[LUTE] What precisely is meant by 'meantone' temperament on the lute? was Re: Lute Temperaments

Further to all this, but on a slightly different tack: what precisely is it that individuals mean when they advocate some particular form of unequal temperament on the lute? Much is freely bandied with phrases about 1/4 comma, 1/6 comma, 1/8 comma and other unequal temperaments but

[LUTE] What 'last changes' can you demand to a lute maker when receiving you new instrument

Hi there, I often read when players comment on their new instrument that they are very happy with it after demanding a few adjustments. I'm totally ignorant as to what changes one could possibly request - the instrument is done, so what can the luthier still do? I'd be glad to

[LUTE] what about the lute database

Hi Kenneth - I think that one person, Klaus Martius, was in charge of the data, and if you sent information to him he would add it to the database. I think in principle that could work, but it does mean that the whole project depends on one person. Wayne > Begin forwarded message: > >

[LUTE] what about the lute database

Hi - There is a database of original lutes at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/associated/database/dbsearch.php which at one time seemed like an active project, but it looks like nothing has happened in ten years. Can

[LUTE] What if I seek for love

Dear All, I’m looking for “What if I seek for love of thee” by Robert Jones. I can’t find it anywhere online. Anyone who can help me out? Thanks, Gert To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] What Dave meant to say ..

What Dave meant to say .. Dear Luca, It does seem to be a characteristic of the baroque lutes I've examined but that's not such a huge number, and anyway the poor survival rate means that the survivors need not be totally representative. It certainly seems to apply to the Hoffmann/Widhalm

[LUTE] What If A Day lyrics

Does anyone have any idea what the following excerpt from What If A Day Or A Month Or A Year means? It has left me scratching my head... "Earthes but a point to the world, and a man Is but a point to the worlds compared centure: Shall then a point of a point be so vaine As to triumph in a seely

[LUTE] What is a classic lute quartet?

I saw a description of the classic lute quartet as four lutes in d'', a', g, and d. I googled, and I searched the archives of this forum, and I also tried Wikipedia. Very little was forthcoming. So I have a number of questions. Is there such a thing as the classic lute quartet? Is there a

[LUTE] what JMPoirier really wanted to say about those sarabands

Begin forwarded message: From: jmpoirier2 jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk, Ron Andrico praelu...@hotmail.com, Thomas Walker twlute...@hotmail.com, lute@cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: those sarabands Date: December 17,

[LUTE] what name is given to this instrument?

Does anybody know any info about this instrument? [1]http://es.tinypic.com/r/2ez46e0/5 -- References 1. http://es.tinypic.com/r/2ez46e0/5 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] What is like to be a quail: RT's Ballo Lodomerico XI

Perepilon'ka, set for lute, by Roma Turovsky. A quail's qualia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyMY3ccrJyg Stuart --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com To get on or off this list see list information at

[BAROQUE-LUTE] What is this Scottish(?) melody in ms. Balcarres?

Dear lutenists, I happened to meet one melody in the Balcarres' ms., which I know I know from the times of my early student years - it was actually a recorded example in the appendix record of one VERY early book about computer music (!). The piece was called with a name that was somehow

[LUTE] What do you call this instrument

Is there a standard name for this sort of early 20th-century lute-guitar-attiorbato whatever? http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/07/24/betty-viereck-formerly-south-hadley And did anybody here know Betty Viereck? To get on or off this list see list information at

[BAROQUE-LUTE] What is this nice little piece?

Dear lutenists, I happened to find a simple but also quite beautiful little piece to baroque lute. It is in one of the Kremsmunster mss., A-KR L83b, fol. 25r, piece number 248.There is no name of the piece, neither of the composer, but somehow this piece sounds so familiar! The piece is so

[BAROQUE-LUTE] What lutes for 17th century French music was: Ne Anthony Bailes CD

Hi Bill, This is indeed a fascinating subject (hence the change of heading). I am told variously that the 1722 Wenger has a string length of 76 or 77cm. It may at some stage have been converted (from a gallichon perhaps?) to a 13 course lute before the present manifestation as

[BAROQUE-LUTE] What to do with ivory?

Dear Ones, I have no idea where to go to get help with this, but perhaps the collected wisdom might help? I recently moved my grandfather's lapidary workshop to the Bay Area to sell for my father. My mom died last year and my Dad is now going to have to go to assisted living. It is now

[BAROQUE-LUTE] What I am building at the moment

After quite some time, I had a peek at David van Edwards site [1]http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/ and found this new little image that says Follow what I am building at the moment A click later and one is redirected to a picassa photo album with very impressive images: This is

[LUTE] What makes a lute stay in tune?

Ignoring for a moment the tuning instability of gut strings, what construction details make a lute stay in tune better? Is staying in tune a sign of a good lute? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] What was/did a Thurnermeister?

I found refereneces for several baroque composers having been Thurnermeister, but cannot find a translation. David -- *** David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl *** To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] What is it?

Is this thing, identified variously as a lute (which it is in the organological sense of the word) or an ud (of which it is certainly not a typical example), a one-off creation, or is it part of some standard instrument-making tradition in eastern Europe or Asia?

[LUTE] What do you use for a strap?

Um, what do you use for a lute strap? The button on the end has a pretty narrow groove, so I'm not sure what to use. I assume you sling it around the pegbox, aft of a row of pegs. Regards, Jim -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[BAROQUE-LUTE] what dance form would fit this rhythm?

Could anyone suggest what dance form would fit this rhythm: dotted 8th, 16th, 8th, dotted 8th, 16th, 8th; 8th, 8th, 8th, dotted 8th, 16th, 8th played fairly SLOWLY? 8th=90~100mm) Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see

[BAROQUE-LUTE] What dance form would fit this rhythm?

lute list baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 12:14 PM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] what dance form would fit this rhythm? Could anyone suggest what dance form would fit this rhythm: dotted 8th, 16th, 8th, dotted 8th, 16th, 8th; 8th, 8th, 8th, dotted 8th, 16th, 8th

[LUTE] what lute

hi new to the lute and about to purchase one..but not sure what model either 7 course or 8.. I'm really interested in history,pretty obsessed by Puritan period 1559-1660 including the English civil war..so basically want a lute thats most relevant to to this era, i am guessing theres a cross

[LUTE] What the ....

Has anyone seen this in person? http://www.currier.org/browse/?gallery=nhart=osgood Daniel Heiman To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] What is it?

Greetings All, I know this isn't a lute or even a stringed instrument, but can anyone identify this instrument in this illumination from the Cantigas? http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas/images/cantiga_9.jpg I can't tell if the half moon piece below the pipes is part of the instrument or

[LUTE] What is new in my New Calculator

Dear lutenists, I had time to document a little my New String Calculator in http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/NewScalc/ The new features: * In the old calculator you had only two possibilities for tuning the a', only 440 Hz and 415.3 Hz. Now it is possible to choose any pitch to the

[LUTE] What you say lingers on...

Hello lute people - There is currently a situation where someone wants to delete something he said on the lute list a while ago. This is proving difficult, because copies of each message sent to the lute list are sent on to several independent archiving web sites. I do not have any say in what

[LUTE] What the ... ?

What's this? http://www.classtab.org/#ntab Titled Chaconne by Melchior Newsidler (1507/31-1590/91). Is this a way to publish copyrighted music, by attributing it to a composer long gone? Here is the TAB: http://www.classtab.org/mn_chac.txt ajn. -- To get on or off this list see list