Hi, David..
You wrote:
I'm thinking of getting into a type of lute music I've never played
before, namely medieval lute. Problem is, I don't know where to find
the music.
To answer this in a slightly different way, there is quite a lot of
music out there if you know where to look.
On 30/06/2011 22:51, David R wrote:
Thank you so much for all the info on medieval lute. Very
much appreciated!
One other question: what did they use for plectrums? I seem to
recall hearing somewhere that they used quills, or some kind of thin
bone-material. Any recommendations?
Hi David!
Some tablatures for medieval lute can be found here:
[1]http://medievallute.info/
2011/6/29 David R [2]d_lu...@comcast.net
Hi luters,
I'm thinking of getting into a type of lute music I've never played
before, namely medieval lute. Problem is, I don't know
On 29/06/2011 20:28, David R wrote:
Hi luters,
I'm thinking of getting into a type of lute music I've never played
before, namely medieval lute. Problem is, I don't know where to find
the music. Are there sources specifically for medieval lute, or does
one simply have to just know what
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
Dear lute friends,
every year backwards from our 2011 lessens the knowledge and adds the
speculation and assumptions of how it was done, what really was played
and how, by what kind of instruments an aesthetics (and _all_ other aspects
of art and life). So, playing medieval music will always
David,
A
There is no such thing as medieval music specifically written for the
lute.A All music in the various periods of medieval music, is vocal.
There were no publications since the printing press was invented in the
1500's.A It's all manuscripts.A Some music is
I think that much of Dick Hoban's Masters of Polyphony series can be
played on a 5-course lute, but check with him to be sure.
-Original Message-
From: David R
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 2:28 PM
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Medieval Lute
Hi luters,
I'm thinking of
Hello ALL,
A
Much has been discussed in the past on this list and on the medieval
lute list on whether medieval lutes had frets or not.A There is a
common misconception that lutes must have had no frets since the modern
day oud has none either.A A In fact nothing seems to be
