In the October 2003 "Lute News" there is an interview with Bob Barto in which he says he started playing the Renaissance and Baroque lutes at the same time. Is this common? How difficult is it to learn the playing styles and right hand positions simultaneously? For those of you who regularly play both, did you learn them together and if not, how staggered were they?
My own perspective is that of an amateur beginner learning on the Renaissance lute, but I am very interested in eventually playing Baroque (solo) as well.
