Playing the devil's advocate here, I've always found it hard to believe the best lute player in the world (some must have thought so), Dowland, would change his technique suddenly. Maybe the sources got it wrong or were purposefully misleading? What would be his motivation to change?
Just a sec, let me get my flame shield. On Dec 17, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Martin Eastwell wrote: > I would tend to assume that a player like Dowland would not go off > on a > European tour having just made a major technical change. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html