I'm a guitarist (blues rock). Lute being very much my second instrument. Neil
-----Original Message----- From: Christopher Stetson [mailto:cstet...@email.smith.edu] Sent: 19 January 2009 14:33 To: Lute List ((E-mail)) Subject: [LUTE] Re: 'notable composers (lute, vihuela and guitar)' Hi, all, In answer to Edward's question, I started on guitar (Delta blues, as a matter of fact), moved to lute, then back to guitar, with mandolin thrown in. Right now I play mainly guitar, several styles, but I'm currently mostly interested in turn of the century (19th to 20th) American guitar and early Hawaiian guitar. My lute interest right now is largely vicarious; my instrument needs some work. I also play shamisen, sanxian, and gu qin (for which I envy your Singapore location!) for the pluckies, and some Asian flutes. Chris. >>> "Edward C. Yong" <ky...@pacific.net.sg> 1/19/2009 3:05 AM >>> On 19 Jan 2009, at 6:33 AM, howard posner wrote: > > On Jan 18, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Mayes, Joseph wrote: > >> I don't know why the world of classical guitar is of such >> interest to >> this list > > Perhaps because 90% of us are or have been classical guitarists? I'd be really interested to know how many on the lute list are also guitarists or have been at some time. Not disputing Mr Posner's statistic, but merely curious. I started off on lute, without ever having touched guitar before, and even now if I ever have to twiddle on a guitar, I have to mentally play the 'ok, everything is a minor third lower) game. Anyone else *not* a guitar player? Edward in Singapore To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
