You could always try a gut bucket:-) Only one string to deal with and no frets to complicate choosing the right temperament (although I did see one last summer that had three strings).
Guy -----Original Message----- From: wi...@cs.helsinki.fi [mailto:wi...@cs.helsinki.fi] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:40 PM To: luteplay...@googlemail.com; jel...@cox.net Cc: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst! On 1/18/2009, "Rob MacKillop" <luteplay...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Oh, they are all the same...lutes, guitars, vihuelas, ukuleles - just > put your fingers where the tab tells you to, and hope for the best. I > can't play any wind instruments (I faint) and I can't for the life of > me understand the supposed logic of a keyboard. My job at Queen > Margaret University allows me access to all sorts of instruments. We > have at home just now a very expensive Roland sythesiser, with an > unbelievable number of sounds. I tried playing it for an hour - almost > went insane. Picked up my ukulele - ah, Heaven! Having only 4 courses/strings is a bless! With my ren. guitar - 4 courses - for ex. - the key doesn't matter much. The more courses, the more problems... :-) Best luck! And I guess simplicity will win the complexity... ;-) Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
