Dear Ron, Just a short note in support of your point: as I am sure you will remember, the lute instructions in the Petrucci prints are entitled 'Regole per quelli che non sanno cantare' - i.e. for those who don't know how to sing. Petrucci and his lutenist contributors clearly expected to sell copies to amateur players without formal musical skills.
Best wishes, Denys -----Original Message----- From: Ron Andrico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 May 2008 14:30 To: Rob MacKillop Cc: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: new piece of the month Dear Rob: Sorry for the delay in response to your comments. I wish I had more time. I'll try to offer some clarity to my prior post. > 1. How can you say that you 'can state this without reservation' that> 'everyone in the sixteenth century who was fortunate enough to lay hands on> a lute was first taught to sing'? Everyone? But I'm being picky. You> probably mean 'most people'? Impossible to know for sure. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html