[simon.wenmouth@freeserve.co.uk: HELP: Vielle problems]

Anyone care to help this guy? It was submitted to comp.music.research
where it is not really on-topic, but perhaps someone here has teh
knowledge? If so perhaps you could mail him?
In ignorance...
==John ff
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From: "Simon Wenmouth" <simon.wenmouth@freeserve.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.music.research
Subject: HELP: Vielle problems
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 00:23:44 -0700
Organization: Customer of Energis Squared

Hi,

I am currently in posession of a Vielle (~Medaeval fiddle); 5 strings with a
flat bridge. I also don't know how to tune it. Must learn to play in hurry
(concert) - you can appreciate my problem.

Any help gratefully recieved.

Cheers.

Simon
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On Tue, 26 Sep 2000 J.P.FFITCH@maths.bath.ac.uk wrote:

> Anyone care to help this guy? It was submitted to comp.music.research
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> I am currently in posession of a Vielle (~Medaeval fiddle); 5
strings with a
> flat bridge. I also don't know how to tune it. Must learn to play in hurry
> (concert) - you can appreciate my problem.
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No, I don't care to help him. He gets handed an instrument he doesn't even
know how to tune, he agrees to give a concert on it, thinking standards
are so low in early music he can get away with anything? And I'm supposed
to walk 3 steps over to the shelf to get the book i could look up the
tuning for him in?

Nope. I'm one of those people who doesn't have an academic appointment
but knows how to play my instruments, the ones I accept gigs on, anyhow. I
may not appreciate his problem, but I recognise it -- it's called the
arrogance and complacency of the credentialed. I care about this music. It
is not served by people slopping their way through it in public.

Judy