Lutes have dynamics to my ear. When I practice, I play the same passage a different volume levels. Lutes can also say the words, but this is difficult to describe, though easy to demonstrate. Normally I start by memorizing the poem, then reciting using rhetoric, then I practice making the sounds of the lute mesh with the colors and accents of the words. Learning the poem definitely creates an audible difference. dt
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