>"it's the easiest instrument in the world for the first six chords"
Six chords??!? I say Fie! on uppity music snobs with their six chords. Why, in my day we got by with just 3, thank you very much. For a while there you could pick up a guitar, learn three chords, start a band, get a recording contract, have the band fall apart due to artistic differences, and film the "Where are they now?" show all in one week. 6 chords... hrrmph. - Michael On 7/6/07, gary digman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > People come up to all the time and ask, "Is guitar an easy instrument to > play?" I answer, "Yes, it's the easiest instrument in the world for the > first six chords. That's why everyone knows those same six chords." > > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:00 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived) > > > > Lutes and guitars _are_ difficult instruments. Guitar pupil of mine of > about > > 12, doing well after three years of lessons, enjoying it and studying > > regulary at home (!), performed his piece on this year's pupils' night. > He > > really did well, no obvious mistakes, played through the whole piece > without > > stopping, it was musical, he had some tone and volume. Afterward his > mother > > comes up to me: "Is that all?" She just started on piano and was > > disappointed with her son's result, as she's already doing much better > after > > the few lessons she's had. No wonder, try playing the opening of Fuer > Elise > > without piano lessons, my bet is you'll do fine. Try to do the same on a > > guitar, my bet is that it'll take several years to come anywhere near > the > > percieved perfection and easy of your first try on piano. A piano is, in > the > > first stages, an on-off instrument, whereas on a guitar you'll find a > miriad > > of near hits before the tone is even acceptable. A lute is even harder > to > > play with its double strings, lower string tension and akward shape. > > > > Of course, piano music will be much more complicated for the advanced > > student, so by that time it's a matter of different areas of difficulty. > > And, obviously, the real test of mastering an instrument is being able > to > > express yourself musically on it, not to play the difficult pieces > > technically well, but that's not the argument here. > > > > David - cannot play beyond the opening phrase of Fuer Elise on piano > > > > > > **************************** > > David van Ooijen > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.davidvanooijen.nl > > **************************** > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.10.0/887 - Release Date: 7/5/2007 > 1:55 PM > > > > > > > --
