IMHO, I find the ornaments - both the interpretation as well as their execution
- devilishly difficult for the french baroque lute... at least to the point of
making them sound elegant and effortless. I think there are subtleties with
baroque lute that create challenges. Ren & Baroque both challenging to do well,
but for very different reasons. It is almost comparing apples to oranges (...to
inject an over-used cliche).
trj
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From: Daniel Shoskes <kidneykut...@gmail.com>
To: brentlynk <brentl...@bellsouth.net>
Cc: sterling price <spiffys84...@yahoo.com>; lute <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sun, Jul 17, 2011 1:38 pm
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace
I think with the Ren lute it is easier to play a reasonable beginner
piece more quickly than with the baroque lute. Once the right hand
thumb gets trained on the baroque lute, then I think it is the easier
instrument for medium and high difficulty works. It's really a case of
what is more difficult for you and the size of your hands and fingers:
scrunched together left hand chords on the Ren lute or a flying right
hand thumb (with or without damping) on the baroque lute.
Danny
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 11:26 AM, brentlynk
<[1]brentl...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Hi, Sterling and Ed,
Part of me wants to believe you when you say baroque lute is easier,
and I do
recall having read that...the chords do seem easier than chord
fingerings in
renaissance tuning. However, part of me is wondering if you are
kidding me? :-)
If you are, I think it's great and I don't mind a bit...
Warm regards,
Brent
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From: sterling price <[2]spiffys84...@yahoo.com>
To: [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sun, July 17, 2011 1:19:58 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace
You couldn't get better encouragement than from Mace. He tells how
'easy' the Baroque lute is compared to those of the past.
Good luck.
Mace is absolutely right about this. Much easier....
-Sterling Price
On Jul 17, 2011, at 2:25 AM, brentlynk wrote:
I am just about to get started on the baroque lute and any
informed
guidance
will be welcomed and appreciated...
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
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