> On 08/20/2013 01:22 AM, William Samson wrote: > > Interesting new study showing that visual cues are more important that > > the sound of a performance in how people judge it: > > There must be some truth to it. For instance, I find it difficult to watch this performer: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d44jKuw3Nlw > > The unwarranted and discomforting 'passion' in his face is enough to usurp any > beauty I might have otherwise found in his music.
One of the reasons why the lute and other string instruments were considered superior to, say, wind instruments in the 17th and 18th centuries was that lute players weren't forced to contort their faces (as is someone who blows into a flute). Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
