[LUTE] Re: mics arrived

2007-07-06 Thread chriswilke
Stephen, --- Stephen Arndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Wilke wrote: Don't get me wrong: I'm putting down violinists, or saying that they have an easy task! A Freudian slip? Now, that's not fair! I think it is perfectly clear exactly what I meant - violinists play an

[LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived)

2007-07-06 Thread chriswilke
David, --- LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lutes and guitars _are_ difficult instruments. Guitar pupil of mine of about 12, doing well after three years of lessons, enjoying it and studying regulary at home (!), performed his piece on this year's pupils' night. Congratulations!

[LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived)

2007-07-06 Thread David Rastall
You make it sound as though the piano is easy. I'll tell you what's easy: for guitarists/lutenists to proclaim that their instrument is soo much harder to learn than the piano! Please, you're breaking my heart :-( :-( Do you think piano students don't spend years learning to

[LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived)

2007-07-06 Thread demery
On Fri, Jul 6, 2007, David Rastall [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: You make it sound as though the piano is easy. It was, for Mozart, Lizt etal. For me, well, it was easy to plunk a tune or two, but anything involving both hands, c'est imposible! For me, guitar and woodwinds are the thing. I had

[LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived)

2007-07-06 Thread gary digman
People come up to all the time and ask, Is guitar an easy instrument to play? I answer, Yes, it's the easiest instrument in the world for the first six chords. That's why everyone knows those same six chords. Gary - Original Message - From: LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived)

2007-07-06 Thread David Tayler
I really don't think the lute is particularly difficult :) dt At 07:00 AM 7/6/2007, you wrote: Lutes and guitars _are_ difficult instruments. Guitar pupil of mine of about 12, doing well after three years of lessons, enjoying it and studying regulary at home (!), performed his piece on this

[LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived)

2007-07-06 Thread Roman Turovsky
Especially baroque. RT From: David Tayler [EMAIL PROTECTED] I really don't think the lute is particularly difficult :) dt At 07:00 AM 7/6/2007, you wrote: Lutes and guitars _are_ difficult instruments. Guitar pupil of mine of about 12, doing well after three years of lessons, enjoying

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Gluing the ribs to the bars?

2007-07-06 Thread Dan Larson
At 02:30 AM 7/1/2007, you wrote: I've read differing opinions of whether the ends of a lute belly's bracing bars should be glued to the ribs (thereby adding support and helping to define the shape of the bowl) or not glued as such (leaving the belly more free to vibrate). My experience and

[LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived)

2007-07-06 Thread Edward Martin
Especially late Weiss. A piece of cake. ed At 07:38 PM 7/6/2007 -0400, Roman Turovsky wrote: Especially baroque. RT From: David Tayler [EMAIL PROTECTED] I really don't think the lute is particularly difficult :) dt At 07:00 AM 7/6/2007, you wrote: Lutes and guitars _are_

[LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived)

2007-07-06 Thread Edward Martin
It's so easy, a caveman can do it! At 04:35 PM 7/6/2007 -0700, David Tayler wrote: I really don't think the lute is particularly difficult :) dt Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202 To get on or off this list

[LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived)

2007-07-06 Thread Michael
it's the easiest instrument in the world for the first six chords Six chords??!? I say Fie! on uppity music snobs with their six chords. Why, in my day we got by with just 3, thank you very much. For a while there you could pick up a guitar, learn three chords, start a band, get a recording