[VIHUELA] machete
Following the ukulele theme backwards, it seems to have developed from the Portuguese Machete, which I believe was wire-string. What do we know of the machete? Strummed? Plucked? Fingers? Plectrum? I've known about the machete for years as they have one in Edinburgh University Museum of musical instruments - and a cute little thing it is, although broken and stringless - but have never read any research or heard one. BTW, astonished at some of the strumming these uke players can do. There is one guy on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLAwSOELH9sfeature=related demonstrating a 'fan strum' which is a form of repicco - but goes like this: little finger down, ring finger down, thumb down, thumb up, which he can do at a phenomenal speed. I might get a DVD devoted to strumming the uke, as there is so much there of use to baroque guitar players. The repertoire might be different - Sweet Georgia Brown instead of La Folia - but the billions of alfabeto pieces are not so far off. Rob -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[VIHUELA] Re: machete
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008 5:50 am Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: machete To: Vihuela vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] there's a small plucky-thing in puerto rico called a machete but i'd always thought the ukulele (jumping flea, in hawaiian) was a new world name given to the braghina and rajao from portugal. Credit is usually given to the machete of Madeira. The migration of the instrument, being relatively recent, is pretty well documented. See, e.g.: Tranquada, Jim. 2003. Fierce mustaches: how the ukulele came to Hawaii. The Ukulele Occasional, 2:12-18. Eugene -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[VIHUELA] Re: Prague manuscript
Can you give me the folio numbers? I have a copy of the ms. but it is mixed up with another one. Monica - Original Message - From: E. Agulló [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vihuela vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 1:46 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Prague manuscript Dear All, I am reading a manuscript X L b 209 preserved in Prague's National Museum Hudební Oddeleni Narodniho Musea ). I like the last group of pieces in D Major: Prelude Fanfare en Trompette Menuet Menuet en Trompette La Noble Bergere Menuet Menuet Menuet Bourée Fanfare The style is close to the Fanfares and Trompettes composed by Corbetta, Le Cocq. Does anyone have information about these pieces: possible authorship, date of composition, concordances with other sources ? I'd appreciate any information about these pieces or about the manuscript in general. Thanks in advance, Eduard V. Agulló PS. If anybody is interested, I can send midis with these D Major pieces. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
