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Donatella ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manolo Laguillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Donatella Galletti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LUTELIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 9:25 PM Subject: Re: Practice Habits- (Hoppy) > The sound, that's it... > > But, what does "intervals" mean? The jump from, say, c to e (major > third) or to f (quart)? Could you explain it better? Thank you very much! > > Saludos from Barcelona > > Manolo Laguillo > > PS Thank you to everybody who answered so nicely my question about the > Mary Burwell Tutor !!! > > > > > Donatella Galletti wrote: > > >I 've just listened to a lesson by Hoppy talking about this : he cited > >Besard, saying that you should practice not the whole piece from start to > >the end, but play a sentence 500 times, until it reflects yourself. > >H.Smith also added that it is depressing but anyway rewarding. I agree with > >this: I think one should need to practise the sound itself, because it is > >the main way of communicating, then the rythm, and at the same time trying > >excavating the piece ( the sentences in the piece and the voices) until you > >feel it part of yourself and expressing your personality perfectly. This > >cannot obviouly be obtained if you play following a metronome or the same > >model again and again, as this would just be like reading a poem as a > >kitchen recipy. On the other hand, the basics should be acquired before > >writing poems..but I prefer anyway someone playing poetry and making > >mistakes to someone playing it all correct and fast and that's it. Music > >should be a pleasure and meamingful everytime one touches the instrument, > >even to play open strings as an exercise. > > > >As I ws sitting in the back, I was not able to see whether Hoppy or the > >pupil was playing, but the difference in sound was immediately clear to me. > >I think it is the richness which comes from the soul directly and cannot > >really be taught, it must be found with years of practice and attention to > >that. > > > >Some more thoughts: I remember Oscar Ghiglia when talking about the same > >problem: he said to a student : "listen to the intervals , they never betray > >you, they never make you bored, listen how nice they are" . I think this is > >very true. > > > >Donatella > > > >http://web.tiscali.it/awebd > > > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > --
