Dear All, A word of advice from one of the 'old ones:'
'Neither would I have thee thinke that in this that I detract from the other differing ways, which other men do use, not unfitly, so that there be reason for them, and an easy gracefulnesse in them. For a man may come to the same place divers ways, and that sweet Harmony of the Lute (the habit whereof wee doe daily affect with so great travaile) may strike our eares with an elegant delighte, though the hand be diversly applied.' >From 'Necessarie observations belonging to the lute, and lute playing' John Baptisto Besardo, translated by John Dowland, A Varietie of lute lessons, London, 1610. Best wishes, Denys -----Original Message----- From: David Rastall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 December 2007 15:51 To: Martin Eastwell Cc: Martyn Hodgson; Martin Shepherd; Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: RH on the bridge? On Dec 15, 2007, at 10:19 AM, Martin Eastwell wrote: > I > make a point of talking about historical RH techniques at some point, > and have quite often encountered surprise and even hostility from > students because what I was suggesting flew in the face of the > teachings or performing practice of their favourite lute "guru". Then the "guru's" are wrong. The teachings and performance practices of the Old Ones are what we should be studying, and alas, this goes against what we learn from the "gurus" who have invented this hybrid thumb-in / thumb-out thing because they themselves can't handle the way the lute was played in the old days. Yes, we are going to have to drastically re-evaluate our ideas of what kind of sound the Old Ones were actually going for! My $0.02 DR [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
