Sounds like I'm in good company. I also have an EMS kit that I built a = couple of years ago, with a number of modifications suggested by Ken, = among others (ramped frets, in particular). It plays fairly well, but = I'm also currently building a second, this time from scratch. I hope to = avoid some of the mistakes I made with the kit.
I'm currently playing it in three different settings: a broken consort, = accompanying singers, and an occasional Ren dance band that plays at = local SCA events (I alternate between cittern and serpent for this = group, depending on the piece, which makes for an interesting contrast). I'd be curious if there is any easy/intermediate solo music out there. = I've mostly been just improvising from a bass line, plus a few of the = Morley consort lessons. What I've seen of published solo music = (Robinson, Holborne, ...) tends to be a bit over my head right now. I = could use something a bit less challenging to help develop my technique. Guy To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html<http://www.cs.dart= mouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html> --
