Well, there's Piccinini, who recommends playing with nails, and Mace,
who says that some people do it and think it's the best way, but he says
it might be OK in an ensemble but doesn't like it for solo playing.
There may be others - Weiss? Vihuela references? I'm sure others can help.
Weiss didn't obviously play with nails.
But he also writes in his letter to Mattheson (in Lauten-Memorial), that
some people play with nails - especially the theorbo - , which gives a
little bit harsh tone, as he writes.
Best
Markus
Am 10.12.2013 10:51, schrieb Martin Shepherd:
Well,
Hi People -
I would like to request that when you reply to one point in a long
posting you edit the posting to remove the parts that you are not
replying to. For example, in Nancy's reply to Ernesto's message
she is referring to one comment he made, and I can't find that
comment in his
Here we go again with the nails issue. There are many sources
describing the use of flesh as the best way to sound upon the lute,
however, the use of nails was certainly a possibility. But only because
three cats used it doesn't mean it was the general taste of those
times. Just
Just because Jimi Hendrix played with his teeth doesn't mean that everyone does
it...
Tongue under, if you must.
On 12/10/2013 8:05 AM, Bruno Correia wrote:
Here we go again with the nails issue. There are many sources
describing the use of flesh as the best way to sound upon the
Wasn't that thumb in cheek as invented by J. Gaultier?
Am 10.12.2013 17:15, schrieb Dan Winheld:
Just because Jimi Hendrix played with his teeth doesn't mean that
everyone does it...
Tongue under, if you must.
To get on or off this list see list information at
When learning music by ear, it helps to be able to slow down fast passages to
help discern the notes. Post vinyl LP, and Marantz 'Watergate cassette
recorder, does anyone know of simple soft water that can do this? I am a mac
user (but can run windows on VMWare if I have to). Thanks!
--
To get
VLC can do that
On Dec 10, 2013, at 7:27 PM, theoj89...@aol.com wrote:
When learning music by ear, it helps to be able to slow down fast passages to
help discern the notes. Post vinyl LP, and Marantz 'Watergate cassette
recorder, does anyone know of simple soft water that can do this? I am
Audacity is your friend, check out these videos:
[1]http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=audacity+change+temposm
=3
You can change the tempo without changing the pitch, for example.
Regards.
David Morales
Cuerdas Pulsadas
2013/12/10 Omer Katzir [2]kome...@gmail.com
Try the ABRSM's Speedshifter. I haven't because it needs new OS than
mine;
http://gb.abrsm.org/en/exam-support/practice-tools-and-applications/spe
edshifter/
Stephen
--- Original message ---
Subject: [LUTE] music slowing software?
From: theoj89...@aol.com
Dear theoj89294,
I use the Vox player on my mac for playing music files. It has an
option for slowing down playback but you may have to save the track to
your hard drive from the CD first. You can also download the free
music editor Audacity and slow down tracks and save them.
Sean
The Amazing Slow Downer is also your (Mac) friend...
http://www.ronimusic.com/amsldox.htm
Miles
On Dec 10, 2013, at 12:44 PM, David Morales dmorale...@cuerdaspulsadas.com
wrote:
Audacity is your friend, check out these videos:
I play the lute, archlute and vihuela with nails for the same reason that I
play the classical guitar with nails: because it sounds better!
Of course, by that I mean it sounds better to me. Nails give the attack a
precision that flesh does not. It also comes closer, IMHO to the sound
usually
Dear All,
Not directly lute-related, but I was sad today to learn of the imminent
demise of the Hilliard Ensemble officially a year from now, exactly 41
years since they started. My memories of them include a concert at
Durham University c.1982 when they sang mostly early 16th C English
I use Transcribe on a Mac.
http://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/overview.html
I can put in markers for measures, or sections.
It will slow down the file by 1/2 or 1/4 with easy toggling between speeds.
Clicking and dragging over a section will loop that -- and it can be a single
note, a group
..and as we often say here in the CAL neighborhood, GO BEARS!
(NOT debaitable.)
On 12/10/2013 10:23 AM, Mayes, Joseph wrote:
I play the lute, archlute and vihuela with nails for the same reason that I
play the classical guitar with nails: because it sounds better!
Of course, by that I mean it
I normally play with nails due to being primarily a CG-ist. Wanting
to record some videos on my baroque guitar, because I'm away from
guitars for 4 weeks, and because a broken nail decided the issue, I
filed the rest away. First time in 31 years with no nails!
Well I found it
Martin,
I would say that 16th century English polyphony is directly
lute-related. This is sad news indeed, but thanks for the heads-up. I
will treasure their recordings all the more. My latest Renaissance lute
student (the one who eagerly abandoned his mission to play lute music on
his
Good perspective, Joe. Astute inference from the injunctions against the
procedure; much like the prevalence of tastini and meantone fretting
being inferred by Vincenzo Galilei's injunctions against such usage. I
believe (not sure) that Weiss's recommendation for nails- but only for
ensemble
A few points to keep in mind, from a practical (not historical) position:
1) Everyone's fingers and fingertips are shaped differently. I have
relatively long, skinny fingers: I literally can't play without some
nail. Even if I clip them as short as comfortably possible, I still get
a little
I like nails, the sound of nails. I like nylon strings.
Who knows what they would have used if they had modern strings, 600 sandpaper,
and diamond files, not to mention super glue.
I always think the point is to make pleasing music and have fun.
It doesn't matter to me how anyone plays. Do
Perhaps one reason nails are used on modern classical guitars is the
very thick soundboard and high tension strings. On my 19th century
Lacote guitar copy, no-nails sounds perfect and full.
The sound of nails on plastic strings is sometimes grating to me. On
the other hand, for me
Here, Here.
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Of guitarandl...@earthlink.net
Sent: 10 December 2013 19:42
To: Mayes,Joseph
Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed
I like nails, the
Where? Where? ;)
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From: Neil Woodhouse blues.for.nar...@ntlworld.com
To: guitarandl...@earthlink.net; 'Mayes,Joseph' ma...@rowan.edu
Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:24 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed
Here,
Looking at the whole package let's consider these two situations:
1. My old pal Joe Mays plays with nails.
2. My archlute student has a very fine archlute by A. Holtz with this
set-up:
Single stringing throughout; Nylon, Carbon, and wire overspun basses.
Very thick, single gut frets.
It may sound good to you, but not for most of the lutenists out there.
Ask Hoppy about this issue? Ok, you don't need to ask him, after all
you don't ride a horse to the gig... Hey, I'd like to do that, the
traffic has been so bad nowadays.
The most frequent word to describe the
Well, with our lifestyle they wouldn't have produced any lute music at
all. With a big screen tv and an internet connection, Bach would have
had far less kids around too...
2013/12/10 [1]guitarandl...@earthlink.net
I like nails, the sound of nails. I like nylon strings.
Since there appear to be lute players who use nails - a club I haven't
joined and now I'm curious - I wonder if there are there people who
use all gut and nails.
Could they tell us their experience on how it affects the the life of
the strings? Do they [the strings] wear excessively? Do
With Viagra he may have had more!
Tom Draughon
Heartistry Music
http://www.heartistry.com
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On Dec 10, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, with our lifestyle they wouldn't have produced any lute music at
all. With a big screen
I had a quick look up of the history of the group on Wikipedia. I had always
assumed it was Paul Hilliers group. Im slightly out of touch as he left in
the 80s! I went to their website and there was no mention of him. No mention
about the groups demise either. Them and Sequentia have been
If things weren't like they were, they'd be different!
s
On Dec 10, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Tom Draughon wrote:
With Viagra he may have had more!
Tom Draughon
Heartistry Music
http://www.heartistry.com
Sent from my iPhone
715-682-9362
On Dec 10, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Bruno Correia
Well, I was sort of fearing some push-back from the tap-dancing barefoot
crowd. I don't know how you can speak for most of the lutenists out there. I
certainly only meant to speak for me. Sweetness requires nails. The sound -
sort of a thub, thub one achieves without them is so unsatisfying as
Just to be sure, he used nails on _gut_? Ragossinig, too? When I
played those records in my childhood I always assumed they were nylon
strings. When would JB and KR have moved to nylon?
Sean
On Dec 10, 2013, at 6:21 PM, Allan Alexander wrote:
Sean
Bream used nails, so I guess it
Dear Joseph,
You wrote, Because the stars do it one way - that's the right way.
Regardless where the dogma is, I think your cart's mis-attached to my
horse. As I understand how it came about for me:
A: The history tells us something.
B: The stars try it out.
C: I like the aesthetic.
D: I
Regarding nails on gut strings--even people like Segovia used nails on
gut for decades. I like those early recordings of modern guitars strung
with gut. I think nylon strings came about after WWII.
Sterling
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:46 PM, Sean Smith lutesm...@mac.com
I realize the guitar was strung in gut before nylon's appearance.
Should I assume it had thicker diameters and higher tensions (?) than
the lute strings of KR and JB - that is, if I understand Allan's note
correctly that they played gut-strung lutes? Their lutes were post-war
lutes and
Yes indeed. Thicker diameter, higher tension, but a shorter string
length relative to the lute vis-a-vis pitch. About .64 mm for top e
string, at only 65 cm SL- (a lute would try to go up to f# at that
length with only .40 mm thickness) and single strings cut expense,
tuning, and replacement
Fascinating. I used to use gut on the top half of my old 55cm 8c and
tune it to G. Those Wills' .50's would last months on the chanterelle.
That would partly explain why those older guitars were a bit smaller.
I should search out some pre-war CG recordings.
And that Willie Nelson record
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