On May 2, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Craig Allen wrote: > I"ve tried playing the lute standing up without a strap and it's > very difficult for me. So I prefer to sit with a piece of suede > across my knee to keep the lute from slipping.
Me too. I find it difficult to play standing up, in fact I even use a strap when sitting down. But for the purposes of a painting, it's easy enough to pose with a lute standing up. Maybe that's what they were doing in those paintings; although, the lute-playing angels could probably levitate the lute to whatever position they wanted... ;-) ;-) David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
