{"id":1563,"date":"2025-11-24T10:11:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2025-11-24T10:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T10:19:06","slug":"catches-on-lutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/?p=1563","title":{"rendered":"Catches on Lutes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1563\" class=\"elementor elementor-1563\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a13c49a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a13c49a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14ca455 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14ca455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>We think of catches first and foremost as songs, but might they also work on instruments?\u00a0Lutenist Dr Sara Salloum recently gave catches a try with a lute ensemble at the\u00a0Northern Lute Playing Day 2025. Here she reflects on how she and her fellow lutenists got on&#8230;<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b201ee3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b201ee3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff194fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff194fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sarasalloum-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1745\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sarasalloum-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sarasalloum-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sarasalloum-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sarasalloum.jpg 1377w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Lutenist Dr Sara Salloum<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a99363 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a99363\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfb9e03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfb9e03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Lute Society\u2019s \u2018Northern Playing Day\u2019 takes place every September to bring together lute enthusiasts from across the north of England and Scotland for an entire day of lute music-making and socialising. I&#8217;ve hosted the playing day for the last three years, and in various northern locations \u2013 initially in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, then in the village of Shadwell on the outskirts of Leeds, and this year, at my very own home in Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This year, lutenists travelled down from Edinburgh and Glasgow, and up from Leeds, Skipton, and even Bedford to take part in the event. Happily, numbers were higher than ever this year, and there was also a greater interest from beginner lutenists, alongside the more advanced regular attendees, and even a theorbo player and orpharion player were to be among the cohort. It was to be a fabulously diverse class &#8211; which was very exciting, but admittedly a bit puzzling when it came to choosing an appropriate repertoire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">Fortunately, my recent involvement with Dr Katherine Butler\u2019s British Academy-funded research project on early modern \u2018catches\u2019 sparked my idea to introduce this highly<br>social and unintimidating repertoire to my class. Indeed, I had seen how<br>successfully Katherine had introduced this music to people of all ages and<br>musical stages (to children at Gosforth Middle School, and visitors to Kiplin<br>Hall, North Yorkshire). Catches are most typically a form of social <i>singing<\/i>,<br>and this is how I had always engaged in this repertoire before. I was, however,<br>intensely curious about the idea of introducing this music to lute players, as<br>I suspected it would sound fantastic on the lute (the most iconic instrument of<br>the early modern period).&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">This was the advert I initially sent out:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c874138 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c874138\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3367fdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"3367fdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">At this year's Northern Lute Playing Day we'll be learning and having some fun with 16th and 17th-century 'catches' and canons. In early modern England, these were a popular form of social recreation for\nadults. While they were most typically sung (to texts expressing the joys of drink, song, and good fellowship) the tunes were also played on a variety of instruments. By creating harmony out of short and simple melodies these tunes are quick and easy for anyone to pick up and join in - making them a perfect repertoire for all abilities and easily accessible on a lute of any size,\npitch, and tuning. Both tablature and mensural notation will be provided, and\nlearning-by-ear will also be encouraged. So, be you a complete beginner or a seasoned veteran, do come along to learn some of these catch-tunes, make new lutenist acquaintances, eat, drink, and be merry!\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4ac829 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e4ac829\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13c32f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13c32f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To my delight 11 lutenists were intrigued enough to give catches on lutes a go!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c93bdad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c93bdad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f620afd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f620afd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250928-WA0003-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1757\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250928-WA0003-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250928-WA0003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250928-WA0003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250928-WA0003-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hosting2.northumbria.ac.uk\/singafterme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250928-WA0003.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Playing Rounds and Catches on the Lute at the Northern Lute Playing Day in 2025<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1787e0c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1787e0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea31e69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea31e69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\">In advance of the Playing Day, I created a music handout for my lutenists. This\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\">consisted of a pack of ten catches, starting with a very easy example and then progressing in a way which introduced new and more challenging musical ideas or techniques.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\">We began with &#8216;Lord Have Mercy&#8217; in which the rhythms are virtually the same in each line and progressed to more complex melodies such as &#8216;Sing With Thy Mouth&#8217;, dialogue catches such as &#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\">The Old Dog&#8217; and canons where the parts enter in quick succession succession such as &#8216;Hey Ho to the Greenwood&#8217;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-429418a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"429418a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f56771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f56771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\">W<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\">e started each catch by learning the tune together before splitting into the necessary number of groups to perform the round in harmony (usually 3 or 4).\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\">Once my group were comfortable in holding their parts in canon, they began to experiment: with shaping, with ornamentation, with dynamics, and also by singing the words of the catch-tune along with their lute playing. Some players even chose to put their lute down while they sang, enjoying the effect of singing along with an otherwise plucked-sting texture of cascading and circling notes. The repertoire allowed them to take control of the music-making, to experiment, and to enjoy sitting within the sound.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d92032a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d92032a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc20200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"bc20200\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/AF_Pwm9ArA8?si=Ys_BraGU4JQVCwny&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7567902 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7567902\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d34436 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d34436\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My fellow lutenists enthusiastic about sharing their thoughts about what they learnt, and about their experience of playing this music:<\/p><ul><li>\u2018It\u2019s wonderful that you don\u2019t need vast musical knowledge to perform harmony\/music that is quite rich\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018The repertoire is excellent for groups with people of varied levels\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018Great fun in \u201cmeeting\u201d other parts when performing a catch in a round. The social aspect of music-making came very easily, even when playing with people I\u2019d never met before\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018There were always safe points to come back into the music if I had become lost for a moment\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018It\u2019s really fun being able to sing and play: for instance, we can sing if notes become lost. You never lose out\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018You get lots out of little\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018There is such intricacy when these catches are played on lutes: musical lines are in \u201cdifferent places\u201d (on different instruments, such as the orpharion, which has a very different sound quality) which gives the overall performance interest, variation, and pleasing changing colours\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018There are moments of poetry\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018Exceedingly unintimidating, I feel welcomed into the sound and the space\u2019<\/li><li>\u2018I feel \u201cin the room\u201d with the sound\u2019<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-964bfa5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"964bfa5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cb3798 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"1cb3798\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/ZZxelVmp0b4?si=29A_whzzASRD4MM8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37f0a30 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"37f0a30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ce0ede elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ce0ede\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the Playing Day such a success, Katherine and I are now collaborating to produce a collection of catches adapted for lute players, as well as exploring their potential to be used in school ukelele classes. Watch this space!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We think of catches first and foremost as songs, but might they also work on instruments?\u00a0Lutenist Dr Sara Salloum recently 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