[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-13 Thread Jarosław Lipski
] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:24 PM To: Jarosław Lipski Cc: baroque lute mailing list Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But Hi Jaroslaw, I have a cheap microphone, a stereo condenser by Sony, the *Sony ECM-MS907*. You can get them for around 50 UKpounds. It's the same as Martin

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2008-02-13 Thread Rob MacKillop
I'm listening to the Lawes suite for two lutes from your website - VERY nice! I love those pieces but have never played them. I must get hold of the Gallot ms... Rob On 13/02/2008, Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you very much, Rob, for the kind words. Yes, that manuscript

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2008-02-13 Thread Stuart Walsh
Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: There is a beautiful one too, for Charles de Gallot (1669) in the de Gallot guitar manuscript from the Bodleian Library, Oxford UK. You can hear it played by Thierry Meunier on the website of our ensemble Le Trésor d'Orphée : http://tresordorphee.free.fr/thm.htm

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2008-02-12 Thread Stephen Arndt
Rob wrote: Thanks for the kind comments, Stephen. I thought you were being sarcastic at first! Not at all. I meant what I said quite sincerely. Having had similar problems myself, I have often wondered whether I shall someday be forced to stop playing lute. If I do have to stop, it is a loss

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2008-02-12 Thread Anthony Hind
I hope the original went to Rob with photo Le 12 fevr. 08 =E0 17:00, Anthony Hind a ecrit : Rob Oh dear, that is exactly what I did. It happened for your very first recording, I seem to remember. I wonder what migh be causing this. Probably a Mac issue However clicking on the link works

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2008-02-12 Thread Anthony Hind
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2008-02-12 Thread Rob MacKillop
Thanks for the kind comments, Stephen. I thought you were being sarcastic at first! I guess I'm just lucky in getting a recording set up which works for me. It worked on my old Dell PC and on my Sony Vaio. Sorry it doesn't work for everyone. I couldn't buy the Nero wave Editor independent of the

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2008-02-12 Thread Anthony Hind
Rob I seem to be the only one who can't see it. I am on Mac and Firefox Isi it on the page with De Visée etc? Regards Anthony Le 12 févr. 08 à 12:16, Mathias Rösel a écrit : Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: It seemed to bring out the best in them. This one is very moving, and

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Rob MacKillop
Hi Jaroslaw, I have a cheap microphone, a stereo condenser by Sony, the *Sony ECM-MS907*. You can get them for around 50 UKpounds. It's the same as Martin Shepherd's. We also both use Nero Wave Editor which I use for chopping the ends off the files and adding reverb- this time I only added a

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Mathias Rösel
Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Good question, Mathias. I don't have a worked-out answer. As I said, I consider it a 'work in progress' recording. A lot of French baroque lute music seems to me to be less about a long arching melody than a sequence of sighing moments set up over an

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Rob MacKillop
Good question, Mathias. I don't have a worked-out answer. As I said, I consider it a 'work in progress' recording. A lot of French baroque lute music seems to me to be less about a long arching melody than a sequence of sighing moments set up over an almost formulaic chord sequence. I guess I'm

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2008-02-12 Thread Mark Houghton
Dear Rob. What a wonderful interpretation and recording! Bravo! Regards, Mark Houghton -Original Message- From: Rob MacKillop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 February 2008 10:54 To: Baroque-Lute Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Tombeau de du But I'd like to thank all those people who have

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2008-02-12 Thread Rob MacKillop
Jean-Marie, That is VERY beautiful. I must get hold of this interesting manuscript. And your playing is first-class. I loved it! Rob On 12/02/2008, Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a beautiful one too, for Charles de Gallot (1669) in the de Gallot guitar manuscript from

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2008-02-12 Thread David Tayler
Sony makes many good things, but not mikes :) One oft overlooked source of noise is the video camera. If it is a tape based recorder, remove the tape and record to a hard drive or to a laptop using the freeware HDVSPLIT. Windows moviemaker is easy to use for direct capture as well if you re

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2008-02-12 Thread Stuart Walsh
Rob MacKillop wrote: 'Mesmeric' ...hmm...possibly. I don't know the Campion piece Monica mentioned, but the de Visee piece is certainly very beautiful. I'm quite scared of playing it as it is so hard to get right, physically and otherwise. I'll give it a try, Eugene. Can't promise a 'mesmeric'

[LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But and others...

2008-02-12 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
There is a beautiful one too, for Charles de Gallot (1669) in the de Gallot guitar manuscript from the Bodleian Library, Oxford UK. You can hear it played by Thierry Meunier on the website of our ensemble Le Trésor d'Orphée : http://tresordorphee.free.fr/thm.htm Best, Jean-Marie ===

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2008-02-12 Thread Monica Hall
Very enjoyable, Rob. Do you think (Baroque) guitar tombeaux (if that's the plural) have the same mesmeric effect as the lute ones? There is a beautiful one in Campion dedicated to M. de Maltot who apparently passed on to Campion the Rule of octaves. Monica Stuart This one is very

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2008-02-12 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 05:54 AM 2/12/2008, Rob MacKillop wrote: I'd like to thank all those people who have written to me over the last couple of weeks enquiring about my arm. I'm happy to report that it feels 100 per cent fine. However, I'm not rushing back into playing for as many hours as I can cram into the day,

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2008-02-12 Thread Stuart Walsh
Rob MacKillop wrote: I'd like to thank all those people who have written to me over the last couple of weeks enquiring about my arm. I'm happy to report that it feels 100 per cent fine. However, I'm not rushing back into playing for as many hours as I can cram into the day, and restricting

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2008-02-12 Thread Martin Shepherd
Thanks for this, Rob - I'm glad to see you're back to playing, and playing so well. I didn't know this piece, so it's a real treat to hear it like this. The lute sounds as though it has developed, even in a couple of months. Best wishes, Martin Rob MacKillop wrote: I'd like to thank all

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2008-02-12 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Very beautiful piece and excellent interpretation too ! This instrument and you sound great. Thanks for this fine mp3, Rob, and very best wishes for a total and fast recovery. Jean-Marie === 12-02-2008 11:54:02 === This one is very moving, and I hope you enjoy listening to it. I

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2008-02-12 Thread Rob MacKillop
Hi Mark, I prefer the sound of gut strings, but I am very dissatisfied with the current state of bass fundamentals and their tuning with their octave neighbours. In short, I got really fed up with playing out of tune. Experimenting with bass courses is an expensive pastime. Mimmo's new bass

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2008-02-12 Thread Lute
Dear Rob, Thanks fort the Mp3, enjoyed listening to that. I see that you have changed your stringing, would be interesting to know the background to that. All the best Mark -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Rob MacKillop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. Februar 2008

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2008-02-12 Thread Stephen Arndt
the Nero Wave Editor all by itself? Thanks, Stephen Arndt - Original Message - From: Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jaroslaw Lipski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: baroque lute mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 6:23 AM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de

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2008-02-12 Thread Stephen Arndt
on it. - Original Message - From: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 6:59 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But Noisy computer fan perhaps? RT - Original Message - From: Stephen Arndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jaroslaw Lipski [EMAIL