It depends on who is playing :-) But seriously I never heard the lute would be used in that context. Although it could be very smoothing ...
Happy new year to all of you Thomas > >It heals me. > >On Jan 3, 2006, at 5:29 AM, Charles Browne wrote: > >> I gather that the Harp, among other >> instruments, is often used because of its particular properties. I >> wondered >> whether the lute would be similarly useful. Has anybody on the list >> experience >> of this? > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
