Thank you David, Dan & Morgan,
The video of Paul O'Dette is helpful - I had missed that one. Jacob
Heringman has, it appears, audio only clips on you tube. But I'll look
for Ronn McFarlane's DVD. I happen to like Nigel North's playing very
much, but can't tell from his clips on youtube if he plays thumb under,
over, or a combination of both.
I've sat down with my intstrument, Dave and Dan, and tried your
suggestions. They are quite helpful. Primarily, I think I have to
think about less finger motion and more forearm motion for single line
passages. Paul O'Dette's video does seem to demonstrate this pretty
clearly.
I would certainly like to work with a teacher, Dan, but that may have
to wail until a workshop sometime. The area I live in is remote (150
miles north of the southern-most point of the country). But it is
nevertheless a large metropolitan area - 4.4 million residents. Though
one can find teachers for almost any discipline, and certainly for
almost any musical instrument, lute is (as far as I've been able to
determine) an exception. I've made this plug before, but to repeat: I
know of a professional guitarist here who has successfully designed his
own on-line course of instruction. He has students from all over the
world. This seems a natural thing for a lute teacher. Surely there
aren't many areas of the world where lutenists have waiting lists for
students. But just as surely, there are many areas - such as mine -
where there are no lute teachers to be found. I think it's just a
matter of time before someone will take this step. In the meantime,
I'll be relying on lute-net for technical and musical suggestions.
Thanks to all for your generous help.
Ned
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