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Do you play an instrument? What's your favorite thing about it? (lemmy.world)
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Or have you played something else in the past? What's your favorite piece to play?

Edit: thanks for everyone that has replied. This has been so heartwarming to read :)

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Thanks for the disambiguation... I could have sworn that the viol de gamba was fretless ! but after looking it up I can confirm that it's not.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Yup, they use wrapped gut frets. They're moveable so that the musicians could adjust intonation in the period before equal temperament was invented.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Can you imagine having to shift individual frets, untying and retying them to get the instrument in tune?

    What a pain in the ass. No wonder they went extinct.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I play the renaissance lute, which also uses tied frets. I just play in equal temperament because its easier and my ear isn't that good. I'm merely an ambitious amateur though, maybe I'll get into it one of these days.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I play guitar, but I've never held a lute. I'd love to try one sometime. They are astonishingly beautiful works of art. I love everything about them.

    Goddammit, now I have to buy a lute.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's so hard to get into it; I'd never played one before I picked it up either.

    This is a good entry-level lute. I had wanted one for a while before I got mine, but I was worried about spending so much and having it be unplayable.

    I fortunately talked to another musician who had one of these already and he sounded fantastic, so I decided to take the plunge. I'm glad I did! There's nothing like playing period music on the actual instrument that would have been used (modern convenience like temperament aside) and reading from historical tabs.

    I ran into the guy again about a month ago, and he has an incredible luthier-made theorbo that sounds amazing. Maybe I'll get one of those some day lol!

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