Well first of all he plays over the rose. And he stops the basses so fast that one can't hear them. Sterling
--- Arto Wikla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 18 September 2007 15:21, henk wrote: > > .[..] I went to a concert [...] given by Hopkinson > > Smith [...]. Although I was sitting in the third > row I > > could almost hear nothing of what he was playing > [...] > > I have the same experience of nearly silence in > Hopkinson Smith's > concert. That time it was a renaissance lute. As > beautiful as it may > be, lute playing could not have been so quiet in the > 16th and 17th > centuries... > > Opinions of that? > > All the best, > > Arto > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz