Hello James,

I am sorry that I did not emai you sooner when the music arrived. I
don't always
check my email but it came in a few days before my message. I must say
that
I don't recognize the Aria. Where did you get it?

Congratualtions on your compoisitions! Do you plan to record them? I
plan to record
all of my compositions (except the ones I don't like). Thank you for
the information
regarding lute duets. I am listening to one now - Ed Martin and Paul
Berget playing
Weiss sonata in C.

I am using Nylgut strings on a requinto, a baroque lute and also on a
six-course
mandolino. Some people can tell the sound from gut but I can't seem to
tell
which is which just by listening. The thin Nylgut trebbles last longer
than gut but the
gut mid-range and bass strings last a long time anyway. I have never
had to replace
then on my eight-course renaissance lute. Now I am using the alchemia
strings on a
requinto, which I use for six-course renaissance lute music (I don't
have a six-course
lute) and some can't tell the difference between the requinto with
Nylgut strings and a
six-coures lute of the same string length and tuning. The requinto
sounds different
'from a lute to me, but it sounds very good nevertheless.

This week I will be away from email but expect to be back Friday or
Sat.

All the best,
Marion

--- james r smith <vector10@...> wrote:

> Hello Marion,
> I am relieved that the music finally arrived! The pieces were written
> in reverse order, starting
> with the Giga inspired by Dalla Casa. The Sarabande is de Visee("La
> Folia"), do you recognise
> the Aria...? All the rest are mine.
> There are a fair number of duets for lutes a 4th. apart in Phalese
> and Haeckel.They are
> published by the (UK) Lute Society, and are available via their
> website. They are for 6c lutes.
> I have done the calculations for a 65 and a 67cm tenor in D for a
> D'Addario string set. If
> these could be of any interest, I will post them here? If one looks
> at the size of a guitar top
> plate for a tenor in D, a Ramirez 1a with a 66.4cm. scale is about
> right, though I designed
> mine to be just a little bigger, it does have eleven strings! The
> body size of a typical 65cm.
> tenor is usually just a little too small to give fist rate
> performance in D, "satisfactory" would
> be the typical rating. A tenor in D, is tuned as an18th. century
> "colascione", there are about
> five other spellings of this word! There is a significant repertoire
> for this instrument.
> On the subject of strings, I note your interest in nylgut. Have you
> tried any yet? the Spanish
> 10s player, Rojo, recommends them for simulating the lute sound.
> Have you found the Werner Icking Music Archive website? When you
> scroll down to
> "Tablatures pour lutes, guitarres, theorbo", there are some very fine
> pieces freely available in
> PDF format in both renaissance and baroque tuning.
> More anon,
> Cheers,
> James.
>
>
>
>

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