On May 1, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: > Or exactly the opposite- that the ability to sing was far from > prevalent.
Or possibly: even though many people had been given vocal training as children, the ability to sing well was far from prevalent. (In the same way, perhaps, a large number of children are given piano lessons today as "part of the culture," but that doesn't mean that we're a nation of good pianists.) DR [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
