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

2007-07-09 Thread gary digman
Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived) Thanks to the genius of that cave man here we are plucking away. Gary - Original Message - From: Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gary digman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re

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

2007-07-08 Thread gary digman
Thanks to the genius of that cave man here we are plucking away. Gary - Original Message - From: Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gary digman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived) As I said, it's so easy

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

2007-07-07 Thread David Tayler
It's all relative. I just think that the demands made on a professional lute player, and by that I mean someone who only plays concerts, no teaching, no job, etc--just concerts-- are less than a person in the same position on piano, organ, violin, cello, etc. For example, there are no lute

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

2007-07-07 Thread Martin Shepherd
David Tayler wrote: It's all relative. I just think that the demands made on a professional lute player, and by that I mean someone who only plays concerts, no teaching, no job, etc--just concerts-- are less than a person in the same position on piano, organ, violin, cello, etc. Does such

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

2007-07-07 Thread LGS-Europe
Martin professional lute player, and Does such a person exist? .. Martin - who is thinking again about doing some recording, inspired by David's recent experiments Good, if nothing else, than at least I have achieved that. Go for it, Martin, it's so much fun to do! I consider myself a

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

2007-07-07 Thread gary digman
Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived) 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. He

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

2007-07-07 Thread gary digman
I find Terzi quite challenging. Gary - Original Message - From: David Tayler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 11:14 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived) It's all relative. I just think that the demands

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

2007-07-07 Thread Narada
Hendrix's 'Voodoo Chile' was a wheeze, it's those chord 'shapes' ya know, just the Wah wah I can't handle. ( Big Grin ) NW -Original Message- From: gary digman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 July 2007 13:49 To: lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived) I find

[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
-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:00 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute is hard (was: mics arrived) 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

[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] 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
is hard (was: mics arrived) 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. He really did well, no obvious mistakes