>A bad player puts people off the instrument and also teaches >you the "wrong" was to play.
I'd agree with the second part of this statement but not with the first as I can remember that many years ago when my technique started to improve a certain professional folk singer, who was my brother-in-law at the time, told me - disapprovingly - that I was turning into a violinist rather than a fiddler. All I was doing was gaining better control of the instrument through applying fundamental techniques "properly". Fiddler = bad violinist? Go figure... Beyond that, I'm not getting involved in the debate/mudslinging this time. chirs To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
