I compare it to those of my Hebrew students who try to get into Latin or Greek at the same time. My general advice is: Have a try, you will either get crazy or you are a genius.
Of course you can learn playing techniques of renaissance and baroque lutes by applying thumb out to both. But what about learning the fingerboard by heart and playing from score (which I'd expect from a student who really wants to learn it)? You have a hard time in attempting to not confuse things in thought and practice. What about the varying musical concepts (say, of Robert Dowland as opposed to Logy) to be conveyed in playing? - No, if I could turn back time, I should again do it the way I did: First take the renaissance lute, learn and practise, and later add the baroque lute. "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I believe this would be possible if the student was using thumb out a la Varietie of > Lute Lessons on the Renaissance lute as opposed to the thumb under so popular today. > If this were the case all that would be necessary would be adapting to the > additional strings. However, if the other were true it could be a long and > confusing ordeal. If the student came to the Lute by way of the classical guitar > then the process would probably not be a great deal more than learning the > additional strings, a slight change of right hand position and of > course--------------losing the finger nails. > > Vance Wood. >> From: "Daniel Shoskes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> 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. -- Cheers, Mathias Mathias Roesel, Grosze Annenstrasze 5, 28199 Bremen, Deutschland/ Germany, T/F +49 - 421 - 165 49 97, Fax +49 1805 060 334 480 67, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
