Especially late Weiss. A piece of cake. ed
At 07:38 PM 7/6/2007 -0400, Roman Turovsky wrote: >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 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.0/887 - Release Date: 7/5/2007 >1:55 PM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
