Hamburger Cithrinchen with extended bass
range.
Gernot
chanterelle.
Or do you once again have a mousepad with better resolution by any
chance?
Gernot
Zitat von Sean Smith lutesm...@mac.com:
An archcittern, Gernot? That broken chanterelle curls like gut to
my eye.
Sean
On Feb 15, 2010, at 1:51 AM, Gernot Hilger wrote:
Hi Franz
What kind of glue are you using on those parsnips? Remember, the
organic ones need longer clamping time.
s
On Feb 15, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Daniel Winheld wrote:
Damn it, I want to see Gonzalo's oboe again. The last time we had
parsnips they were much too tough, and the finger holes didn't
I counted up the pegs and got a 9-c lute: treble rider (w/ broken
chanterelle)+ 6 courses on the main pegbox and 2 doubled courses on
the extension. Otoh, it might be 3 doubled courses on the extension
making it a 10-c, tho. 10 frets on the neck. Fitting for the time and
perfect for
Something else comes to mind about the curious pegboxes. If one was
updating a 6-c for 9/10 courses, it would make sense to reuse the old
6-c pegbox. That would explain the different angles. Yes, the neck
would be new as would be the extension pegbox but why remake the other
pegbox if it
I haven't seen any modern editions. Are you looking for any pieces in
particular?
It's a pretty legible book but hard to find.
Happy New year, Leonard --and all ;^)
Sean
On Jan 4, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Leonard Williams wrote:
Does any body know of a good edition of the Board Lute Book?
Very nice, Chris!
and congratulations on the solstice(-ish) arrivals.
s
On Dec 24, 2009, at 8:14 AM, chriswi...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi all,
Its that time again - time for eggnog, fruitcake, extended time with
extended family, desperate last minute trips to the mall... and of
course,
I have a medical prescription for 6 courses or less. Adequate.
Sean
On Dec 11, 2009, at 7:59 AM, howard posner wrote:
I just want to remind everyone that operating a theorbo while under
the influence of alcohol is not only illegal, but extremely dangerous.
Sorry for the interruption.
Dear Anthony,
I recommend the close to medium prescription for lute playing and this
should differ slightly from a regular reading prescription. When you
next go to get glasses tell them you want reading glasses for a
specific distance. Measure your eyeball to music stand distance before
for it.
Thanks, John!
Sean Smith
On Nov 12, 2009, at 11:20 PM, Peter Martin wrote:
John's achievement is even more staggering when you see it all
listed
in one place:
[1]http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/pages/john-robinson
and then realise that he also has a day job as a professor of
immunology
[2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLjQdLMYpg
JD works it some more. Popstars got his thumb in the door; now it's
time to break out the big tools: i-memes and jib-jab.
N ur strngbox, nibblng spgtti,
smthy
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Hoops, mon. TCamp.
Cute-glaze, addled brain.
s
On Oct 22, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Sean Smith wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLjQdLMYpg
JD works it some more. Popstars got his thumb in the door; now it's
time to break out the big tools: i-memes and jib-jab.
N ur strngbox, nibblng
Hi Stuart,
Margit actually flew out to the LSA seminar in Ohio a few years ago to
play duos with Crawford. Yes, it's in the hammered dulcimer family,
yep, sure sounds great and believable in that context and, oh yeah, is
she ever in control!
It looks like a pretty versatile instrument
Siena or Capirola? Casteliano's Diversi Autori or a Francesco
facsimile? Paladino or Il Fronimo? An earlier Phalese or an
Adriaenssen? The Dowland, de Rippe or Francesco anthologies? Marsh or
Pickering? The big Besard or the Varietie? LoST or the Holmes books?
Mary Anne or Ginger?
I didn't. No reverbs or sound enhancements or edits. It took a good
many (ok, a bad many ;^) takes to get a reasonable piece together.
Unfortunately the ones in the rep I like are often 3-6 minutes in
length. By the end of the session I couldn't believe my exhaustion.
And plenty of
I like how the conversation can flag but we all know the playing
continues.
Does anyone else see the lutenet as an afterdinner conversation? In my
analogy sometimes we wander off to a room and mention we have a tune
going, so to speak. It's in that spirit that I don't feel the need to
Mindy and Ronn go back a long way. I remember the first incarnations
of the Renaissance Ensemble of Baltimore/Baltimore Consort w/ the two
of them (and others) at near freezing rehearsals in a heatless row
house.
Sean
On Oct 6, 2009, at 11:22 AM, nedma...@aol.com wrote:
Thanks for
hi Stuart,
I remember the suggested guitar string being the 1st (the high e). I had to add
a piece of tape to the non-business end in order to keep a better grip on it
and to keep it from twisting around in my sweaty little digits --and yes, to
find it later. So it really helps to add
I'll second that, Stewart.
We managed to have a read-thru a couple of years ago (sigh) and yes,
it's great stuff. With each person highlighting their phrases as vocal
parts it sounds a lot more like the ensemble music it really is than
any solo lute reduction. Furthermore it takes on a
From http://tinyurl.com/nxmee2
NOVA ET ELEGANTISSIMA
IN CYTHARA LUDENDA CARMINA QUAE
VIDELICET IN SOLA CYTHARA VEL ETIAM CUM
tribus Testudinibus exhibita, mira dulcedina auiditorum possunt
oblectare, eaque omnia facilitate quam fieri potuit
summa in tyronum usum composita.
Et Primo quidem libro
that was delightful, Doc! I like what the cittern adds to the consort
as well. And the furniture does its part too!
I've played through a number of things w/ my local citternist and it
always wants something more than just a lute. But adding a lute or
two more and/or a bass viol
Some DSLRs have a seperate Audio-in jack. If so you could go through a
USB mic, to whatever computer software you use, out the computer's
audio out jack and then into the camera to be recorded there. Check
what kind of audio files it can create first.
Or record audio into the computer,
If you're on an iMac you can record directly into iMovie using the
iSight.
iKnow for an iFact it iWorks.
Sean
On Aug 22, 2009, at 2:38 PM, nedma...@aol.com wrote:
I've found it helpul to make audio recordings of pieces I'm working
on. Now I'd like to add video, which I think would
I like your summation, Mathias. There seems to be something important
about the hands, too. They seem emphasised. One form of marriage was
the Hand Ceremony. (I'm sorry I don't have a definitive reference for
it; I read about it in a book about Shakespeare) Would this be
relevant at this
One other note on the painting is the lack of stylized halo. Instead
the plate held behind his head is held just so and the perfect
symmetry yields a holo-like object. Of course it will only exist
briefly if I might so interpret it.
There seems to be an elliptical shape created by the
Ned,
I second Stephen's comments and recommend getting there when you get a
chance. There are lots of little reasons that make it very satisfying.
In no particular order:
All the feedback you get from the teachers on playing and the
enevitable oh-so-that's-how-they-do-its.
All the
Not an important post but I just noticed a photo on the Lutening site
that I thought I'd share.
It's a 1529 Dutch painting by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen that depicts the
wedding at Cana but the lute is very interesting. I'd guess it's about
50-55cms in stringlength with a nearly
And the double metal wounds struck together seem to reinforce
themselves so they ring f-o-r--e--v---ah !
Uuuwwaawaaaoooo, baby!
We 'stuck-in-the-rennaissance-touchy-feely-ropey-gut-types' just have
to go to longer lutes to get that kind of sustain-lovin' action.
That's a good trick, Leonard, and a real dollar saver. And the strobe
could be useful. On a good string in natural light it *should* be
difficult to pick out the wavy line of a false string. Still I wonder
if the strobe might give you the 'false positive' of a bad string.
Obviously I
AND there was one of those German guitar-lutes on the wall!
Nanoo-nanoo,
s
On Jun 18, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Ron Fletcher wrote:
Slightly of topic...
If anyone remembers 'Mork Mindy' the TV comedy series with Robin
Williams,
Mindy's father ran a music-shop in Boulder, CO.
Hip-hip
But I would much rather find the lost Joanna Maria
Allemani lute print of Petrucci to either of our two modern lost lute
manuscripts, given the choice. Dan
Hear hear. If anyone finds this lost item could they please turn it in
to the lost-and-found desk?
Many thanks in advance,
s
On May 26, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Herbert Ward wrote:
The strings of a lute all have approximately the same
timbre, so that lute music is polyphonic and monotimbral.
Bologna. Various courses have different timbres. Furthermore we can
vary those timbres according to how we wish to interpret the
from the Wisteria vines,
... like what I see growing from my 2nd course.
s
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Dear Simon,
The first half of the Ortiz book describes how to work w/ adding more
notes to a simple line so you may have everything you need there. As
the lutenist you can add more chords to strengthen the rhythm as you
like.
A good source for seeing how to break up those chords and add
Low-tech solution: Candle and dedicated butter knife (I say
'dedicated' because the blade will discolor and 'butter' because you
want the heat to cut, not the sharpness). Put the handle on a stack of
CDs and the blade over the candle. As the candle burns down remove a
CD or two. Be sure
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