Worse than what? I play worse than you, but better than I used to! [Insert slyly smirking or winking emoticon of your choice here]
Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: David Tayler [mailto:vidan...@sbcglobal.net] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:56 PM > To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] players getting better--was Trench Fill > > Players getting better: > They are better at everything. > One can of course argue that they are getting worse, or, even worse, > staying exactly the same--those would seem to be the options-- > but I have watched the lute scene now for forty years, and we have > come a long way, we play better, have better musical training, read > continuo, have better instruments and techniques, understand > style--not to say there is not room for improvement > (warning--chart will follow) > When I was playing in the late sixties, there were few or none > continuo players, thumb under players, intruments were pretty bad. > There were some VERY highly trained musicians, but only a very few. > And so on. > But every year, improvements. The improvements did not keep pace with > recorder & keyboard--the recorder players really mastered original > notation, artoculation, and ornamentation--but gradual, visible, > audible improvements. > Hey--who here plays worse, come on, fess up old timers! > dt > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
