Sorry! I only modernized the subject of my previous mail... ;-) Arto
On 12/18/2007, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Ron and other lutenists > > On 12/18/2007, "Ron Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I remember the 60's well enough that I still enjoy listening to that > > stuff once in a while. > > Yep! John Mayall's Bluesbreaker's "Crusade" was the bible of our > blues band in school times... And our pieces lasted at least as long as > Butterfield Blues Band's "East-West"... ;-) But I wasn't really a > guitar hero, only a wannabe guitar hero. Back to lutes: It really was a > kind of return to those days when I started playing continuo - after > years of classical guitar and "ready made" lute pieces! With continuo > playing you once again had to invent the music by yourself. With ready > made pieces you first "cannot", and then some day you perhaps "can" > play them. But continuo is always continuo; it may be bad some day and > better another day, perhaps even good sometimes, but it always IS > continuo, it is YOUR music! :-) > > I strongly suggest all you lutenists reading this list: Start playing > continuo! It is hard, really hard, in the beginning, but it is worth of > all the troubles! > > All the best, > > Arto > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
