Hello everyone, First of all, Enrico, your point is well taken about the redesign of wind instruments. As a former clarinetist, I can tell you that this has...
From SG on the lute list: I'm sure that at that time they had no way of determining cycles per second and probably had no idea of a standard pitch. You may...
From AN on the lute list: The standard work is Alexander J. Ellis, Musical pitch. Reprinted with Arthur Mendel in _*Musical Pitch*_ (Amsterdam: Knuf, 1968)....
From DW on the lute list: Can't really help- it's a complete can of worms; the "A=415" was a general purpose compromise adopted in this or the 20th century as...
Thanks, Marion, for your interesting emails: I almost always capo when playing lute music on the 10-string, but not because I'm trying to be historically...
Hi Stephen, The use of a capo depends on several factors - the tuning of your of instrument without the capo, who is singing in what key, what other...
Hello everyone, Has anyone ever had pain in the second joint of the right thumb as a result of playing with too much right-hand tension? At first I did not ...
Hi Marion, yes, like you I have had pain at the joint in the middle of the thumb: it took me time to realize that it was caused by guitar playing - in...
Caro Enrico, Thank you for taking the time to describe yout ailment. One thing I noticed about tendinitis is that I got it after I had retuned from the Dm...
Hello Marion and Stephen, Marion,I am pleased to learn that you doing a G-tuning on your altgittaren as it will open up late renaissance 9 and 10c lute, 11c...
Hello Marion, Before you go through physical therapy and the like, it's best to consult a medical professional first. PT may even aggravate your injury if done...
I'm sure many of you have come across this in your playing. You have an open string to play a bass note, but it ends up better to fret the note to avoid...
Hi Glen, not much to add, except that I concur 100% with your opinion. The same bass note on the frets (if practicable, of course) is more controllable and...
Hello Perf, Thank you for your concern and advice. Please see comments++. All the best, Marion ... ++I'll be going for a PT evaluation on 27 Nov. as a...
Hello Glen and Enrico, I have been studying this same issue with one of my original compositions, but I supposed it could come up with a wide variety of...
Raphaella Smits has a new album, Deep Silence: <http://www.rsmits.com/eDISK_CD10_WBH.htm> She also has some interesting details about her John Gilbert...
I know a lot of you will disagree with this opinion, but this is how I feel. To me, using a 10-string to play 6-string pieces is like driving an 18-wheel...
There are some pieces by Gaspar Sanz that are very playable on 5 strings. Why lug around that extra string when you don't have to? (He said tongue-in-cheek and...
Hi, Folks: Presently, I'm reviewing three Villa-Lobos preludes for a concert next week, in Carson City, Nevada. In the first Prelude, the first (and last)...
I've used dampers to eliminate the extra string resonances when playing music made for a 6-string guitar. At least my guitar works perfectly well that way, it...
If that interests anybody, I can summarize my very personal opinion as follows: 6 strings are too few, but 10 strings are often too many. I have 3 guitars, 1...
Greetings One and All, To repeat a view I gave earlier, if you wish to play 6s repertoire and like standard guitar pitch, there is much to commend Yepes...
... I have been wondering how the Yepes tuning handles a drop D tuning, as one difficulty I have had in the Romantic tuning is in retraining my thumb to play...
Hi everyone, ... attiorbato and archlute ... ++Thank you. Although I like the Dm tuning, I also like to have more than 8 courses on an instrument with...
Hello Glen, If you had posted this two years ago I would have disagreed with you. I used to think that you should have lots of strings or courses and just use...
Hello John, ... ++I have a 6-string mandolino and I play baroque music written for 5 strings. However, I play arrangements of the music that take advantage of ...
... ++This is a case in point about how to use an instrument with more strings to play a piece written for fewer. It's not just about playability. It's about...
Hi Stephen, Whereas I cannot comment on that specific tuning of D=7, in general, two of the great advantages of having more strings are that 1. You can tune...
Thanks for the clarification. Good luck with the thumb! _____ From: 10string@yahoogroups.com [mailto:10string@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Marion Ceruti ...
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