Re: ren lute scale studies ?

2003-11-24 Thread Doc Rossi
Hi Chris, You should have a look at Andrea Damiani's Renaissance Lute Tutor; it includes a number of scale studies. I translated it into English but have no commercial interest in it -- I just think it's a wonderful book. Doc

Re: Semantics (was State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world))

2003-12-08 Thread Doc Rossi
So any music not rooted in Christian semantics (like MacOSX rooted in Unix) is doomed to being not quite that memorable (see Pagan, Islamic, Judaic etc., and don't hold you breath for a Ramadan oratorio). I find this very strange, Roman - in fact I don't find it true at all. Perhaps it is

Re: Vivaldi Lute Concerto

2003-12-22 Thread doc rossi
I think questions concerning which octave, which instrument, are anachronistic - in those days you played the music you wanted to play on the instrument you had, and adapted the music to suit. This is quite harshly put, but the gist is there. I've performed Vivaldi on 18th-century cittern in

Re: Vivaldi Lute Concerto

2003-12-22 Thread doc rossi
Hi Stewart, Thanks for your comments. If I am being unfair to musicologists (and i don't believe I am), I am doing so from inside the group. We agree on the historical and practical reasons you've mentioned, but I think that losing sight of of the musical cultural of a period (as little as

Re: Vivaldi Lute Concerto

2003-12-24 Thread doc rossi
I whistled some Dowland today Are you a HIP whistler?

Blocked File Attachment

2004-03-03 Thread doc rossi
An Internet e-mail message was sent to you from an outside source that contained an prohibited file type, but was removed for security purposes. ... Nice block, Wayne!

Re: early country music

2004-03-26 Thread doc rossi
I would not underestimate the African influence on American music... ditto, and I would not underestimate the European and American influences on African musics, not to mention the influences from the Asian subcontinent.

Re: new lute-limerick

2004-03-26 Thread doc rossi
I am not sure that Romans could tell the difference either! At the head of our valley in Cumbria is the remains of a roman fort and when the weather closes in and the mist lies thick around you cant even distinguish the Herdwicks from the rocks! this doesn't scan...

Re: Non-lute composers poll.

2004-04-05 Thread doc rossi
JS Bach Satie Cage Cowell F Couperin

cittern wanted

2004-04-08 Thread doc rossi
Hi, I'm looking for a Renaissance cittern if anyone has one for sale. I suppose I would prefer a 4-course but would consider others. I live in Italy but do have friends coming from the USA in June and from the UK in May. Thanks, Doc Rossi Strada della Repubblica 45 43100 Parma (PR) Italy

Beowulf

2004-04-08 Thread doc rossi
You may want to have a look at Benjamin Bagby's site. He performs Beowulf with a 6-string lyre built by Rainer Thurau.

Re: Lute playing on Long Island.

2004-05-08 Thread doc rossi
Chris Morrongiello is on Long Island - a very good teacher and player.

estampie

2004-07-06 Thread doc rossi
Can anyone out there help me find the notes to the 14th c. English estampie from the Robertsbridge codex? It's the one that's often used to illustrate 'hocket'. Thanks, Doc Strada della Repubblica 45 43100 Parma (PR) Italy http://www.magnatune.com/artists/docrossi tel: (+39) 0521 23 48 68

stuart walsh

2004-07-15 Thread doc rossi
hey stuart, your email bounced back to me. i haven't got my hands on anything yet, but someone else is looking, so i'll get back to you. thanks.

paulo galvao

2004-07-27 Thread doc rossi
does anyone have paulo galvao's email or postal address? i have an old hotmail address for him that doesn't seem to be working.

Re: paulo galvao

2004-07-28 Thread doc rossi
Well, Roman and Arthur each sent me different addresses, and they bounced too! I wonder where Paulo is...

Re: Django on Mac with VPC

2004-08-16 Thread doc rossi
I used to use Fronimo on my Mac with VPC, but I have to say that I'm so pleased with the new version of Finale that I don't bother with anything else now. Thanks to Daniel, though. I'm a little curious about Harmony Assistant so I'll have to check it out. Finale is expensive if you can't use

Re: Django on Mac with VPC

2004-08-16 Thread doc rossi
Hi Ed, Yup, baroque cittern is my deal, but I play a 7-course, so a line below is useful sometimes. If you've only used 3.7, things have changed, a lot. It's quite easy to use now. Doc

Re: R: HIP, Renbourne ODette

2004-08-30 Thread doc rossi
The most current Mac version for OS9.2 has no files listed in the XML doc. RT Wouldn't the most current Mac be OS10.3.4?

Re: vihuela cd rom

2004-10-26 Thread doc rossi
I sent an email to LACG asking them what the current story is; I'll let the List know what I find out. I just heard from LACG: they have no news concerning a Mac version of the vihuela CD. (I fail to understand why anybody would put out a CD that requires proprietary software for easy

Re: Vihuela/guitar

2004-11-12 Thread doc rossi
completely off base? Thanks, Doc Rossi Strada della Repubblica 45 43100 Parma (PR) Italy http://www.magnatune.com/artists/docrossi tel: (+39) 0521 23 48 68 cell: (+39) 348 8000 572 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

Re: oldest known recording of a lute?

2004-11-25 Thread doc rossi
I have a copy of a Suzanne Bloch EP in the US. Maybe I should auction it off to the highest bidder... To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

Re: early recordings

2004-11-25 Thread doc rossi
There have been plans to digitize some wax cylinders from the archives of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences by the facilities of the Library of Congress, and a few have been indeed done, but the venture didn't find financing to do the entire colection. RT The Berlin Archive produced a

Re: Wire strings

2004-11-29 Thread doc rossi
The art of wire-drawing does not appear to have been known until the 14th century, and it was not introduced into England before the second half of the 17th This may be true, but that doesn't say anything about Ireland, and even if there is documentation about how and when it all happened

Re: Wire strings

2004-11-30 Thread doc rossi
If the Irish had wire technology they would have been supplying English textile industry, but Elisabethan customs authorities had massive problems with Continental wire contraband, so obviously there was no wire in Ireland. I'm getting a little confused, Roman. First you say the 14th

Re: Question about lute courses/strings

2004-12-12 Thread doc rossi
It doesn't matter if the music you want to play is by John Dowland or Earl Scruggs. You first need to learn what the experts did, before you try doing it yourself. Much may be learned, of course, by listening to recordings, but if music is readily available in written form, it would be

new address

2004-12-27 Thread doc rossi
In case anyone needs to reach me by traditional post, here's my new address. Wishing you all a happy and creative new year, Doc Rossi Via Secchi 40 42100 Reggio Emilia (RE) Italy http://www.magnatune.com/artists/docrossi tel: (+39) 0522 43 43 95 cell: (+39) 348 8000 572 To get on or off

new list for historical citterns

2005-03-01 Thread doc rossi
much mail just yet. Thanks to Wayne for setting up the list, Doc Rossi Via Secchi 40 42100 Reggio Emilia (RE) Italy http://www.magnatune.com/artists/docrossi tel: (+39) 0522 43 43 95 cell: (+39) 348 8000 572 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc

Re: Duets in guitar notation?

2005-07-11 Thread doc rossi
you must put every rhythm mark in place, even on the rests, before saving as a midi file or Finale will interpret things very differently. It will still playback with the correct rhythm, but the notes will be laid out very differently than you'd expect. This is especially true if a piece

string wire

2005-08-06 Thread doc rossi
Does anyone know a good shop in Paris for buying iron and brass string wire? I'll be there next Friday. Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Doc Rossi website

2005-11-10 Thread doc rossi
Begin forwarded message: From: Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10 November, 2005 21:09:17 GMT+01:00 To: cittern@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [CITTERN] Doc Rossi website Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear cittern friends, Doc Rossi's webpage can now be found

[LUTE] Re: new online string calculator released

2006-04-19 Thread doc rossi
So, lute gang, go to see Benjamin's calculator! And again Benjamin, fine work! I seem to have lost the link - could someone post it again, please? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Police

2006-09-05 Thread doc rossi
Talking about technique, who would venture to surpass this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn99rAAgX4search=gerardo%20nunez try this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbndgwfG22kmode=relatedsearch= To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: close your eyes, or only hearing, without seeing, was: Police

2006-09-06 Thread doc rossi
Talking about technique, who would venture to surpass this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn99rAAgX4search=gerardo%20nunez This one for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7m3aIuGlUg Regards, Bruno Correia. Yikes - He sure can shred. Pity about the tone, though. I'll have

[LUTE] Re: close your eyes, or only hearing, without seeing, was: Police

2006-09-07 Thread doc rossi
Could you explain a bit about that technique of sweep picking? That guy's right hand looked like it was moving really effortlessly. Think the dude sold his soul to the devil. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ Have a look at the Chops From Hell

[LUTE] Re: Scarboro Fair

2006-09-11 Thread doc rossi
Try http://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=76 Paolo Declich A little history - Paul Simon took Martin Carthy's arrangement of S.F. (which Martin had kindly (and rather naively, I guess) written out for him one evening at dinner) and copyrighted it out from under him. Fortunately

[LUTE] Re: Scarboro Fair

2006-09-11 Thread doc rossi
Somewhere in all this, John Renbourn's arrangement is surely worth a mention. That said, was it ever a lute tune? John's arrangement is indeed nice, but I think it's also post-Carthy. S.F. was Carthy's hit of that period. JR did several nice arrangements of old tunes like S.F. To get on

[LUTE] Re: thumb on diapason?

2006-11-30 Thread Doc Rossi
the violin as it was so similar to what he thought was the correct baroque position. Doc Rossi Element Music Le Grand Domaine Boulevard des Dames 26 13002 Marseille France www.cetrapublishing.com www.magnatune.com/artists/docrossi.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: (+33) (0)4 91 52 90 45

[LUTE] lute sighting

2006-12-01 Thread Doc Rossi
this one leaves me speechless, but check out the right hand towards the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b56WO5ctL8E Actually, I've been trying to find the videos of Hopkinson Smith playing Bach. Does anyone know where they are? To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Thumb on diapason?

2006-12-02 Thread Doc Rossi
On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:22 PM, Stewart McCoy wrote: There is only one way to finger it, assuming you want to sustain the part-writing. It doesn't involve the left-hand thumb I wonder if that is really the point; that is, one could find many possible fingerings, but that does not necessarily

[LUTE] Chris Morrongello

2007-01-17 Thread Doc Rossi
I'm trying to reach Chris but his optonline.net address is bouncing. Does anyone have a different address? Thank you, Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: VERY OFF TOPIC! (political?)

2007-01-27 Thread Doc Rossi
the many links among Mediterranean peoples in music, poetry and dance. A lofty perhaps even naive proposal for some, but it is something we can do. Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Bartoli lets it blast

2007-02-10 Thread Doc Rossi
I think it's just that her dress is too tight. On Feb 10, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote: No, it is more like Billions of Blue Blistering Barnacles (Armatae Furiae), faster! harder1 carbon fiber is it RT - Original Message - From: Daniel Shoskes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[LUTE] Re: ebony etc

2007-02-17 Thread Doc Rossi
On Feb 16, 2007, at 10:43 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: Craig Of course walnut oil comes form walnuts. The local village where my wife comes from presses, walnuts for the oil. Olive oil comes from olives, doesn't prevent the olive wood from being oily. It is not the sound of the gun that

[LUTE] Re: OT but music or at least sound: Episyklofoni

2007-04-17 Thread Doc Rossi
mac os 10.4 - safari no, firefox yes. On Apr 17, 2007, at 9:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps someone is interested? If my earlier applets did not work in your system, this will neither... ;-( -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Tables (was cleaning a soundboard + Strap)

2007-05-21 Thread Doc Rossi
of my hobby, lute playing (and the occasional hifi tweaking to better reproduce the sound of the lute). Therefore, I will also admit that I do hope that such tables did exist. More second hand confirmation about this research comes to me from Doc Rossi, on the French list. He also tells me

[LUTE] diamm

2007-06-02 Thread Doc Rossi
I suppose people know about this resource - I came across it while looking for something totally unrelated. http://www.diamm.ac.uk/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Durante -was:Re: Matthew Locke

2007-08-02 Thread Doc Rossi
I thought parallel octaves and fifths were okay as long as they happen in the inner voices rather than the outer. And what about octave stringing, especially on the harpsichord? On Aug 2, 2007, at 11:20 AM, Rob wrote: Here is another interesting continuo link. I've uploaded for a few

[LUTE] Re: piano-forte guittars

2007-08-15 Thread Doc Rossi
of Catgut. --- I don't want anyone thinking that I keep all these references in my head - this is something I was going to use for my Lute Society talk next month. Doc Rossi On Aug 16, 2007, at 2:10 AM, Andrew Rutherford wrote: Hi cittern bunch, Has anybody out there looked into the various

[LUTE] Re: Kirkby on the youtubes

2007-08-23 Thread Doc Rossi
Isn't that Paul Brier? On Aug 24, 2007, at 4:09 AM, Daniel Shoskes wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTV6F3lTU7o I think it's Linda Sayce on turbo lute during the recitative but I don't recognize her continuo partner. To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: dedillo

2007-10-30 Thread Doc Rossi
such instruments in North Africa and the Middle East with names like the bulgaria. Doc Rossi On Oct 31, 2007, at 2:13 AM, John Griffiths wrote: Hi Jocelyn, No the guitarra portuguesa is closer to a cittern in its modern form -- they still use the term viol=E3o (=vihuela in Port

[LUTE] Re: dedillo

2007-11-01 Thread Doc Rossi
Hi Ed, I think I misunderstood your question earlier. They use the flesh side of the nail for the strong beat - the stroke towards the body. Doc On Oct 31, 2007, at 2:10 PM, Ed Durbrow wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Doc Rossi wrote: I've seen people play dedilho before, but never

[LUTE] Re: dedillo

2007-11-01 Thread Doc Rossi
Hi Ed, I think I misunderstood your question earlier. They use the flesh side of the nail for the strong beat - the stroke towards the body. Doc On Oct 31, 2007, at 2:10 PM, Ed Durbrow wrote: On Oct 31, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Doc Rossi wrote: I've seen people play dedilho before, but never

[LUTE] Re: dedillo

2007-11-05 Thread Doc Rossi
point would be where they change to and from it, how they negotiate going from a down stroke as a strong beat to an up stroke being the strong beat. On Nov 1, 2007, at 7:57 PM, Doc Rossi wrote: Hi Ed, I think I misunderstood your question earlier. They use the flesh side of the nail

[LUTE] Re: dedillo

2007-11-05 Thread Doc Rossi
a site devoted to Carlos Paredes with other views of his technique: http://www.cidadevirtual.pt/cdl/carlosparedes.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] my space

2008-02-25 Thread Doc Rossi
It's still quite simple, but I have a page on My Space which includes a sneak preview of the new CD: http://www.myspace.com/docrossi Doc To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: true amateurs

2008-02-28 Thread Doc Rossi
I'm on Mac and I got to hear them using a link someone sent yesterday or the day before - not very helpful, I know, but the message said something like this link should work. It went straight to an MP3 file played with the QuickTime plugin in Safari. I'm sorry I can't give you a better

[LUTE] Re: Amateur recordings

2008-02-29 Thread Doc Rossi
Beautiful sound, Valéry! What exactly are you using? On Feb 29, 2008, at 9:26 AM, Valéry Sauvage wrote: Hello, Back on this list... I'd like to present some recordings I made with my brand new zoom h2... (nice machine !) http://pagesperso-orange.fr/luthval/musiques/packington.mp3

[LUTE] Re: Amateur recordings

2008-02-29 Thread Doc Rossi
http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1916 On Feb 29, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote: Dear Valéry, Excellent! Good to see you on this list again - there are now so many of us with the Zoom H2 we should share our experiences with this machine. Which settings

[LUTE] Re: larger theorbos

2008-03-21 Thread Doc Rossi
sorry - i thought it was bach's birthday, not april first... On Mar 21, 2008, at 10:46 AM, David Tayler wrote: People have been asking if I also play these larger Theorbos, So I have a picture of the largest one. http://www.voicesofmusic.org/klaus%20theorbo.html At a length of 1400

[LUTE] plucked bass

2008-03-24 Thread Doc Rossi
I'm working on a project involving mid-18th-century dance music mostly from France, Belgium and Austria. I'd like to have a non-keyboard plucked instrument in the bass. What are my options besides theorbo, archlute, harp? Mandora and Colascione come to mind - is there anything else?

[LUTE] Re: plucked bass

2008-03-24 Thread Doc Rossi
I thought of viol - that was actually my first choice after bassoon - but I'm wondering about bass instruments that I don't know about. The little cittern is too small for bass, but I've been lusting after a Tielke myself for a very long time. Baroque guitar and chitarra battente also

[LUTE] Re: plucked bass

2008-03-24 Thread Doc Rossi
I've thought of French arch-citterns and double-neck citterns, too. What I'd really like is bandora... Perhaps there was a bass cittern, like the one in the painting by Saftleven. On Mar 24, 2008, at 12:47 PM, David Tayler wrote: Also, good look finding one, but it seems a nice place to try

[LUTE] Re: plucked bass

2008-03-24 Thread Doc Rossi
Thanks, Eugene - I'd thought of these, too. Maybe I'm looking for something that doesn't exist. On Mar 24, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: At 06:06 AM 3/24/2008, Doc Rossi wrote: I'm working on a project involving mid-18th-century dance music mostly from France, Belgium

[LUTE] Re: I can't remain silent any longer....!!.....

2008-03-25 Thread Doc Rossi
On Mar 25, 2008, at 3:03 PM, Paavo R. Zakin, M.D. wrote: the late Julian Bream, His house is for sale, but I hadn't heard that he'd died. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/09/22/pbream122.xml -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: my new theorbo! - pics and sound file

2008-03-27 Thread Doc Rossi
I agree with you completely, Rob - Malcolm is really a n excellent luthier. The diatonic cittern he made for me is going from strength to strength - really coming alive after a year of playing. Doc Rossi On Mar 27, 2008, at 11:10 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: I brought this home on Tuesday from

[LUTE] OT Mac OS 9 Help

2008-04-01 Thread Doc Rossi
Sorry to intrude like this - if anyone has time to answer a Mac OS 9 question for me, please contact me ASAP off list. Thanks To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: OT Mac OS 9 Help

2008-04-01 Thread Doc Rossi
thanks to all who replied - problem solved On Apr 1, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Bruno Fournier wrote: What's the question ? I may be able to answer you, although I have not used OS 9 in a while. Bruno On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Doc Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry to intrude like

[LUTE] Re: 7c at 64cms

2008-04-03 Thread Doc Rossi
On Apr 3, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: Rob Sorry, I can't quite leave-off, you got me thinking too much. Of course, like everyone else, I can't help thinking about what lute I would like next, but also, how I wish I was a little more focussed and less dilettante (imore in the

[LUTE] Re: Memorization

2008-04-04 Thread Doc Rossi
On Apr 4, 2008, at 4:24 PM, Stewart McCoy wrote: If you really had to memorise a piece, for example, because you were going to perform it on stage in a play, you'd find a way to memorise it. Boy, if that were only true! It's exactly the pieces that I perform that I'm concerned about. I

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-16 Thread Doc Rossi
Completely bizarre. Interesting that Scottish lute is making a comeback according to the article. I was in London last weekend and friends in the record business told me that sales of traditional Irish and Scottish CDs are falling and have been for some time. On Apr 16, 2008, at 11:28

[LUTE] Re: Reportage (was Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!)

2008-04-18 Thread Doc Rossi
second On Apr 18, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Dear all, I think my original Subject line of 'Aarrrgg!!!' still holds! Rob On 18/04/2008, gary digman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: former Vice Presidents who claim to have invented the Internet and be the Fount of All

[LUTE] Re: look at me!

2008-05-04 Thread Doc Rossi
Nice one, Andy! On May 4, 2008, at 10:45 PM, Andrew Rutherford wrote: Hi citterners, If you type English Guittar on Youtube you can see me playing Up We't Eli Eli from the Bremner book on my Eng. Guit. (Thanks Rob McK for the music). andy rutherford PS Does anybody know what Up We't

[LUTE] Re: look at me!

2008-05-05 Thread Doc Rossi
On May 5, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: I'm the only one allowed to play this instrument! How dare you! Merde! I don't remember you ever giving me permission to play this instrument. What can I do now??? To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Bad news

2008-05-05 Thread Doc Rossi
cittern was a particularly vindictive and spiteful thing for the thief to do. Please convey our sympathy to Roberto. I hope he can soon get his life back to normal. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. -Original Message- From: Doc Rossi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 May 2008 11:27 To: Cittern List

[LUTE] Re: tielke site

2008-05-17 Thread Doc Rossi
prego On May 17, 2008, at 7:41 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Wonderful. Great research. Great images. A great use of the internet. Thanks for directing us to it. Rob 2008/5/17 Doc Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It isn't ready yet, but this looks like it's going to be very nice: http://www.tielke

[LUTE] Re: first video

2008-05-25 Thread Doc Rossi
That's excellent, Rob. What a pleasure to hear you play again. The last time was in Evora! (Nice house, too, by the way.) On May 25, 2008, at 6:36 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: I've added four videos - one lute, three baroque guitar - to the vimeo site. This is my first attempt at making a

[LUTE] Re: strumming

2008-05-29 Thread Doc Rossi
Thanks very much for the lesson, Rob. Great stuff. On May 29, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Somone asked me about my strumming techniques so I've added a video on strumming the baroque guitar here: http://www.vimeo.com/robmackillop/videos It's more MacKillop than Corbetta, but you

[LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make?

2008-06-06 Thread Doc Rossi
Do you put anything between the quill and the iron? What temperature do you use On Jun 6, 2008, at 7:45 AM, David Tayler wrote: I take the quill and iron it with a heavy iron, then shape it. I prefer a slightly rounded tip. It's the only thing I iron, really. You can also cut a piece of

[LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make?

2008-06-06 Thread Doc Rossi
From the Wikipedia article on Delrin: Delrin has also recently found use in the manufacturing of Irish flutes (traditionally made of wood), tin whistles (traditionally made of metal), and bagpipes (traditionally made of wood). Delrin flutes sound similar or identical to wooden flutes, but

[LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make?

2008-06-07 Thread Doc Rossi
http://www.pickworld.com/delrin.htm perhaps one could cut these to the shape desired On Jun 7, 2008, at 8:53 PM, Guy Smith wrote: You can find Delrin at most plastics supply companies. I used to use it occasionally to machine parts for lab apparatus. It's one of the easiest plastics to

[LUTE] Re: Late 19th-century film of man playing lute

2008-06-20 Thread Doc Rossi
I thought it might have been Rob McBloch at first - who later had a sex change - but I think you're right. On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: Incredible ! He looks exactly like Rob MacDolmetsch... :-) Jean-Marie === 20-06-2008 18:21:37 === Very rare footage:

[LUTE] Re: French Style

2008-06-20 Thread Doc Rossi
David, would you care to give us a reading list of what you consider to be the most important works for learning about the interpretation of this music? Doc On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:56 PM, David Tayler wrote: I think the good Jazz transcriptions are pretty good, and there are lots of them,

[LUTE] cheap 7-course

2008-06-20 Thread Doc Rossi
Perhaps this might be of interest to someone: http://www.palmguitars.nl/page.php?cat_id=24 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Rene Mesangeau

2008-07-02 Thread Doc Rossi
I think it's spam from a spa On Jul 2, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: .Still blank, heluth. What can the problem be ? Jean-Marie === 02-07-2008 14:36:23 === = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://poirierjm.free.fr 02-07-2008 To get on

[LUTE] Re: La Cetra Galante

2008-07-21 Thread Doc Rossi
i'm not sure it's up yet... On Jul 21, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Excellent. I'm off to the Magnatune site to download it. Maybe a direct link would help others, Doc? Rob 2008/7/21 Doc Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've recorded a CD of solos and duets for 18h-century cittern

[LUTE] Re: what the heck is this instrument?

2008-07-27 Thread Doc Rossi
too many for an early one, but not for a later one. On Jul 27, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote: Too many courses. RT Hello !! it looks like a colascione xx H.V --- On Sun, 7/27/08, Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LUTE]

[LUTE] Re: Broken consort

2008-10-05 Thread Doc Rossi
On Oct 5, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: More recently the gittern tuning (with highest string on the first course at g') seems to have found favour Which tuning is this? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE]Broken consort

2008-10-06 Thread Doc Rossi
No wire strings??? What IS this world coming to... (very nice just the same) On Oct 6, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: I have had the same experience as Nancy, and playing consorts with a recorder was not a problem at all. You can just check that by listening to The Sacred End

[LUTE] Tablature Fonts for Mac

2008-10-07 Thread Doc Rossi
Has anyone got any suggestions for nice-looking French tablature fonts for Mac OS X? Thanks, Doc To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: harpsichord substitute

2008-10-18 Thread Doc Rossi
This is a wonderful performance. I agree with you about the organ creating a kind of base that supports violin or flute - with the lute - which could be louder - adding a slightly percussive element. The figures are used as a guide to create a simple countersubject shared between the

[LUTE] Re: UR Research Nearly 1600 Irish Tunes

2008-11-11 Thread Doc Rossi
Where do I get my copy?!?!? On Nov 11, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Arthur Ness wrote: This will surely excite some readers of this list. 3 vols., nearly 1600 tunes! - Original Message - New items are available in the UR Research collections you have subscribed to: New items in collection

[LUTE] Re: UR Research Nearly 1600 Irish Tunes

2008-11-11 Thread Doc Rossi
Wonderful - Thank you. I used to have this book but lost it somehow, so it's great to have it again. On Nov 11, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Arthur Ness wrote: This will surely excite some readers of this list. 3 vols., nearly 1600 tunes! - Original Message - New items are available in the

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-18 Thread Doc Rossi
I agree with this assessment as well - from about the same amount of experience. On Nov 18, 2008, at 5:17 PM, Guy Smith wrote: I agree in principal, but in practice, I don't. I've been hanging out on groups like this for around 20 years (starting with USENET in the mid eighties), and I've

[LUTE] Re: The Online Lute Player

2008-11-19 Thread Doc Rossi
What gets me about the new technology is that we can record in such high fidelity yet so many people prefer downloads of MP3s which are quite lo-fi. It's rather curious to see these paths going in different directions. On Nov 19, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Anthony Hind wrote: Rob I heartily

[LUTE] Re: ok...need some more help...

2008-11-26 Thread Doc Rossi
The scan function is very nice now. It was pretty unwieldy a few years ago. I've been so overwhelmed with work these last months (plus moving house yet again...) that I've been neglecting publications. I'm hoping for a quiet new year break where I can catch up. I haven't even got my own

[LUTE] Re: ok...need some more help...

2008-11-26 Thread Doc Rossi
Sorry to disagree, but I don't have any problems doing good work with Finale. Fronimo was okay at first, but I've had issues with the quality of the print out when exporting to DTP programs. Finale is also very, very flexible - I find it much more so than Fronimo. There is a big learning

[LUTE] Re: tablature notation guidelines

2008-12-08 Thread Doc Rossi
For PDFs, Mac OSX has a built-in Print to PDF feature that works well. For Windows there are free virtual printers around that also work pretty well. I remember using one that had Pony in the name (sorry to be so vague). On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, New to

[LUTE] Green Sleeves

2009-01-20 Thread Doc Rossi
. Does John Johnson's version for two lutes predate Ballet? Thanks, Doc Rossi To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Green Sleeves

2009-01-23 Thread Doc Rossi
Anone with further information could reply to Brad directly. Thanks in advance. Begin forwarded message: From: Brad McEwen [1]mill_r...@yahoo.com Date: January 22, 2009 9:07:28 PM CEST To: Doc Rossi [2]ro...@cetrapublishing.com Subject: Re: Fwd: [LUTE] Re: Green Sleeves

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