[LUTE] Re: New ways

2009-11-21 Thread Andrew Gibbs
Hello Mathias It didn't. You may suspect me of being some kind of purist - I'm not - but it seems to me that this guy is barking up the wrong tree - or even several wrong trees. I think it's that lute-holding contraption that makes me grumpy. Gr. Andrew On 20 Nov 2009, at 11:27,

[LUTE] Re: New ways OT

2009-11-21 Thread Andrew Gibbs
Thank you Eugene! this is ace - but now I want a glass harmonica. Uh oh. And respect to Benjamin Franklin. Andrew On 20 Nov 2009, at 14:35, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: If speaking of the old ways, doesn't this seem even more appropriate in this context (track 3)?

[LUTE] Re: New ways

2009-11-21 Thread chriswilke
: Andrew Gibbs and...@publicworksoffice.co.uk Subject: [LUTE] Re: New ways To: Lute list lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 8:13 AM Hello Mathias It didn't. You may suspect me of being some kind of purist - I'm not  - but it seems to me that this guy is barking up

[LUTE] Re: New ways

2009-11-21 Thread Andrew Gibbs
Hello Chris - I certainly know what you mean about back pains. I'm guessing from the range of devices - straps, cords, hooks and loops, etc - that lute players in the past have tried - that our aches and pain, at least, have plenty of historical precedence. I believe Jacob Heringman gives

[LUTE] Re :New ways

2009-11-20 Thread anthony . hind
Dear Valery Very interesting= way of holding the lute. Until recently, I was using non-slip under-carpet= material, but I became aware that it was damping some haronics, so I gave = it up. It is possible that even contact with a leg could do something simil= ar. While this is

[LUTE] Re: New ways

2009-11-20 Thread Andrew Gibbs
We are experiencing some severe historical disorientation. On 20 Nov 2009, at 07:39, Valery Sauvage wrote: New way to tune, to hold, and Mozart played on renaissance lute by a Japanese player... [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2RgP9MtM8c Interesting isn't it V.

[LUTE] Re: New ways

2009-11-20 Thread Greet Schamp
Bonjour, Isn't that the tierce tuning proposed by Eric Bellocq and André Burguete at our last lutefestival in Antwerp? The lute stand seems a derivation of the guitar, but I don't think it's very comfortable, I rather prefer a strap and feel the instrument closer to my body. Greet

[LUTE] Re: New ways OT

2009-11-20 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
on a shelf. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Gibbs Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 5:13 AM To: Lute list Subject: [LUTE] Re: New ways OT ..but sometimes the old ways are the best - Christopher

[LUTE] Re: New ways

2009-11-20 Thread Mathias Rösel
Are we? There are recordings with mid-19th century carols on the baroque lute... All's well that ends well, don't they say. Or All's well that pleases (Torquato Tasso, Act 2). Mathias Andrew Gibbs and...@publicworksoffice.co.uk schrieb: We are experiencing some severe historical disorientation.

[LUTE] Re: New ways OT

2009-11-20 Thread chriswilke
--- On Fri, 11/20/09, Eugene C. Braig IV brai...@osu.edu wrote: I'm so old-fashioned, I even have a CD copy of this that requires physical storage space on a shelf. What's a CD? Before my time I guess. Chris To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: New ways OT

2009-11-20 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Ha! I even have to wind a spring to play some vinyl. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of chriswi...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 11:53 AM To: 'Lute list'; Eugene C. Braig IV Subject: [LUTE] Re: New

[LUTE] Re: New ways OT

2009-11-20 Thread Rob MacKillop
Subject: [LUTE] Re: New ways OT --- On Fri, 11/20/09, Eugene C. Braig IV [5]brai...@osu.edu wrote: I'm so old-fashioned, I even have a CD copy of this that requires physical storage space on a shelf. What's a CD? Before

[LUTE] Re: New ways OT

2009-11-20 Thread demery
Now, if only we had electricity... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyden_jar -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: New ways OT

2009-11-20 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
on the sleeve. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Rob MacKillop Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 1:40 PM To: Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: Lute list Subject: [LUTE] Re: New ways OT Well, about a week ago I bought my

[LUTE] Re: New ways

2009-11-20 Thread David Tayler
Mozart had two lutes in his orchestra dt At 11:39 PM 11/19/2009, you wrote: New way to tune, to hold, and Mozart played on renaissance lute by a Japanese player... [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2RgP9MtM8c Interesting isn't it V. -- References 1.