Re: peripheral vision

i put little white dabs of fingernail polish on the neck of my fretless oud where frets would be (real men use "pearl bliss") to indicate if i'm still in tune. i refer to them constantly out of the corner of my eye - especially when singing and playing at the same time - and would miss them if the

Re: McFarlane Workshop in Durham NC

> Better barbeque is at Palisades Park, NJ. One would have to move to Korea > for one better. > RT Not sure what you define as Palisades Park, It is both a place and an area. Just north of the GW Bridge, under the Palisades, you'll see a bit of land that sets level with the river. In the late thir

Re: Lute playing in 2004.

Vance, I think you are on target although you may be implying some blame to the high tech and mechanized society that may not be valid. I'll stick my neck out and say that I lay some blame on the G.I. Bill after WWII. The law of unintended consequences. A good idea, to educate those who had lost f

Re: peripheral vision

Peter, I used to think I used peripheral vision a lot for years and I always put myself on my singers' right so I could see them and my left hand in the same glance. Recently, however, a singer said she heard me better on my right so I'm looking at my left hand much less. It feels different bu

Re: McFarlane Workshop in Durham NC

Better barbeque is at Palisades Park, NJ. One would have to move to Korea for one better. RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv > Better barbecue though... > - Original Message -=20 > From: Vance Wood=20 > To: lute list

peripheral vision

Dear All, Periodically, I've been wondering how big a role peripheral vision plays, if any, in the accuracy of left hand position changes. Observing myself suggests that paying more attention to peripheral vision helps, but the trouble with self-observation of course is that it may be self-fulfil

Re: McFarlane Workshop in Durham NC

Better barbecue though... - Original Message -=20 From: Vance Wood=20 To: lute list=20 Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 7:30 AM Subject: Re: McFarlane Workshop in Durham NC Note below in original post. Subject: McFarlane Work

Faria lute ? yes.

Hi All, I have received a lot of e-mails, suggentions, in response to my question, and I think I got enough information to draw a positive conclusion. I highly appreciate your help, both in regard to Faria lute as well as recommendations for other lutes. I didn't reply to all the people but I am

Re: Faria lute ?

Dear Marta, In reply to your mail, I would like to say that I´m about to receive a Faria´s renaissance 8c lute, which I´m anxiously waiting for. This is because I´m using one of his lutes, borrowed from my teacher, and I´m very pleased with it (it has a great sound and it´s very well-built). I

Re: Lute playing in 2004.

(...whew ...) - are musicians - amateur or otherwise - more likely to top themselves than anyone else? if so, are they more prone to do so now than they would have done a few hundred years ago? off-hand, i'd say no to both. - in one sense ("been there, done that") people who are concerned with

Re: Lute playing in 2004.

Dear Herbert: IMHO most of the suicide rate is related to the fact that most young adult males feel it is incumbent upon them to make a lot of money when in fact their heart's desire to do something else. The idea of craftsmanship and doing what your guts tell you, you were born to do, are of suc

Lute playing in 2004.

I've read that the suicide rate has quadrupled in the past 60 years for young adult males, (and doubled for females). For example, in the paragraph "Suicide" in the section "Prevalence" in this Surgeon General's report: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/chapter3/sec5.html I've

Re: McFarlane Workshop in Durham NC

Note below in original post. Subject: McFarlane Workshop in Durham NC This means North Carolina(USA). Pretty enough place but not the UK with its history and architecture. VW - Original Message - From: "Ron Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: