On Feb 6, 2009, at 7:11 PM, jsl...@verizon.net wrote: > Isn't it possible that playing several plucked instruments can be > mutually reinforcing? If I spend all day playing the vihuela, won't > that improve my lute playing? If I work on achieving perfect, > pearl-like tones on my six-course, won't that improve my tone on > the > ten-course? If I learn to play the bass strings on my baroque lute, > won't that help me on the theorbo basses? If I learn to play > continuo > on the theorbo, won't that make me a better all-round musician?
Agreed. Absolutely. The lute world consists of a diversity of instruments, and off-hand I can't think of any professional virtuosi who have confined themselves to just one of them. My point is that I don't think their virtuosity has been diminished by the variety of instruments they have recorded on. Davidr dlu...@verizon.net -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
