Stephen,
You've hit the nail on the head as far as lute tutors. I never
used a method book. Instead, I sought out some very good teachers.
Even though I would often drive for hours to take a lesson, I was
fortunate to live so close to people who knew what they were doing.
On Thu, May 21, 2009, chriswi...@yahoo.com said:
here's 150 pieces, including virtuoso fantasias by Dowland and Milano;
Some of that is useful, both as a challenge, and giving notes to what you
have memorized from recordings. Also, often times its what makes the book
interesting to a
A major problem is that those who would do this best are struggling to
stay awake at the wheel as they drive from one gig to another, paying
bills and eating the small profits.
Frederick Noads books for Guitar come to mind,
The lute world has great performers. The lute world has great
Have you ever heard of Pat O'Brien?
RT
From: angevin...@att.net
The lute world has great performers. The lute world has great teachers
for those in the more advanced states of learning. What the lute world
lacks is a great pedagogue. Some one with the depth of teaching
experience and
Roman,
Pat is indeed a great pedagogue, but only available regularly to
those in NYC. Word has it that he's been working on a method book for
the past 30 years or so. No plans for release in the foreseeable
future, (or ever?) I'm afraid.
Chris
--- On Thu, 5/21/09,
Not only great, but often called to undo damage inflicted by supposedly
greater pedagogues.
RT
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From: chriswi...@yahoo.com
To: angevin...@att.net; lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu;
Roman Turovsky r.turov...@verizon.net
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 12:29
On May 21, 2009, at 12:02 PM, angevin...@att.net wrote:
The lute world has great performers. The lute world has great
teachers
for those in the more advanced states of learning. What the lute
world
lacks is a great pedagogue. Some one with the depth of teaching
experience and knowledge
I don't really disagree with any of this. But just because lute
method books are not adequate in and of themselves without some
form of guided instruction from a teacher, does NOT mean that they
would not be of benefit, even very great benefit, to people between
their lessons 2 or 3 times a year.
I think there is a shortage of great teachers, but there is a basic
inherent problem in the lute world in the larger sense that will defeat
any attempt at a systematic attempt to raise the universal level of
play, which is the adoption of standard music practices. Change will
have
