[LUTE] Bagpipes and other toys

2009-02-23 Thread Arto Wikla
http://www.vimeo.com/3337270 And -- as usual -- also the pdf is in page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Tiorba/ in case you wish to play the piece yourself. And now I finally have defined that the the tuning in my Saizenay-Land is a'=329.63Hz, and so my double re-entrant French theorbo

[LUTE] Re: Bagpipes and other toys

2009-02-23 Thread Arto Wikla
'' of the first string is 415Hz. You can use my string calculator http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/NewScalc/ also this way; you can calculate the Hz's of the a' in Your-Land, where your theorbo is not a toy! ;-) Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http

[LUTE] Re: Toy therboes, director's cuts, Chaconnes and de Visee

2009-02-17 Thread Arto Wikla
. - is there; in case you want to try it by yourself, see page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Tiorba/ and play it better! :-) To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Toy therboes, director's cuts, Chaconnes and de Visee

2009-02-16 Thread wikla
- as facsimile ms. - is there; in case you want to try it by yourself, see page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Tiorba/ and play it better! :-) All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo by Nic. Nic. B. van der Waals for sale

2009-02-15 Thread wikla
Dear Alonso et al. On 2/15/2009, Alfonso Marin luten...@gmail.com wrote: [...] I know that Arto did not want to suggest that my theorbo was too expensive but in an indirect way he actually did. For that reason I feel compelled to defend myself and demonstrate the fairness of my asking

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo by Nic. Nic. B. van der Waals for sale

2009-02-13 Thread wikla
On 2/13/2009, Alfonso Marin luten...@gmail.com wrote: I am offering my Theorbo by NIco van der Waals for sale. .. Selling price is 7900 . The instrument really looks very beautiful! But is this really the price level of today? 7800 euros for a quality theorbo? In that case I am a rich

[LUTE] Re: Fine example of 6-course LH technique!

2009-02-12 Thread Arto Wikla
Daniel Winheld wrote: Thanks Arto! -Truly moving beautiful. I said he was one of the great post 18th century lefty lutenists. I think I heard cordes avaleés in there, too. Yes, the tuning is (1st to 6th): c,g,eb,bb,f,c. Actually I found the notated music and guitar tab to this piece (and

[LUTE] Diletantissimo!

2009-02-07 Thread wikla
Hey gang, I just found out that I have in a way or another - and more or less - tubed all my 8 instruments! :-) And I still do not touch d-minor tuned instruments, baroque guitars, medieval lutes, vihuelas, mandoras, callichons, ceteras , Sor/Guiliani-guitars,...,etc... ;-) All the best, I

[LUTE] Re: Diletantissimo!

2009-02-07 Thread wikla
Sorry, I forgot the links! Here: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/own/videos.html Arto On 2/8/2009, wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote: Hey gang, I just found out that I have in a way or another - and more or less - tubed all my 8 instruments! :-) And I still do

[LUTE] 2 chapters of Hayne in the Net!

2009-02-04 Thread Arto Wikla
Hi gang, if someone doesn't know, there are two sample chapters of the very interesting book by Haynes, see http://www.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195189872/?view=usa Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Small de Visee project done

2009-02-03 Thread Arto Wikla
it is interesting to see the facsimile-pages and what I do with all those funny markings, lines and dots and commas, you find in the original writing? You find links to the facsimiles and to the tubes in page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Tiorba/ Arto To get on or off this list

[LUTE] Tempi in French baroque from Lully to Couperin?

2009-02-03 Thread wikla
Hi collective wisdom(?), what are the contemporary opinions of the tempos (=tempi) of French baroque dances at the end of the 17th century and at the very beginnings of the 18th? Allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue, gavotte, menuet, passagalia, etc.? As far as I know, there has been very

[LUTE] Re: New videos

2009-01-24 Thread wikla
Well, perhaps some kind soul could make an index manually? To his/her own pages? Anyone volunteering? ;-) Arto On 1/24/2009, Rob MacKillop luteplay...@googlemail.com wrote: No. I can't see any way to do it in the vimeo settings preferences. Rob 2009/1/24 Ed Durbrow

[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread wikla
On 1/18/2009, Rob MacKillop luteplay...@googlemail.com wrote: Oh, they are all the same...lutes, guitars, vihuelas, ukuleles - just put your fingers where the tab tells you to, and hope for the best. I can't play any wind instruments (I faint) and I can't for the life of me

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo question

2009-01-05 Thread wikla
On 1/5/2009, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote: If you're doing Vivaldi in E major, A tuning makes life easier. And it will still be difficult! ;-) Arto PS I recommend theorbo in A; many more manageable keys than in G. But some that are easy in G are horrible in A! The more flats

[LUTE] Re: Holborne's New Year's Gift

2008-12-30 Thread wikla
Hi Stuart and all, On 12/30/2008, Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com wrote: As it's the time of year Here's an online version from Serge Garbode's site http://www.gerbode.net/ft2/composers/Holborne/pdf/galliard_new_years_gift.pdf I haven't looked at this in years...It's a tricky one, I

[LUTE] Merry Christmas, version 2!

2008-12-22 Thread Arto Wikla
! And in 11 different languages! Merry Christmas! Arto PS And of course you are also allowed to play my arrangements found in http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/10_courseLute/Carols/ ;-) To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin

[LUTE] Merry Christmas!

2008-12-19 Thread Arto Wikla
version was published already in 1602 by Hemminki Maskulainen. You'll find all the tabulatures and links to the tubes in page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/10_courseLute/Carols/ Direct tube links to these two new are: YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feudmiG4HlA http

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

2008-12-16 Thread Arto Wikla
Well, about difference in what you hear and what there is: How many notes you must chance in the 5th of Beethoven before you do not any more hear The Symphony of Destiny? Quite a few you may! ;-) Arto To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Music in accords nouveaux

2008-12-16 Thread Arto Wikla
Sorry, now I found it! I tried the French version first! Many thanks! Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Music in accords nouveaux

2008-12-16 Thread Arto Wikla
Andreas Schlegel wrote: www.accordsnouveaux.ch Very interesting, but when I click the only link in that page, I get -- Object not found! The requested URL was not found on this server. The link on the referring page

[LUTE] Three Christmas carols intabulated and tubed

2008-12-15 Thread Arto Wikla
to Schönster Herr Jesu) * Heinillä härkien kaukalon (related to Entre le boeuf et l'âne gris) * Kuului laulu enkelten (related to Gloria in excelsis deo) The arrangements and links to YouTube and Vimeo are in page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/10_courseLute/Carols/ Now there is still time

[LUTE] A (quasi?) philosophical thought?

2008-12-15 Thread Arto Wikla
hear, was also the norm in the times of lute intabulations: When a song is well known to you, you hear it also in an intabulation that does not repeat it all! To me for example my carols http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/10_courseLute/Carols/ and why not also Paint it black http

[LUTE] Re: Ballard in g

2008-12-05 Thread Arto Wikla
David Tayler wrote: Beautiful playing; the glowing eyes in 2434865 gives it a king of Lutestar Galactica look. Thanks David! I appreciate. The eyes: They are images of my computer screen. I thought it gives some extra light to the northern winter darkness, but perhaps that was not so good

[LUTE] Monteverdi: Si dolce è'l tormento, another lute solo

2008-12-02 Thread wikla
Some time ago (half a year) I published this piece as a soprano lute solo - intabulation and an unpolished video play - see http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/own/Intabs/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kFxMnbZJsQ Some days ago I played also a version for the 10-course real lute http

[LUTE] Si dolce è'l tormento - as another lute solo

2008-11-28 Thread wikla
Lutenists, some time ago I made a soprano lute arr. of Monteverdi's great song. I actually had also a very old (=1980's) version for 10-course lute. Today I had soe extra time, and recorded it. If you are interested, it is in YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg5JTrR1uwM Vimeo:

[LUTE] To be or not to be

2008-11-28 Thread wikla
Hey Gang, There are lots of talks about different branches of gut strings and different ways of making those, lots of talks about different electronics, mikes and recording gears, many talks about different computer programs to record or print music. These subjects are important, I agree. Those

[LUTE] Robert Ballard

2008-11-27 Thread Arto Wikla
and Vimeo) and the music (my own mss. in pdf) can be be found in page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/10_courseLute/ As usual, just unpolished performances, but I had fun! :-) And Ballard writes his style brisé very cleverly. I generally tend to play quite loudly, and perhaps not always

[LUTE] Re: schmeltzer chaconne

2008-11-18 Thread Arto Wikla
Peedu Timo wrote: Dear collected wisdom, This is slightly OT, but I wonder if anybody would have music (or link) for Schmelzer's wonderful Chaconne (in A major I believe)? Well, I am not sure, if that Chaconne is to be found in his Sonatæ Unarum Fidium for violin and continuo, but you can

[LUTE] Re: Molinaro, Galilei

2008-11-14 Thread wikla
On 11/14/2008, G. Crona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/ConsultationTout.exe?E=0O=N058217 There was a way to download the whole in one go in PDF, don't remember how to do it, perhaps somebody else will know? Arto? Yes, I knew it, but definitely I have forgotten...

[LUTE] Zamboni et Kapsberger

2008-11-07 Thread Arto Wikla
are in http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Arciliuto/ As you perhaps have found out, I have a couple principles: 1) The performances are not meant to be polished for the ethernity, They are just pieces I like. And in acceptable level (to me) to show, what it is all about. 2) In nearly all cases

[LUTE] Re: Kapsberger et Zamboni

2008-11-07 Thread wikla
On 11/7/2008, igor . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dog and Donatella are probably deaf ! I've tried to work on that Igor. Don't still get the idea. I suppose Donatella as a musician cannot be deaf. And our dogs certainly are not deaf considering their eager when somebody goes to eat

[LUTE] Re: Kapsberger Canarios

2008-10-28 Thread Arto Wikla
Hi Steve I just heard a fellow playing a baroque guitar solo on the radio. It was something called Arpegiatt and Canarios, by Kapsberger. The Canarios sounded rather similar to the modern piano piece, Farewell to Stromness, which we may know as a guitar piece. I've thought for a

[LUTE] Re: Kapsberger Canarios

2008-10-28 Thread wikla
Hi Steve, yes it is in pdf, the original Italian tabulature. See my page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Tiorba/ Happy playing! Arto On 10/28/2008, Steve Ramey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arto, That's exactly it. Thank you! Is it available in a PDF file? Best regards

[LUTE] 3 x Santino in Tube and Vimeo

2008-10-28 Thread wikla
, neither practiced much... You'll find the links in http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Arciliuto/ I guess this is all of my affair with Santino's music. It is very ok, but... ;-) Best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Pietre Rotolanti on archlute

2008-10-26 Thread wikla
Hi lutenists, I played the famous (ba?)rock song Dipingi nera quella porta by even more famous Pietre Rotolanti. My version is partly improvised. In YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuyf4uha8fs In Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/2070422 Arto To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: The enigma of Marquesa di Sala

2008-10-22 Thread Arto Wikla
that one as a guide, or use IT as a basic source. It's a better version, imho. Very good advice! For common interest(?) I added also this facsimile to the page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Arciliuto/ AJN By the way, the Contessa [Marchessa] di Sala was the beautiful Barbara Sanvitale

[LUTE] Santino is Gebrauchsmusik?

2008-10-22 Thread wikla
. So make your arrangements. You'll never lack material! :-) Happy arranging, Arto On 10/22/2008, Arto Wikla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear lutenists, I have published my editions of five archlute pieces by Santino Garsi da Parma. The pieces are from the Dusiacki Lute Book (Berlin/Cracow

[LUTE] Re: New videos

2008-10-21 Thread wikla
On 10/21/2008, Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've added these excellent videos to the Lutes and Early Guitars video collection [1]http://www.vimeo.com/francesco which now has 227 videos. Very nice Rob (and Alfonso), great work! By the way, is there any possibility in

[LUTE] Re: Old de Visee... ;-)

2008-09-20 Thread wikla
Hi, Mathias wrote: But this was your Berr baroque lute, no? Tuned in ton vieil? Yes, a true 10 course renaissance lute. Stephen and Sandy describe the idea: Although this instrument was built much later than the golden period of the 10-course repertoire, it is a beautiful shape (the body

[LUTE] Old de Visee... ;-)

2008-09-19 Thread wikla
versions in my page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/own/deVisee/ All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Lute sound, esoteric or worldly?

2008-09-19 Thread wikla
Dear lutenists, in a way I have found that the aim to tone production among lutenists could perhaps be divided to two extremes: there are those very gentle players, who hardly touch their strings, and then there are those, who nearly beat the strings. Esoteric and worldly players - do these

[LUTE] Re: string calculations help

2008-09-17 Thread wikla
On 9/17/2008, Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear collective wisdom, What carbonfiber guages would be appropriate in your opinion for octaves A and B at 97cm, and C, D and E at 87.5cm? Well, using my calculator http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/NewScalc/ I could suggest

[LUTE] Re: string calculations help

2008-09-17 Thread wikla
Oops, this was 440: 970 mm A: 0.58, 0.655 B: 0.517, 0.583 875 mm c: 0.541, 0.61 d: 0.482, 0.544 e: 0.425, 0.485 Here also in 415: 970 mm A: 0.615, 0.694 B: 0.548, 0.619 875 mm c: 0.574, 0.647 d: 0.511, 0.577 e: 0.455, 0.514 Arto To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] Some chitarrino videos and pdf's

2008-09-02 Thread wikla
Palviainen 1993. Also written manuscript facsimiles are included: * Mauritio Cazzati: Balletto sesto * Gasparo Zannetti: La Mantovana * Gregoire Brayssing: Fantasie * Gasparo Zannetti: La Bella Pedrina You'll find the stuff in page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/own/Chitarrino

[LUTE] New HD Vimeo test - Corrente 7 by Kapsberger

2008-08-19 Thread wikla
Hi gang, I made another HD Vimeo test, Corrente settima by Girolamo Kapsberger from his Libro quarto d'intavolatura di chitarone, Roma 1640. The little piece is quite fun and very chromatic, but still feels natural. My not so very small chitarrone is model Magno Dieffopruchar 1608, Venezia

[LUTE] Re: F. da Milano as a HD video test

2008-08-14 Thread wikla
Hi again folks I adveritised my raw and unpolished version a Ricercar by Francesco da Milano (Ness #16) in http://www.vimeo.com/1515877 When I took a look and hear to Valery's interpretation of the same piece in http://www.vimeo.com/1106024 I became nearly embarrashed; his playing is so

[LUTE] Re: Dance of the Washer Woman.

2008-07-14 Thread wikla
That was also my idea to Neil! I'd prefer pdf. And also a clearing to the who is accompanying, and who is solo, lute or flute. But perhaps David will do the job? :-) Arto On 7/15/2008, David Tayler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you email a pdf, or better yet a fronimo or midi file of the music

[LUTE] Re: videos

2008-07-11 Thread wikla
Hi Rob and all, I just put my Biber to vimeo. But how do I put/move it to your Francesco? Arto On 7/11/2008, Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm also happy to report that the Vimeo site for lute video performances now has 101 videos! http://www.vimeo.com/Francesco You don't

[LUTE] Tastini are great!

2008-07-05 Thread wikla
Hi folks, I just glued (actually loktited) a tastino under two courses of my soprano lute in d. And now I have wonderful G# and C# in the 5th and 4th courses, 1st fret. And that is great. Tastini strongly recommended! The difference of sharp and flat frets in 44 cm string length is actually

[LUTE] Biber Passagalia in YouTube, too

2008-06-24 Thread wikla
Hi lutenists Perhaps someone still remembers my arrangements for 6-course lute and for archlute of the famous violin Passagalia by Biber. The pdf's are in my page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Biber/Passagalia/ Today I recorded the archlute version and sent it to YouTube: http

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Biber Passagalia in YouTube, too

2008-06-24 Thread wikla
Hi baroque lutenists Perhaps someone still remembers my arrangements for 6-course lute and for archlute of the famous violin Passagalia by Biber. The pdf's are in my page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Biber/Passagalia/ Today I recorded the archlute version and sent it to YouTube: http

[LUTE] Re: Some new song intabulations

2008-06-22 Thread wikla
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/own/Intabs/ A couple of new (soprano) solo lute intabulations of Dowland's lute songs (pdf, midi, youtube): Awake sweet love, Shall I sue. Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Some new song intabulations

2008-06-13 Thread wikla
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/own/Intabs/ And another Dowland now there Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Some new song intabulations

2008-06-09 Thread wikla
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/own/Intabs/ One Monteverdi added... :) And now a tiny little Frescobaldi :-) And another, Se l'aura spira. Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Some new song intabulations

2008-06-07 Thread wikla
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/own/Intabs/ One Monteverdi added... :) And now a tiny little Frescobaldi :-) Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Some new song intabulations

2008-06-07 Thread wikla
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/own/Intabs/ One Monteverdi added... :) And now a tiny little Frescobaldi :-) Many readers, no comments. So it is. Rule of life? Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: what are underlights ...

2008-05-30 Thread wikla
I would suggest underlights are the planets and perhaps also the Moon (and Sun?). In the world picture of those days all the stars were attached to the same, uppermost chrystal sphere, each planet had its own chrystal sphere, which were also lower, nearer to the center of the universe, our

[LUTE] Re: what are underlights ...

2008-05-30 Thread wikla
Hi lutenists, just in case someone thinks I am a madman, when writing about the world picture of the composers of our lute music, as I did (see below), I would like to add something. My list of heavens (should it be spheres?) is taken from the preface of one edition of Dante's Divina Comedia,

[LUTE] Re: what are underlights ...

2008-05-30 Thread wikla
On 5/31/2008, LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Elizabehan World Picture by E.M.W. Tillyard (I happen to have a Pelican from 1943, but there must be more modern editions) Yep, mine is reprint of 1984, at least 14th reprint, ISBN 0-14-021484-4. Arto To get on or off this list see

[LUTE] Re: Choosing Strings

2008-05-24 Thread wikla
On 5/24/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I remember reading in some message here about on-line calculators, but looking over my saved messages I can't seem to find that one. Couple of my calculators: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Calcs/wwwscalc.html http

[LUTE] Re: Choosing Strings

2008-05-24 Thread wikla
On 5/24/2008, Martin Shepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I note with interest that Arto's calculator allows us to work out the stringing for a 10m theorbo - what shall we say for the fingerboard strings, only 5m? How many lute players does it take to play a Finnish theorbo? Well, you can tune

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi on the lute

2008-05-16 Thread Arto Wikla
Sauvage Valéry wrote: For Arto, there is this one on Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS6iuo5lvzI Hey, this is fun! ;-) Thanks! Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi Concerto as lute solo

2008-05-15 Thread wikla
the midi's are in C-major. [...] http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Vivaldi/ By the way, is it known, in which pitch Vivaldi's orchestra was using? I would imagine quite a lot is known/studied about V's practices. Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http

[LUTE] Re: Frets

2008-05-09 Thread wikla
On 5/9/2008, Bruno Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I need more experience in order to double fret it properly. Meanwhile I was wondering about the diameters, for example: 1 mm, 0.9, 0.8, 0.7 and following through with the last? Does anybody do it differently? Sounds ok to me. My

[LUTE] Re: Notating the tab of ms. 1511b ?

2008-05-08 Thread wikla
G. wrote: obvious mistake in tablature. He must have had problems with his tablature program. Does not look like Fronimo or Django. Well, in that case it is not good for the thesis, because It happens throughout the transcriptions... Arto To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Kind of explanatiom?

2008-05-01 Thread wikla
Dear lutenists, the eve of 1st May is kind of party day here north. My mails about the torture by the US of A. was affected by that fact. I do really know that the possible crimes of the US government really have nothing to do with the lute list! So my sincere apologies for my mis-use of the

[LUTE] Re: OT: Torture and c-camps

2008-05-01 Thread wikla
On 5/1/2008, G. Crona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Arto, kindly contribute instead at: http://www.politicalforum.com/ Best Wishes Dear Goran (and the dear List), thanks for the idea, but here in the Lute List I am talking with my friends, many of them are friends for nearly 20

[LUTE] OT: Torture and c-camps

2008-04-30 Thread wikla
Dear musicians, someone from the US PS-talked me lately: PS You have been a good boy and refrained from posting inflammatory political comments. Not any more a good boy... There are countries that use torture as normal means of interrogation - and today the USA is included with a nice company

[LUTE] test

2008-04-30 Thread wikla
just testing... A To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: test

2008-04-30 Thread wikla
On 5/1/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: just testing... A And just testing, why the following did not get through, while this test went... Dear musicians, someone from the US PS-talked me lately: PS You have been a good boy and refrained from posting inflammatory

[LUTE] Re: OT: Torture and c-camps

2008-04-30 Thread wikla
On 5/1/2008, Gernot Hilger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that was remarkably long since you posted something which is again true but not at all appropiate for the lutenet. Please don't! The only outcome is just another flame war. I can stand 1000 or more flame wars, if one act of torture is

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Kirnberger on lutes and temperament

2008-04-26 Thread wikla
On 4/26/2008, Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In good English it might go something like: As logarhythms are Greek to most musicians, they are rarely considered, and are never used, so IMHO, it would be easier to speak in arithmetical terms. ET is, unconditionally, a totally

[LUTE] Re: trip of the swiss lute player to the ticino

2008-04-26 Thread wikla
On 4/26/2008, thomas schall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I wrote a small report of our trip to the ticino (actually I rather commented some photos) which you'll find on http://apps.facebook.com/wildfire_slates/611884035?tablet_id=37831mode=0; Dalza with so many courses?! ;-) Nice

[LUTE] Bossinensis et al in YouTube...

2008-04-20 Thread wikla
( ? :-) project is http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/own/videos.html all the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Tarantella by soprano lute in YouTube

2008-04-15 Thread wikla
my tiny soprano lute in d? The link is http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7671253244517331248 The text says: Arto Wikla plays Tarantella in primus, secundus et tertius modus by Athanasius Kircher, 1641. Recorded in April 2008. The lute intabulation is mine and can be found in my page http

[LUTE] Antidotum Tarantulae video, low quality... ;-)

2008-04-01 Thread wikla
. Recording by laptop and Windows' MovieMaker... My official text says: Arto Wikla plays Antidotum Tarantulae by Athanasius Kircher, 1641. This low quality webcam video is a direct shot, April 2008, of my own lute intabulation of the pieece. You'll find the tab in my page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u

[LUTE] Re: Antidotum Tarantulae video, low quality... ;-)

2008-04-01 Thread Arto Wikla
at least the video quality is not up to date - it looks like it was videoed in Kircher's times in 17th century... ;-) The mikes are little better, Soundman studio OMK-II K. Recording by laptop and Windows' MovieMaker... My official text says: Arto Wikla plays Antidotum Tarantulae by Athanasius

[LUTE] Re: Karamazov as a circus musician

2008-03-23 Thread wikla
On 3/23/2008, Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtnSb3aJz0o Nice performance, thanks for the tip! Arto PS The modern capo, the certain igor found, did not bother me at all, well actually I did not even notice... ;-) BTW, my old guitar capo is very useful

[LUTE] Igor(?) and Guiliani?

2008-03-23 Thread wikla
On 3/24/2008, igor . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dear mr. giuliani professional lutenist should have more different sized lutes ( guitars ) instead of cheap bluegrass capo ! orlearn to transpose ( maybe ) Could you, Mr., Mrs, Ms. or perhaps Miss igor, work out your Guiliani

[LUTE] Re: Igor(?) and Guiliani?

2008-03-23 Thread wikla
On 3/24/2008, igor . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Arto, i apologise if nickname Giuliani bothers you. will never call you Giuliani again. Igor Doesn't bother at all. I just cannot get your (possible) message, if there is any? So what is your (great?) story to the lute list? So far I

[LUTE] Re: Igor(?) and Guiliani?

2008-03-23 Thread wikla
On 3/24/2008, igor . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lute list is open to everybody a r t o .even for an idiot like me ! just like youtube is open to many idiot lute players to share their fails with the others. i have no message, i have no story, nothing. just lute amateur like all of us

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Concerto for Torban and Orchestra

2008-03-18 Thread Arto Wikla
Roman Turovsky wrote: Part 2: Andante con Variazioni for Torban and Orchestra. http://torban.org/audio/torban-dumka.mp3 Beautiful piece, thanks. But a little bit more info wouldn't be bad. If I had to analyze the piece wihout any info I would say it is ethnic music, a modern arragement of a

[LUTE] Re: Forqueray

2008-03-15 Thread wikla
On 3/15/2008, igor . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i agree ! please do that, record your version and show to the italians you can do better and historically more accurate. I am kind of allergic only of two points in this longish essay: 1) show to the italians you can do better: To me this sounds

[LUTE] Re: Forqueray

2008-03-15 Thread wikla
On 3/16/2008, igor . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They are Italians indeed ! What's wrong with that ? Except for lute player who is as bad as my dead dog ! One should play lute with no nails and double strung ! No other way ! Barto, Valery , O'Dette , Shoskes,Tyler , Schall, Wikla use no nails

[LUTE] Re: Forqueray

2008-03-15 Thread wikla
On 3/16/2008, igor . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Banchieri is fail because your continuo sounds much alla Mauro Giuliani. that's what i think Arto. And what is your comment of me using only the synthetic string materials? Nylgut, carbon, even nylon and even sometimes old Pyramid wounds?

[LUTE] Re: Forqueray

2008-03-15 Thread wikla
On 3/16/2008, igor . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, apart from your Giuliani style continuo, i can see you distaste for good, quality instruments : so , any stringing you use fits your poor technique and bad instruments you play. Well, tell that to Stephen Barber... :-) Arto To get on

[LUTE] Biber for archlute, too...

2008-03-11 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear lutensits, I have corrected some errors in the 6-course version: one flag was wrong and worse still, two bars had too many notes... Now it should be ok. Today I got ready(?) also the archlute version. Now my page says:

[LUTE] Re: Biber for archlute, too...

2008-03-11 Thread Arto Wikla
Ooops, I forget the address: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Biber/Passagalia/ Arto I wrote: Dear lutensits, I have corrected some errors in the 6-course version: one flag was wrong and worse still, two bars had too many notes... Now it should be ok. Today I got ready(?) also

[LUTE] Biber pdf corrected!

2008-03-07 Thread wikla
://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Biber/Passagalia/ Let me know, if there still are problems! Other than the fast runs in the piece... ;-) All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Biber pdf corrected!

2008-03-07 Thread wikla
On 3/7/2008, G. Crona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very nice and Spanish sounding Arto. Fun to play! Thanks Goran! The spanishness was a kind of worry to me, actually, but then I re- and re-checked Biber´s score; and he really wrote this piece very spanish, much more I could believe... And also to

[LUTE] Video: Banchieri: Barca di Venetia per Padova

2008-02-15 Thread wikla
are of course in Italian. The archlute Arto Wikla is playing is made by Stephen Barber 1987. All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] My Ballard of 1992 in Google Video

2008-02-12 Thread wikla
Dear lutenists, when transforming some old videocam tapes to dvd's, I happened to find my practising for a recorging project already in 1992. Oh my hair was dark then... ;-) Anyhow the pieces are just direct takes... And the lute I play is model Andreas Berr, Vienna, 1699, made by Stephen

[LUTE] Re: Pittoni's theorbo?

2008-02-07 Thread wikla
On 2/7/2008, Martyn Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh dear - not again. This is,of course, very speculative and the weight of evidence is against a high octave on the second course (mainly because it'd break on anything approaching a decent sized continuo theorbo). Well, inspired by this

[LUTE] Tarantella - ground, melody or rhytm?

2008-02-07 Thread wikla
Dear collective knowledge, as some may know, I happen to have kind of relation to some tarantula spiders, see my page (or don't if you happen to have araknofobia!) http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/Tarantula/ I would like to gather a collection of Tarantella dances to a web page. And especially

[LUTE] Re: No-man's land.

2008-02-05 Thread wikla
On 2/5/2008, Herbert Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a continuous range of technique from thumb-in to thumb-out? Or is there a no-man's land between the two where it is difficult to play? Been there. Fun. ;-) I think there is not so huge difference between t-out and t-in as many

[LUTE] Re: Karamazov...

2008-01-25 Thread wikla
Dear Donatella and the List, yeah! Just as you describe! And perhaps also some green (Marsian?) stuff pouring underneath, trying to eat K's lute. And K. is fighting back by the disharmonies of the piece. And at the end winning the Alien stuff by the unexpected minor third at the final... [green

[LUTE] Re: banchieri and the Theorbo in G

2008-01-15 Thread wikla
Diego wrote: .. From my homepage (under 'docs tab') you can download a pdf copy of my dissertation about the chitarrone and the continuo in Italy. .. Here's the link: www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf Mille grazie Diego! Molto interessante! Ciao, Arto To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: Finery Filth...

2008-01-04 Thread wikla
On 1/4/2008, Daniel Winheld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...if the ministers and priests were preaching against something, you can be pretty sure a lot of people were doing it. AHA! Mean tempered frets! Tastini! Where does the degeneracy and perversion end? That was good one! I enjoyed,

[LUTE] Re: Bach or Petzold menuets

2007-12-28 Thread wikla
. ;-) 8-course lute is enough, if you feel natural to finger the basses. 10-course or an archlute is better. I have written the tabulature so that I finger the 7th chord to get the f sharp. If you do not like that, tune the 7th to f sharp. You'll find it in page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus

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