> A major problem is that those who would do this best are struggling to > stay awake at the wheel as they drive from one gig to another, paying > bills and eating the small profits. > > Frederick Noads books for Guitar come to mind,
The lute world has great performers. The lute world has great teachers for those in the more advanced states of learning. What the lute world lacks is a great pedagogue. Some one with the depth of teaching experience and knowledge to put together the graded series of method books that would enable lute learning to become available to many, instead of the diehard dedicated few. But indeed, perhaps there is no market. And perhaps what market there might be has grown to expect all their lute music on line and for free.... Suzanne To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
