Ya?!?!? ;D
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nancy Carlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So what did he have to say about the French baroque repertoire?? > Nancy > > > At 03:29 PM 2/23/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >--- Benjamin Narvey > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, I use a marker but only colour in about 2 > > > inches of string towards the > > > middle of the diapason (i.e., well past the first > > > nut). > > > > >Benjamin, > > > > > > I have tried marking my strings exactly where you > >have done so, but found that it does me little good. > >I used to keep trying to look for the marks with my > >peripheral vision, but that's not so accurate for me. > >Now I don't bother with marks at all and find that I > >do fairly well - mostly I come so close to the actual > >string that I intended to hit that I'm usually only a > >step or two off in either direction. I figure that's > >so darn close that it pretty much counts as the right > >note anyway... (I want to say that I'm joking about > >that, but its getting uncomfortably close to the truth > >for me!) > > > > > I'm jealous that you got to see PO - why was he > > > marking up his lute in the > > > concert?! > > > > > > >POD played baroque lute on this concert - all Bach > >except for one Weiss suite. He mentioned that he had > >found the 13 course lute quite an adjustment. Just > >before the last piece, his arrangement of the first > >solo violin sonata, BWV 1001, he took out a couple of > >different colored markers and began to mark his bass > >strings. I was surprised to see him doing this in > >concert as if he needed some special marks for that > >piece. I meant to ask him about it after the concert, > >but our brief conversation strayed to his thoughts on > >the French baroque lute repertoire instead. > > > > > >Chris > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > Nancy Carlin Associates > P.O. Box 6499 > Concord, CA 94524 USA > phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 > web site - www.nancycarlinassociates.com > Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA > web site - http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org > > -- >
