Seeing the Real Thing

[Alisha Marie Klapheke]

Recently I attended a chamber music concert. It was wonderful. Terri Richter, a soprano, was accompanied by a true-to-history lute (ooo, that was awesome), a double harpsichord, a baroque violin, and a viola da gamba (complete with carved head of a Vienna choirboy--from the World's Fair in the fifties). I loved it!

I have a bit of gittern (predecessor to the lute) in my own WIP and I was delighted to witness the lute player. I had no idea that the strumming was so different from my own pathetic attempt at playing the modern guitar.

So cool! I had the opportunity to touch the instruments, hear them played, and allow them to transport me to another time. It was so amazing.

Upon returning home, I immediately set about enhancing the gittern scene in my WIP with true details. This is why writing HF is fun.

[EC2]

That's why I'm a re-enactor. You learne all sorts of details that are unobtainable in text books. It brings it all into 3D.
The concert sounds wonderful.

[Alisha Marie Klapheke]

I wish I had medieval re-enacting opportunities in my area! My town is obsessed with the Civil War due its own major role in that period of US history. We have a sad Renaissance Fair each year filled with fairies who've have too much acid. It's just not overly helpful.