Thank you so much for this informative and lucid presentation--and let me not overlook the musical interludes, lovely as always! I'm especially grateful that you go into the reasoning behind your choices for stringing, spacing, and all the rest. Such logic and coherence is much more valuable than simple prescription. I remember well that discussion on the LSA Facebook page about chanterelles and why they break--so many opinions, so few of them sustainable! To the problem of unrecognized friction (about which you are, of course absolutely right), one might add the perennial mistake of a particular lute higher than its string-length will permit. The only thing more I could have wished for here would have been some close-up shots of certain things--the construction of that bass rider, for example; and also your string spacing. I understand why this wasn't possible, absent a camera(wo)man. On the other hand, your good clear explanations supplied the want as well as could possibly be.
Thank you for your kind feedback! We do offer free spacing consultations in our shop/ "Order Cd and more" section. It is inportant to know what instrument it concerns not to impose something that wont fit:) we ask for detailed pics and mesurements to have things right.
my lute has a very extreme skoop so that the 13th course distance is 1,3 cm to the soundboard. Is such a big skoop an advantage? Did the lute builder (Wolfgang Emmerich) made this skoop to produce a stronger sound due to the deep bending of the top?
Thank you Sir for an illuminating presentation. As always, it's a pleasure to tune into your channel. Are the 'squeaks' on the wound strings lesser on their gut counterparts? I'm hooked on to the music of S.L.Weiss and find that transcriptions for Classical Guitar don't 'sound' the same especially after listening to your beautiful recordings on Baroque Lute. Take care Sir and Madam always scrolling the RUclips for what you upload. Have a long and healthy life.
Thank you very much! As fir squeaks, we never used gut on the basses so it is hard to say, but squeaks on the gut trebles never felt like disturbing although they are somewhat stronger than on nylon.... thy give some charm to the music. We used gut on our comming solo lute recordings ;)
Very good video, I'm building a gooseneck, the higher courses have more sound projection, you really feel the difference with one with a traditional headstock. ? I see it in videos, but I never actually touched one
@@LUTEDUO thanks for replying, you're kind! , I spent two years of research and this video also solves some comfort problems. The difficult thing is to achieve perfection in the carving of the rosette, and the union of the ribs, but little by little, a good edge and patience do everything. I hope to be one more playing the lute in a short time, no more than one years,,
Keep going! If need any specific help we are here. Maybe one important thing when building swanneck - try to make the second head setup such that the nut is nigh enough to cut it and lower the basses action insread of regluing the swanneck to make them lower because sometimes they tend to go higher during the first year. Good luck!
Hi Anton, thanks for the very detailed and competent description which gives a lot of information. Have you tried the Aquila Loaded Nylgut as bass strings? Those come very close to gut strings with similar sustain compared to wound strings. I have those on all of my lutes meanwhile. Let me know what you think. Best regards, Andreas
Question: do you keep regular bass rider lutes around for the Weiss material that requires stopped notes on courses 9-11, or do you go with octave transposition instead?
Not really. I would not worry about it much. I have a rider lute just because i like how it sounds and it is somewhat more intimate than the swanneck at least in case of my lutes:)
Thanks for your fascinating insights and beautiful playing. Looking forward to your Bach album.
What a gift! 1,000 thanks.
Our pleasure, Dean!
Excellent! Such a valuable lesson on the technical aspects of lute construction as related to playability. Thank you very much.
Hope it is helpful! Thanks!
Thank you very much for these fine and accurate details. A must see for all the future players!
Do you have any contacts for the lute maker ? I did not find it on google..thx
Very nice presentation.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for this informative and lucid presentation--and let me not overlook the musical interludes, lovely as always! I'm especially grateful that you go into the reasoning behind your choices for stringing, spacing, and all the rest. Such logic and coherence is much more valuable than simple prescription. I remember well that discussion on the LSA Facebook page about chanterelles and why they break--so many opinions, so few of them sustainable! To the problem of unrecognized friction (about which you are, of course absolutely right), one might add the perennial mistake of a particular lute higher than its string-length will permit.
The only thing more I could have wished for here would have been some close-up shots of certain things--the construction of that bass rider, for example; and also your string spacing. I understand why this wasn't possible, absent a camera(wo)man. On the other hand, your good clear explanations supplied the want as well as could possibly be.
Thank you for your kind feedback! We do offer free spacing consultations in our shop/ "Order Cd and more" section. It is inportant to know what instrument it concerns not to impose something that wont fit:) we ask for detailed pics and mesurements to have things right.
What are those gorgeous looking microphones?
Sputnik M audio:)
my lute has a very extreme skoop so that the 13th course distance is 1,3 cm to the soundboard. Is such a big skoop an advantage? Did the lute builder (Wolfgang Emmerich) made this skoop to produce a stronger sound due to the deep bending of the top?
Could you please send a picture to info@luteduo.com? Then we can access it properly and give an opinion.
Thank you Sir for an illuminating presentation. As always, it's a pleasure to tune into your channel. Are the 'squeaks' on the wound strings lesser on their gut counterparts? I'm hooked on to the music of S.L.Weiss and find that transcriptions for Classical Guitar don't 'sound' the same especially after listening to your beautiful recordings on Baroque Lute. Take care Sir and Madam always scrolling the RUclips for what you upload. Have a long and healthy life.
Thank you very much! As fir squeaks, we never used gut on the basses so it is hard to say, but squeaks on the gut trebles never felt like disturbing although they are somewhat stronger than on nylon.... thy give some charm to the music. We used gut on our comming solo lute recordings ;)
Very good video, I'm building a gooseneck, the higher courses have more sound projection, you really feel the difference with one with a traditional headstock. ? I see it in videos, but I never actually touched one
Yes you do. The basses are somewhat stronger and longer. When darker sounding strings used it gives a very brilliant effect. Thanks for your interest!
@@LUTEDUO thanks for replying, you're kind! , I spent two years of research and this video also solves some comfort problems. The difficult thing is to achieve perfection in the carving of the rosette, and the union of the ribs, but little by little, a good edge and patience do everything. I hope to be one more playing the lute in a short time, no more than one years,,
Keep going! If need any specific help we are here. Maybe one important thing when building swanneck - try to make the second head setup such that the nut is nigh enough to cut it and lower the basses action insread of regluing the swanneck to make them lower because sometimes they tend to go higher during the first year. Good luck!
Hi Anton, thanks for the very detailed and competent description which gives a lot of information. Have you tried the Aquila Loaded Nylgut as bass strings? Those come very close to gut strings with similar sustain compared to wound strings. I have those on all of my lutes meanwhile. Let me know what you think. Best regards, Andreas
Thanks! There are really no strings that we have not tried;) for more details priv please info@luteduo.com
Question: do you keep regular bass rider lutes around for the Weiss material that requires stopped notes on courses 9-11, or do you go with octave transposition instead?
Not really. I would not worry about it much. I have a rider lute just because i like how it sounds and it is somewhat more intimate than the swanneck at least in case of my lutes:)