This one is still in storage. Stuart described a French one.
RT
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Last I knew, the English guitar in question was not on the floor, but in
the archived collection. Did you go behind the scenes while at the Met
or is the piece now on
I thought the instrument might be what J. Carpentier, writing in the 1770s,
calls a cythre en luth¹. Cythres were normally wire-strung, with the top four
doubled but Carpentier also mentions gut-strung, lute-shaped ones too. These
French instruments were normally tuned in A and so have a
Sorry, I'm not a luthier. Still, I'd wager the eBay piece is an oddly
shaped, early 20th-c. German wandervogel guitar-lute. The decor and tuning
machines coincide perfectly with such things.
While uncommon, English guitars with a multi-ribbed, bowl-shaped back did
occur. The Met in NYC has
Alain,
The instrument is often called a Waldlaute; sometimes a Wanderlaute; and frequently, a
lutar or guitar-lute. This list has featured fairly thorough discussions of them
within the past year or so. Sorry, I can't quote dates. Apparently, they were
associated with the Wandervogel
Last I knew, the English guitar in question was not on the floor, but in
the archived collection. Did you go behind the scenes while at the Met
or is the piece now on the display floor?
The piece to which I was referring has a tortoise fingerboard edged in
engraved mother of pearl with a
Sorry, I'm not a luthier. Still, I'd wager the eBay piece is an oddly
shaped, early 20th-c. German wandervogel guitar-lute. The decor and tuning
machines coincide perfectly with such things.
While uncommon, English guitars with a multi-ribbed, bowl-shaped back did
occur. The Met in
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At 23:03 14-09-2004 -0400, Roman Turovsky wrote:
As I say, I managed that in two weeks. I have been playing the lute for=20
around a year now, and still cannot read lute music as I can other
music, th=
ough of=20
and so on. And then:
The composer has already figured out the most
logical and
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Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: Perhaps of interest
At 23:03 14-09-2004 -0400, Roman Turovsky wrote:
As I say, I managed that in two weeks. I have been playing the lute
for=20
around a year now, and still cannot read lute music as I can other
music, th=
ough
At 10:22 AM +0900 9/17/04, Vance Wood:
However in some situations where there seems to be a more logical way of
playing a particular passage the more difficult fingering is not just to
show off but to take advantage of how the notes play in that register or,
and more importantly, sometimes they
I find myself in agreement with RT (cheers and huzzahs are heard in the
background). Not that I can comprehend his esoterica entirely. Like Vance I
come from guitar (but I'm afraid my guitar wasn't classical but more
country finger pickin'). In my short eight months with the lute and
tabulature
I have no idea what Boulezics are,
Lucky man...
RT
I can vouch for Milan / Spanish tab to be really easy to be able to hear
unplayingly!
G. R.
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Sendt: 14. september 2004 14:02
Emne: Perhaps of interest
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Dear all,
I once more wondered about tablature, and this is the priavte exchange of=20
letters Vance and I had. Perhaps it will interest the 'Collected Wisdom', pe=
rhaps=20
not, but I thought I'd post it anyway. Cheers
Tom
As I say, I managed that in two weeks. I have been playing the lute for=20
around a year now, and still cannot read lute music as I can other music, th=
ough of=20
course I'm getting to recognise clich=C3=A9s, patterns, scales and the
like and
have an idea how they should sound. But it's
As I say, I managed that in two weeks. I have been playing the lute for=20
around a year now, and still cannot read lute music as I can other music, th=
ough of=20
course I'm getting to recognise clich=C3=A9s, patterns, scales and the
like and
have an idea how they should sound. But it's
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