Anthony Hind
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:55:15 -0800
Rob
Had I wanted to do a Schuman on you, I would have suggested this
contraption,
http://tinyurl.com/2uv88o
However, I was addressing Alan Hoyle, who is no beginner in a hurry
to make progress, but apparently in a similar state to how I was,
struggling not to go backwards.
" In some cases,
it's simply a matter of stiffer joints lacking the necessary
nimbleness; but
I think that there is something else: perhaps the muscle-memory is less
efficient in a 60 year-old than one half his age."
The Gripmaster could only help with the first half of this sentence.
I agree with the second part and can see no cure for that except more
exercises on the lute.
Nevertheless, to be positive, I regularly see a man of seventy, who
as a Doctor had little time to play while he had his practise, but
since retirement he now puts in five hours a day.
I have definitely seen him improve in the last two years. Yet, he
tells me he has never done a lute exercise in his life.
Regards
Anthony
Le 26 fevr. 08 =E0 14:18, Rob MacKillop a ecrit :
> OK, Anthony. I'm sure you are sensitive to what is required, and I
> am pleased that you are finding progress and improvement. Others
> might not be so - dare I say - intelligent in their use of it,
> especially younger students hoping to play fast.
>
> The ghost of Schumann enters Stage Left...
>
> Rob
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