The other approach has been through the NY continuo collective (<http://www.continuony.org>) which throws a bunch of experienced and novice players into the continuo pit together. I think Lucas Harris also runs a Toronto Continuo collective. The NY web site has several didactic and practical files for download.
My first archlute should be coming at the end of next month and I am preparing to immerse. I take comfort in the fact that as long as you get the bass notes right, while your fellow performers may notice errors in realization, I am sure that 90%+ of the audience won't! DS On Jul 29, 2007, at 5:26 AM, LGS-Europe wrote: >> sure. So...why don't all the main baroque orchestras take on an >> apprentice >> (theorbo/archlute/harpsichord, etc)? They might be able to raise >> finances > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
