Especially baroque. RT From: "David Tayler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I really don't think the lute is particularly difficult.... :) > dt > > > > At 07:00 AM 7/6/2007, you wrote: >>Lutes and guitars _are_ difficult instruments. Guitar pupil of mine of >>about >>12, doing well after three years of lessons, enjoying it and studying >>regulary at home (!), performed his piece on this year's pupils' night. He >>really did well, no obvious mistakes, played through the whole piece >>without >>stopping, it was musical, he had some tone and volume. Afterward his >>mother >>comes up to me: "Is that all?" She just started on piano and was >>disappointed with her son's result, as she's already doing much better >>after >>the few lessons she's had. No wonder, try playing the opening of Fuer >>Elise >>without piano lessons, my bet is you'll do fine. Try to do the same on a >>guitar, my bet is that it'll take several years to come anywhere near the >>percieved perfection and easy of your first try on piano. A piano is, in >>the >>first stages, an on-off instrument, whereas on a guitar you'll find a >>miriad >>of near hits before the tone is even acceptable. A lute is even harder to >>play with its double strings, lower string tension and akward shape. >> >>Of course, piano music will be much more complicated for the advanced >>student, so by that time it's a matter of different areas of difficulty. >>And, obviously, the real test of mastering an instrument is being able to >>express yourself musically on it, not to play the difficult pieces >>technically well, but that's not the argument here. >> >>David - cannot play beyond the opening phrase of Fuer Elise on piano >> >> >>**************************** >>David van Ooijen >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>www.davidvanooijen.nl >>**************************** >> >> >> >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com
