Roman Turovsky at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I think - as many do - that it is a good idea to start lute playing >> by a lute in renaissance tuning.
> I disagree emphatically. Weiss and Hagen didn't, and look where it took > them. Well, they're both dead. I can't say for sure they'd still be around if they'd started in renaissance tuning, but who knows? And Shostakovich might have lasted a lot longer if he'd drunk more and smoked less. I've always suspected that he smoked so much because he didn't start in renaissance tuning, but who knows? Very truly yours, Whatsisname
