[LUTE] Re: First lute advice

2009-06-12 Thread Lex van Sante
There is an 11 rib Tieffenbrucker model ca. 1600 which is very comfortable to hold. Because of the low number of ribs it is relatively cheap to make. The original (which is in the Viennese Kunsthistorisches Museum) has been modified into a 13 course baroque lute by Thomas Edlinger in 1728.

[LUTE] Re: First lute advice

2009-06-12 Thread Ed Durbrow
On Jun 11, 2009, at 10:53 PM, morgan cornwall wrote: Number of courses: Of the 6, 7, and 8 course lutes, it would seem that a 7 course lute would be most practical. It would allow me to play the earlier repertoire as well as most of the Dowland pieces. It doesn't seem like

[LUTE] Re: First lute advice

2009-06-12 Thread Rob MacKillop
Regarding the 8c/7c question, there are many players who switch the lower two courses around, so you have a 'normal' 7c with the 7th course at D, plus an extra F on the 8th course. I haven't done this myself, but wonder if it is a good idea? Rob -- To get on or off this

[LUTE] Re: First lute advice

2009-06-12 Thread Nigel Solomon
Rob MacKillop wrote: Regarding the 8c/7c question, there are many players who switch the lower two courses around, so you have a 'normal' 7c with the 7th course at D, plus an extra F on the 8th course. I haven't done this myself, but wonder if it is a good idea? Rob -- To get

[LUTE] Re: First lute advice

2009-06-12 Thread demery
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009, Nigel Solomon nigelsolo...@orange.fr said: Rob MacKillop wrote: Regarding the 8c/7c question, there are many players who switch the lower two courses around, so you have a 'normal' 7c with the 7th course at D, plus an extra F on the 8th course. I haven't done

[LUTE] Re: First lute advice

2009-06-12 Thread demery
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009, morgan cornwall mcornw...@ns.sympatico.ca said: Hello, I am looking for advice on a first student lute hopefully you have a teacher to discuss this with, even if they mainly do guitar, cant hurt to ask, you never know. Not the first time this Q has been posed

[LUTE] Re: First lute advice

2009-06-12 Thread demery
6,7,8 course Much depends on what you want to play. And also how you intend to play. Some play alone, others in consort. Some consorts are more formal than others. A sunday afternooon jam session or a pickup band playing for dancers is going to be far less formal than a collegium musicum or a

[LUTE] Re: First lute advice

2009-06-12 Thread wikla
On 6/12/2009, Rob MacKillop luteplay...@googlemail.com wrote: Regarding the 8c/7c question, there are many players who switch the lower two courses around, so you have a 'normal' 7c with the 7th course at D, plus an extra F on the 8th course. I haven't done this myself, but wonder

[LUTE] Re: First lute advice

2009-06-12 Thread Nancy Carlin
There will be/already have been plenty of lutes at BEMF. The LSA has a booth and has sponsored a concert featuring up and coming lute players: Salome Sandoval Dieter Hennings Chris Wilke Chris is on the list, so perhaps he will make some comments on this. There are also a

[LUTE] Re: First lute advice

2009-06-12 Thread Guy Smith
And if you have a more westerly inclination, there's also the LSA seminar in Vancouver BC (Jul. 26 - Aug 1). Guy -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy Carlin Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 10:14 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] First Lute Advice, part II

2009-06-12 Thread morgan cornwall
Hello Again, Let me begin by giving a big thank you to everyone for the replies. Many were sent to me and not the list, and all have been helpful and informative. I live in rural Nova Scotia, Canada, and I am not aware of any lutenists nearby, although I'm sure there may be

[LUTE] Re: First Lute Advice, part II

2009-06-12 Thread howard posner
On Jun 12, 2009, at 10:56 AM, morgan cornwall wrote: I have a question regarding Howard Posner's comment that a 7 course lute with the 7th course tuned to D is a different instrument than the 7 course lute tuned to F. Is it actually a different instrument, or was that a matter of

[LUTE] Re: First Lute Advice, part II

2009-06-12 Thread wayne cripps
I will add my two cent's worth - whatever lute you get, you will probably change your mind in a few years and want something different. So get a good lute that you can sell again. I run a 'lutes for sale' web page, and Larry Brown student lutes always sell well, and sometimes can be gotten for

[LUTE] re-turn

2009-06-12 Thread Steffen Gliese
Dear Lustlist! Then I took a break, and then I returned. When I returned they showed me the way to youtube and wimeo etc., and I saw everybody starring at signs on paper, lute in their hands, struggling their ways through the text, dead faces and stiff bodies,

[LUTE] Re: First Lute Advice, part II

2009-06-12 Thread howard posner
On Jun 12, 2009, at 11:20 AM, wayne cripps wrote: whatever lute you get, you will probably change your mind in a few years and want something different. So get a good lute that you can sell again. I run a 'lutes for sale' web page, and Larry Brown student lutes always sell well, and

[LUTE] Course in Orte (Italy)

2009-06-12 Thread ariel abramovich
Dear Friends, Here's the link to an EM music course in which Evangelina Mascardi (fantastic player, teacher and friend) teaches the lutes and related instruments. http://www.incontrimediterranei.cittadiorte.it/eventi/corsi_musica_antica_2009/corsi_musica_antica_2009.htm I highly recommend

[LUTE] 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread Bruno Correia
Hello to everyone! I have a question regarding the difference between a 10 course lute and an archlute. I know that an archlute may have up to 14 courses and the lowest basses will run on an extension head, unlike the 10 course that will have all the strings on the fingerboard.

[LUTE] Re: First Lute Advice, part II

2009-06-12 Thread angevinews
On Jun 12, 2009, at 11:20 AM, wayne cripps wrote: whatever lute you get, you will probably change your mind in a few years and want something different. So get a good lute that you can sell again. I run a 'lutes for sale' web page, and Larry Brown student lutes always sell well,

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread wikla
On 6/13/2009, Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com wrote: I have a question regarding the difference between a 10 course lute and an archlute. I know that an archlute may have up to 14 courses and the lowest basses will run on an extension head, unlike the 10 course that will have

[LUTE] Re: re-turn

2009-06-12 Thread Stuart Walsh
Dear Lustlist! Then I took a break, and then I returned. When I returned they showed me the way to youtube and wimeo etc., and I saw everybody starring at signs on paper, lute in their hands, struggling their ways through the text, dead faces and stiff

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread Bruno Correia
Hi Arto, So, you say they are different animals, interesting... but soundwise, how would you describe both? More or less ressonant, brighter or darker tone, more powerful? Why Piccinini would prefer an archlute and Michelangelo Galilei would write for a ten course? From your

[LUTE] Ma mere Marie moy(?)

2009-06-12 Thread wikla
Dear collective wisdom - especially the French one, could you possibly find out / recognise / remember, what is the model of one anonymous French baroque theorbo arr.? It is a piece in ms. Res-1106, fol. 30r, Bibl. National, Paris. The name looks like something like Ma mere Marie moy. You can

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread wikla
On 6/13/2009, Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com wrote: So, you say they are different animals, interesting... but soundwise, how would you describe both? Well, many, many differences, but to start: single long basses and shorter bass courses with octaves sound _very_ different. And

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread howard posner
On Jun 12, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Bruno Correia wrote: So, you say they are different animals, interesting... but soundwise, how would you describe both? More or less ressonant, brighter or darker tone, more powerful? Why Piccinini would prefer an archlute and Michelangelo Galilei

[LUTE] Re: re-turn

2009-06-12 Thread wikla
On 6/12/2009, Steffen Gliese sgli...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Lustlist! Then I took a break, and then I returned. When I returned they showed me the way to youtube and wimeo etc., and I saw everybody starring at signs on paper, lute in their hands, struggling

[LUTE] Mikhail Fedchenko?

2009-06-12 Thread Drew Villeneuve
Hey Everybody, Can anyone speak of the quality of Mikhail Fedchenko's lutes, preferably a 13 course lute or theorbo? Thanks, Drew -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Mikhail Fedchenko?

2009-06-12 Thread Drew Villeneuve
Hey Everybody, Can anyone speak of the quality or reccomendof a Mikhail Fedchenko lute, preferably a 13 course lute or theorbo? -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Ma mere Marie moy(?)

2009-06-12 Thread demery
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009, wi...@cs.helsinki.fi said: The name looks like something like Ma mere Marie moy. its does indeed, but I think I see an abreviation in it - Ma Mer~ Marie moy hmmm, a second dot after marie, mariai, mariae, marie', perhaps mariee' -- Dana Emery To get on or off this

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread wikla
On 6/13/2009, Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com wrote: This is part of my Doctoral thesis... And I guess (=hope) your questions about the differences between those two types of lutes really are not essential for your thesis... Even our LuteList cannot produce PhD level valued info on that?

[LUTE] Re: Ma mere Marie moy(?)

2009-06-12 Thread Roman Turovsky
Possibly a relative of the WestVirginia song I am my own grandad! ??? RT From: Drew Villeneuve kapsber...@gmail.com Perhaps it means My mother married me or My mother is married to me Moy is, I think, old French for me (modern being moi). The Marie has an accent on it, perhaps the dot

[LUTE] Cantio Ruthenica LXXXV

2009-06-12 Thread Roman Turovsky
CANTIO RUTHENICA LXXXV - http://www.torban.org/ruthenicae/images/242.pdf http://www.torban.org/ruthenicae/audio/242L.mp3 Enjoy, RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: 10 course X Archlute

2009-06-12 Thread Bruno Correia
That's very true, Thanks! 2009/6/12 [1]wi...@cs.helsinki.fi On 6/13/2009, Bruno Correia [2]bruno.l...@gmail.com wrote: This is part of my Doctoral thesis... And I guess (=hope) your questions about the differences between those two types of lutes really are