Baroque Lute: morning routine

[@francoisbruel9163]

Thank you sir. How inspirational to see that the "greats" are not above practicing relentlesly, and with sharp focus, on minute details. It shows that talent is not just some god-gifted mystery thing! I am not even a lute player (amateur harpsichordist) but this is super interesting to me nonetheless…

[@PaulMuroyama-w3v]

Very instructive and inspirational. Daily routine matters a lot. I learned a lot. I may also practice in the same way. Rome was not built over night. Thank you for sharing, Mr. Diaz-Latorre. Paul

[@FrancescGrimalt]

Fantàstic, Xavier!

[@Nati]

Such a beautiful instrument with such a beautiful sound, my dream instrument. thanks for sharing your routine ! 🙏

[@arcturusthelion]

Gracias Maestro

[@GeraldBoyClassical]

Very informative. Thankyou Xavier.

[@enricoorlando9963]

Maestro would be delightful to see a theorbo day, renaissance day. I mean for those who are far away and get a an idea on how to practice. Thank you for your time!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

grazie, ce lo avrò in mente :)

[@FernanMas]

Gràcies, Xavier, per compartir coneixença, d'aquesta manera tan intima i propera, desde casa. Prens i dones. Gràcies

[@tomllewellyn4189]

Wonderful routine... one day I may get a baroque lute. I love your playing... very inspiring

[@basgerritsen9669]

Go for it! The most important thing is to find a teacher near you. Almost all teachers will have an old/spare instrument you can rent/borrow or they can hook you up with someone else who does. Then if you like it, you can always buy one yourself. Or do like I did, and build a Baroque lute yourself! If you've ever built a guitar or mandolin or similar instrument, you'll be able to make a pretty good lute. Funnily enough, if you build your own, the most expensive part will be the strings!

[@euledj79]

​@@basgerritsen9669Unfortunately the thickness gauge a bending iron and a belgian stone are quite expensive. Wich tools did you use for your first instrument? Did you substituted any with more simpler tools?

[@basgerritsen9669]

@@euledj79 to substitute a bending iron, I actually just heated a pot on my stove and then turned it upside down to use as a bending surface! With a smaller pot you can bend tighter radii. It's not ideal but works good enough for a personal instrument. Instead of a thickness gauge I got Prethicknessed wood for modeling and I would measure thicknesses with some old callipers or pre made spacers wherever possible. I'm not quite sure what a Belgian stone is, but a sharpening stone for your tools can be had for very little money. All you really need is a chisel, plane, saw, drill and maybe a file. Use wood of close to the appropriate size everywhere you can. Nice straight and dry wood can often be bought at model building shops. Btw you can also get a bending iron from china for around €100 or so. In the end i built my lute+case for less than €500 I guess, the strings were the most expensive part by far.

[@Zuperduperboi2]

Nice

[@heikkinylund8617]

Try the sarod, with a top of deerskin: you change the tuning of one string, and that of all the other 22 changes.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

I'd love too. I love sarod

Hola Maestro cual es la finalidad de poner el metrónomo y no ir a pulso con el ????? 😮😮😮

[@phs3040]

hope you are doing this routine after a good coffee...

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Always! And toasts and ham 😉

[@euledj79]

great that you also play 995 on a 13-course Instrument. I simply tuned the 13th course down to G cause A is seldom used. Ist the mechanical practice with a metronome for "tres vite" the most effective way to learn it? Would you prefer to learn it first without dynamics/phrasing and add it after you are in right tempo? Do you dampen the bases a lot in your final version? Mascardi e.g. dampens almost every bass-note. Dampening while playing legato with the fingers simulanously is a technical challenge for me but it seems that you have to do often in some parts... Thanks for this insight in your routine!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Hi, I do the same, put down the 13th. I try with phrasing from moment one. Dynamics, in this kind of music, I don't use much... About dampening the bass, if one uses gut, the not damped bass bother much!! less. The mix of the harmonics with gut is much less conflictive than with artificial strings.

[@euledj79]

​@@laberintosingeniososI appreciate that you had some of your precious time to answer me! With your method I make some development. When I play with the final tempo its less necessary to damp my Nylgut CD-strings all the time. This piece is such a fun to play...almost like a never ending perpetuum mobile. Will you join Jordi Savall for the upcoming concerts with St. John Passion in germany in march? I would be glad to see you live. Thanks!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Actually I am not playing with the orchestra anymore. Don't have time for everything 😊

[@euledj79]

​@@laberintosingeniosos Lastima!

[@DerlyPintosTapia]

wow deseaba algo así del laúd barroco , desde escucharlo desafinado, a sonidos irregulares para apreciar su sonido desde una perspectiva mas intima..

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Eso lo sé hacer muy bien 🤣🤣🤣

[@josesolismusic]

¿Qué tipo de laúd es éste, Archlute? Acabo de comprar uno de 14-courses (no sé cómo se dice en español. Estoy tratando de aprender todo lo que puedo sin maestro, excepto Maestros como usted en youtube. No hay maestros de este intrumento cerca de donde vivo.

[@laberintosingeniosos]

es un laúd barroco de 13 órdenes afinado en re menor. Seguramente el 14 órdenes que has comprado tú es un archilaúd afinado en sol. Dónde vives?

[@josesolismusic]

@@laberintosingeniosos cierto. Vivo en Harrisburg, PA, en los EUA. Gracias.

[@therealblackpillreturns]

¿Qué Características técnicas tiene el laúd, maestro: año de construcción, etc? Gracias

[@laberintosingeniosos]

es un laúd de 13 órdenes de cuello de cisne, construido por Grant Tomlinson en Vancouver en 1989. 69cm de tiro, con cuerdas de tripa🙂

[@luehauge1667]

Who built this beautiful thing?

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Grant Tomlinson

[@brettgoodroad7747]

😊

[@RealHogweed]

I’ve heard a rumor that lute players pass half the time tuning the lute and the other half playing out of tune 😀

[@cklairenf1496]

Trés bien j'ai aimer gg,❤🎉,ابناغتعر المعلمين ما يا تم يرى أن ههههه في

[@VA-lo4ul]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@JM-mn3bt]

Wonderful insights into a master! Do you arrange Bach with your own interpretation? If not ...Imamura? ..... or Goldschmidt? or some other arranger?

[@laberintosingeniosos]

Bach is the arranger ;) I read from his manuscript... and when it doesn't work, I change it :)

[@JM-mn3bt]

Thank you. I appreciate your wonderful playing and insights.

[@majorxxx0856]

hum you lisen your metronome ?

[@laberintosingeniosos]

sometimes 😉🙃

[@francoisbruel9163]

@@laberintosingeniosos i like the part where the metronome transforms the piece to triple meter. Great swing!

[@laberintosingeniosos]

@@francoisbruel9163 I like to tease the metronome, to increase my rhythm skills ;)