Posted with David's Permission. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Kilpatrick" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: rec.music.classical.guitar > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:12 AM > Subject: Rob MacKillop's success - amazing > > >> Rob has told me that 12,000 downloads were made from >> his Scottish >> historic tunes recordings yesterday alone, and >> several thousand >> players have now downloaded his score/tab based book >> of arrangements. >> >> He also admits that donations made voluntarily for >> this service he >> has provided now exceed his earnings from a certain >> music publisher's >> issuing of a book. >> >> I am not surprised by this popularity. Most tab books >> for steel >> string players are aimed at 'lightning chasers' - >> players who, >> perhaps as a personal challenge, want to perform >> showpiece stuff >> exactly as the recording (which may well have been 50 >> per cent >> improvised and cut and pasted anyway :-)). Rob's >> properly notated >> score/tab (not just tab on its own) is entirely >> different. It is >> very, very hard to perform these quiet, contemplative >> early Scottish >> tunes to a janglefest audience or in a noisy session. >> They are >> absolutely made for the type of playing they >> originally had, in the >> pre-industrial silence of an 17th century apartment. >> They are the >> perfect repertoire for playing to yourself, quitely >> and with great >> care in phrasing, timing and ornamentation. As Rob >> admits they often >> need only two fingers of each hand, but that does not >> make them easy >> to play well, just easy to play physically. >> >> If you haven't had a look, visit: >> >> www.musicintime.co.uk >> >> David >> > >
-- f2photo: articles, news and reviews - www.f2photo.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
