[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-20 Thread David Tayler
Swaying is good, bobbing can be ditracting, but many of the best players (on many instruments) do it. Sway. dt To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-20 Thread Daniel Winheld
'Sway to go, though some will say it sway too difficult. Leap swayward thoughts. Swaying is good, bobbing can be ditracting, but many of the best players (on many instruments) do it. Sway. dt -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Rob MacKillop
2008/11/18 Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, I have been told that most lutenists find their playing drops by around 20% when playing in public or before the mike. Anthony, it is actualy 17.8 per cent. Please get your facts right. This is a scientific list. We care

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Taco Walstra
On Wednesday 19 November 2008, Stephen Arndt rattled on the keyboard: On music not only evoking feelings but also forming the character of the listener, see also (prior to Quintilian) Plato, Republic, 376d-403c, particularly 398c-403c. Music, however, at least in the Latin tradition, was part

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Anthony Hind
Rob Le 19 nov. 08 à 09:26, Rob MacKillop a écrit : 2008/11/18 Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, I have been told that most lutenists find their playing drops by around 20% when playing in public or before the mike. Anthony, it is actualy 17.8 per cent. Please get your facts right.

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Stephan Olbertz
Dear Gary, this is true if people manage to contribute something. If their only aim is writing arrogant and even insulting mails, no one gains. Regards, Stephan Am 18 Nov 2008 um 2:56 hat gary digman geschrieben: I have to say, I'm not sure I agree with this policy of banning people

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Doc Rossi
What gets me about the new technology is that we can record in such high fidelity yet so many people prefer downloads of MP3s which are quite lo-fi. It's rather curious to see these paths going in different directions. On Nov 19, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Anthony Hind wrote: Rob I heartily

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Rob MacKillop
I agree that MP3s are not the same quality as CDs, and add that CDs are not the same quality as vinyl. I wish I had made an old-fashioned LP. I suppose I still can, but it would be very expensive. I bought a 1930s gramophone a couple of years ago to play 78s. I was able to

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Stephen Arndt
]; lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:50 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player On Wednesday 19 November 2008, Stephen Arndt rattled on the keyboard: On music not only evoking feelings but also forming the character of the listener, see also (prior

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Daniel Shoskes
I feel compelled to contribute my viewpoint, not because it is necessarily so profound but because I do enjoy making and sharing videos. First off, I am an amateur and I very rarely get the opportunity to play for others (my supportive wife and indifferent children and pets aside).

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Rob MacKillop
Bravo, Danny, Bravo! Rob -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Sauvage Valéry
PROTECTED] Envoyé : mercredi 19 novembre 2008 19:38 À : Rob MacKillop Cc : lute List Objet : [LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player I feel compelled to contribute my viewpoint, not because it is necessarily so profound but because I do enjoy making and sharing videos. First off, I am an amateur

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Anthony Hind
: The Online Lute Player I feel compelled to contribute my viewpoint, not because it is necessarily so profound but because I do enjoy making and sharing videos. First off, I am an amateur and I very rarely get the opportunity to play for others (my supportive wife and indifferent children

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Daniel Shoskes
Holy cow, talk about timing! [1]http://www.earlymusic.org/files/Early%20Music%20on%20YouTube.pdf -- References 1. http://www.earlymusic.org/files/Early%20Music%20on%20YouTube.pdf To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Edward Martin
Holy cow is right. I saw you listed, Danny! ed At 08:44 PM 11/19/2008 -0500, Daniel Shoskes wrote: Holy cow, talk about timing! [1]http://www.earlymusic.org/files/Early%20Music%20on%20YouTube.pdf -- References 1.

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread gary digman
I have to say, I'm not sure I agree with this policy of banning people from posting on the lutelist. I know that some people engage in ad hominem arguing, name calling, insults etc., but it seems to me one can always use the delete button to eliminate postings one finds objectionable. I

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Ron Fletcher
I concur with Gary on this. I have to say, I'm not sure I agree with this policy of banning people from posting on the lutelist. I know that some people engage in ad hominem arguing, name calling, insults etc., but it seems to me one can always use the delete button to eliminate postings

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Well, stated, Gary. I agree. Igor, in particular, seemed a very minor irritation and a rather superficial provocateur. Even though I rarely agreed with his posts, they did sometimes make me chuckle. I'd rather delete the occasional irritant with a simple keystroke then banish it along with

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Rob I had begun to write this before you sent your message, and then wondered whether it wasn't better to let sleeping lurkers lie. I will cut my message into two, trying not to saturate your post, beginning with (1): 1) Easy pieces, 2) CD or MP3 I had just discovered your

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Guy Smith
of folks, most of whom were contributing nothing substantive to the group at all. Guy -Original Message- From: Eugene C. Braig IV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:09 AM To: gary digman; lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player Well, stated, Gary

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:09 AM To: gary digman; lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player Well, stated, Gary. I agree. Igor, in particular, seemed a very minor irritation and a rather superficial provocateur. Even though I rarely agreed with his

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Anthony Hind
There is an interesting phenomenon (which seems to be occurring here), described once to me by a friend and character, who sold bric- a-brac on Bermondsey market: Rumour: There's a dirty old man coming through the stalls, acting suspicious, more than likely filched something already

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Doc Rossi
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:09 AM To: gary digman; lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player Well, stated, Gary. I agree. Igor, in particular, seemed a very minor irritation and a rather superficial provocateur. Even though I rarely agreed with his posts

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Anthony Hind
The point is rather that the regrets come after the event. They could have been expressed, before the exclusion. They are provoked by BY the exclusion. I am not criticising anyone, but I think the scenario does describe a tendancy. Igor overstepped the mark, and probably was purely

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Anthony Hind
I must first insist that in my brief remark in the form of a moral tale, I was not criticising those who defend the right for everyone to have their say, warning of the dangers of banning anyone. I quite understand that point of view. I also undertand the point of view of those who fear the

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Stephen Arndt
On music not only evoking feelings but also forming the character of the listener, see also (prior to Quintilian) Plato, Republic, 376d-403c, particularly 398c-403c. Music, however, at least in the Latin tradition, was part of the quadrivium and thus one of the seven liberal arts, understood

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-17 Thread demery
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008, Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It would be wonderful if we could hear how the average lute player played in the 16th/17th centuries. hear, hear! yet, we have some clues, if from other instruments. Lots of pubs and coffee houses on this side of the pond