Dear All,
I would like some opinions and suggestions for string lengths on
theorbos as I'm researching possibilities for my next commission. I
really like gut strings, but dislike wound strings or synthetic
strings of any sort. I would like to find out how long does the
string length of
Hi all,
I was wondering how many triple roses on theorbos are actually
depicted in existing iconography. I can't find any yet, browsing
through what there is on the net. It makes me wonder - are triple
roses simply a typically early 17th century Italian feature? It seems
that they were
Hardwood vs soft for ribs
Earlier vs later instruments (renaissance vs baroque)
Lightly built vs heavier instruments
Thanks.
Shaun Ng
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I think we are all confusing string lengths and different sizes of
instruments.
Different sizes of lutes can be strung with the same gauges of
strings, but they end up tuned to different pitches.
Theorbos are simply tuned to G or A, while following a pitch standard
(392/415/440). If a
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Hi there lute list,
I'm looking for some specific information for my thesis I'm doing on
the viol. Does anybody know of any reference to the position of the
left hand thumb on any plucked instrument?
Thanks in advance all.
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Dowland, and we will have (in some part) to
thank Sting. In the bigger picture of things, we haven't really
performed early music long enough for it to develop, and anyhow, it
is in the nature of all things that everything will change!
Thanks.
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, but there is also music written for the
instrument specifying an instrument in A, isn't there?
Shaun Ng
On 04/05/2007, at 5:30 AM, Mathias Rösel wrote:
Does this mean we should not
use the same right hand technique to play the theorbo (chitaronne)
pieces by Piccinini as for De Viséé over a century
Just a little comment outside the discussion.
I think, as plucked instrumentalists, sometimes we forget how
fortunate we are to have nylgut and other synthetics to play with. At
least we have the option! Have you ever wondered how viol players
cope with only gut? We have to change our top
Does anyone know where this engraving of Hautman is taken from?
http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/spencer/html/Page%20413.html
Thanks.
Shaun
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source might have been.
See also:
http://www.unh.edu/music/Icon/iltifs.htm
It might be worthwhile asking DvE.
g
On 12.02.2008, at 23:49, Shaun Ng wrote:
Does anyone know where this engraving of Hautman is taken from?
http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/spencer/html/Page%20413.html
Thanks.
Shaun
Anyone else notice how the continuo part sounds redundant at times as the
viol is almost always playing it's own accompaniment? The archlute is rarely
playing the bass either. Yes, theorbo would have been nicer. Historically
more accurate and would definitely sound better.
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at
Let's not read too deep into Igor's comments. I think this was directed to
me, at my audacity in suggesting that I may know better. While I am well
capable of performing Forqueray, I think to record a version of my
own online with the sole purpose to prove that I can interpret Forqueray
better is
Hi all,
I once copied a quote from a letter between Mersenne and Titelouze that goes
like this:
I remember having seen in my youth everybody admiring and being delighted by
a man playing a lute, and badly enough at that... and now I see many lutenists
more skilled than him who are hardly
doigt de la main gauche.
[2] Charles Mouton, Pi=E8ces de luth sur differents modes (Paris, c.
1680): Pour tirer la corde de la main gauche apres l'avoir touchee de
la main droitte une fois.
Thanks all!
Shaun Ng
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Can someone please pass me Philip Pickett's email address off list? We
used to correspond through email, but I've since lost his email.
Thanks.
Shaun
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Look for an iPhone microphone adapter. Works on both iPod touch and
iPhone. I have one from griffin, can't remember what it's called, but
it is a quality mic. Checked meantone against my friend's $2,000
tuning machine on the harpsichord and it worked.
Shaun Ng
On 15/06/2009, at 17:27
Dear All,
I was wondering if Nicolas Vallet's Secret de Muses (1615) is available
online in facsimile. I am looking to do some research on his
ornaments.
Many thanks.
Shaun Ng
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and not Bacilly's.
Thanks in advance.
Shaun Ng
P.S. I know that this is really a topic for singers, but I am sure some
theorbo players here would have some experience with Bacilly.
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Dear All,
Does anyone happen to know if there are English translations of the
following treatises and if they are available (either original or
translation) online?
Angelo Michele Bartolotti: Table pour apprendre facilement `a toucher
le theorbe sur la basse-continue (Paris,
I have been asked to play the above lute song by Dowland, but one big problem:
I don't play or own a renaissance lute! Would anyone happen have to a version
for theorbo in French tab? Any advice appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Shaun Ng
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safely assume that
some concessions can be made. This I suppose is not quite unlike asking a
pianist to play a harpsichord!
Shaun Ng
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On 03/05/2012, at 21:33, David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com wrote:
On 3 May 2012 13:19, Shaun Ng
their
mention mostly comes a bit too late when we compare paintings of the time,
which is not a good way to get credible information about musical instruments
anyway.
Shaun Ng
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On 28/11/2012, at 5:35, jaroslawlip...@wp.pl wrote:
Dear
a wire strung theorbo, if I
remember rightly, and it predates both these sources, so that's at least
evidence of non gut string use.
But then what is the explanation for thin bass strings on lutes? For loaded
strings, what is the evidence that one would expect to find?
Shaun Ng
On 29/11/2012
to back up his definition.
Shaun Ng
On 29/11/2012, at 8:53, jaroslawlip...@wp.pl wrote:
Dear Anthony,
As I said before, Martyn or Howard may be right, but if one reads the whole
context it seems rather unlikely. Mace uses the word „decay” in places where
he definitely means decomposition
been here before..
regards
Martyn
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Subject: Re: [LUTE] Lute bass strings - was Re: Are Pistoys prone to
rot according to Mace?
To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: Lute Dmth lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Ng shaunk...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Shaun Ng shaunk...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Lute bass strings - was Re: Are Pistoys prone to rot
according to Mace?
To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: Lute Dmth lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Thursday, 29 November, 2012, 9:34
Dear
in later editions of Playford reprinted
into the 18th century. It doesn't appear in Mace either, I think. Sounds to me
like indifference to new technology, but is it really completely new
considering metals have been around for such a long time?
Shaun Ng
On 30/11/2012, at 5:45, Dan Winheld dwinh
Seems that there is just a little bit more evidence for wound string use in the
18th century than there is for their supposed invention in the 1660s.
Shaun Ng
On 30/11/2012, at 9:39, Stephan Olbertz stephan.olbe...@web.de wrote:
How about Zedler?
The 64 volumes were published between 1732
.
This is seen in the French cantatas of his colleagues, such as Clerambault,
Bernier, which Campion refers to in his Addition.
Shaun Ng
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On 21 Feb 2014, at 2:43 am, Luca Manassero l...@manassero.net wrote:
I forgot to mention that I discovered the Franc,ois Campion' quote
On 21 Feb 2014, at 6:00 pm, R. Mattes r...@mh-freiburg.de wrote:
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:43:23 +0800, Shaun Ng wrote
I use 6+8. To me it makes more sense to have F and G as diapasons
because they are used more often.
Since there are more Gs than G#s in the literature, to me it makes more
abbreviating the
bass [in quick] movements. It is for this reason that I usually give, as I
said, a dozen lessons on the guitar to those who intend to accompany on the
theorbo. Its facility brings about in a short time [an understanding of] the
touch [of the instrument].
Shaun Ng
On 27 Feb 2014
Visee and Medard were all guitarists and theorboists and indeed most
professional players may have played both instruments as and when required in
a manner appropriated to the occasion.
Please don't knock the guitar!!!
Monica
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Thanks for the clarification. Also thanks to Monica for mentioning the doubtful
Portuguese connection.
On 28 Feb 2014, at 6:49 am, Jean-Marie Poirier jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr wrote:
True we do not know exactly where de Visée was from, but he was probably born
in the Paris area and was active
What I find interesting in all this (Satoh’s exercise) is why De Visée needs to
be foreign. Is this to align him with Lully (the Italian)? In the light of the
long tradition of lute playing in France, making De Visée foreign does not seem
to elevate his status. In fact, historical writers in
Dear List,
In Toyohiko Satoh's recent lute De Visée CD, he plays a chaconne (on track 5)
that has also been recorded by José Miguel Moreno on theorbo on his CD (on
track 6). Where is the music for this theorbo version to be found?
Many thanks in advance.
Shaun Ng
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for theorbo by De Visée that I can find in the Saizenay are in G
major, A minor and D major (from Lully's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme). Am I
missing something here?
Shaun Ng
On 16 May 2014, at 21:29, Brad Walton gtung.wal...@utoronto.ca wrote:
I haven't heard the Satoh recording, but Moreno is playing
Dear All,
As a theorbo player who doesn't play archlute or lute (yet!), I was wondering
if anyone has a theorbo arrangement of Betrachte meine seel from Bach's St John
Passion that they wouldn't mind sharing? :)
Many thanks.
Shaun Ng
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On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 7:29, R. Mattes r...@mh-freiburg.de wrote:
On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 22:26:19 +0200, Benjamin Narvey wrote
Both. Whike French theorboes tended to be single strung,
Taken from Robert Spencer's article:
He [Mersenne] added the correction that his engraving of
Dear All,
I am a viol and theorbo player living in Sydney, Australia. Because of
my fascination with the French theorbo repertoire, I have begun to post
some YouTube videos of me playing some of the theorbo pieces from the
Saizenay manuscript. I would like to invite you to view
Dear All,
I'll be travelling to Japan in the near future and was wondering if there was
anyone on the list who could help me get in touch with lutenist Toyohiko Satoh.
Please write me off list.
Many thanks.
Kindest regards,
Shaun
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Dear Lute List,
I am wondering if any of you can help me locate Gallot's Pièces de
luth composées sur différens mode in facsimile. I am particularly
interested in the short treatise that I think might appear at the
beginning of the publication. The entry in Wikipedia, I
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