The advice on playing chords (griffes) in Robt.Dowland's "Varietie of Lute Lessons" is excellent. I play them through the circle of fourths. Ortiz' "Tratado", Ganassi's "Fontegara" and Christopher Simpson's "Division Viol" all contain divisions which can be played as exercises through the circle of fourths. Albert Reyerman's Tree Editions publishes a great set of exercises for the right hand by Anton Hoger(umlaut over the "o") titled, "Renaissance Lauten Technik 55 Ubungen Fur Die Rechte Hand". Playing selected short phrases from pieces by your favorite composer in different keys and altering the phrases to fit different harmonies is a great execise. And of course scales are always good.
Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lutelist" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:44 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: warm ups > > Dear Alan, > > I don't really know of sources of excercise material for lute. I've > seen books for guitar like Pumping Nylon but they don't translate well > for lute. Just try selling a book called Pumping Gut. > > The best practice materials I've found were to work on trebles. Various > pros like Paul O'Dette and Ronn MacFarlane advocate getting the upper > parts of treble-ground duets and using them to build up various > strengths of concentration, hands and musicianship. > > The bonus is that you have material to play w/ when you get together > with other luters. > > Sean > > > On Nov 21, 2006, at 6:00 AM, Alan Barnosky wrote: > > > I am relatively new to renaissance lute (Well, about two years, but > > only been playing it on and off) and am looking for the best exercises > > out there! I am a former classical guitarist and therefore very hung > > up on technique and tone. > > > > Anyone care to share their favoirte warm ups, technical excersies, > > etc. to help out the rest of us (or at least me..)? Thanks! > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Sponsored Link > > > > Mortgage rates near 39yr lows. $510,000 Mortgage for $1,698/mo - > > Calculate new house payment > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.13/546 - Release Date: 11/22/2006 9:01 AM > >
