Joseph, you are not a bad player at all - I liked what I heard in Cleveland. And, slower does NOT mean worse.
ed At 02:04 PM 2/3/2009 -0500, Mayes wrote: >OK Guilty as charged! I play worse. I find that the older I get - the faster >I was. > >Joseph Mayes > > >On 2/3/09 1:55 PM, "David Tayler" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Players getting better: > > They are better at everything. > > One can of course argue that they are getting worse, or, even worse, > > staying exactly the same--those would seem to be the options-- > > but I have watched the lute scene now for forty years, and we have > > come a long way, we play better, have better musical training, read > > continuo, have better instruments and techniques, understand > > style--not to say there is not room for improvement > > (warning--chart will follow) > > When I was playing in the late sixties, there were few or none > > continuo players, thumb under players, intruments were pretty bad. > > There were some VERY highly trained musicians, but only a very few. > > And so on. > > But every year, improvements. The improvements did not keep pace with > > recorder & keyboard--the recorder players really mastered original > > notation, artoculation, and ornamentation--but gradual, visible, > > audible improvements. > > Hey--who here plays worse, come on, fess up old timers! > > dt > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.17/1931 - Release Date: 01/30/09 >17:31:00 Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202
