Damn, I'm caught! ..And do enjoy a good teasing. The essence of my past point is that organological relationships are not like biological relationships and organological concepts are not subject to the restrictions of biological inheritance. ...But then again, I also freely admit to being a subaltern hominid.
Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 11:55 AM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players > > Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > > I don't mind adding a few words of explanation to "standard" if the > context > > seems to call for it. ...And I don't even mind being referred to as a > > "subaltern" hominid. I do like lutes and kin, after all. > > > > Eugene > > > > > > > Eugene!! You just said the k word!...kin (...close to the f > word....family) > > > > > (In case that sentence is wholly impenetrable: I'm just teasing (or > trying to) Eugene because he's been very insistent in the past that we > should not talk about musical instruments in terms of 'family') > > > Stuart > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > >> Behalf Of Stuart Walsh > >> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 10:41 AM > >> To: Eugene C. Braig IV > >> Cc: simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute Players > >> > >> Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > >> > >>> Au contraire, my dear Stuart. I am stereotypically left-handed and > play > >>> standard instruments. I don't believe there is necessarily anything > >>> inherently naturally left-handed about placing the neck of a > chordophone > >>> > >> in > >> > >>> the right hand...or right-handed about placing it in the left. Both > >>> > >> your > >> > >>> hands are rather busy with relatively complicated and strictly > >>> > >> anthropogenic > >> > >>> tasks in plucked music. Being so very left-handed, I refuse to refer > to > >>> > >> the > >> > >>> instruments I play as "right-handed" but prefer "standard." Allegedly > >>> left-handed instruments I call "reverse to standard." Your vocabulary > >>> > >> may > >> > >>> differ without shame. > >>> > >>> > >> I always enjoy these discussions of handedness! If you were asked to > >> explain what you meant by 'standard' in this context...? And isn't > there > >> something subaltern in being 'not standard' or 'reverse to standard', > >> whether it's the instrument or the hominid who plays it? > >> > >> > >> Stuart > >> > >> > >>> Eugene > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > >>>> Behalf Of Stuart Walsh > >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:31 AM > >>>> To: simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk > >>>> Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > >>>> Subject: [LUTE] Re: The Worshipful Company of Left-Handed Lute > Players > >>>> > >>>> simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Sent to the list on behalf of Chris Goodwin, the Secretary of the > >>>>> (UK-based) Lute Society: > >>>>> > >>>>> Dear all > >>>>> > >>>>> THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF LEFT-HANDED LUTE PLAYERS > >>>>> > >>>>> At the recent Annual General Meeting of the Lute Society the view > was > >>>>> expressed that not enough is done for left-handed players, > especially > >>>>> beginners or prospective players; perhaps The Lute Society should > even > >>>>> acquire a left-handed hire lute. > >>>>> > >>>>> A good first step would be to establish a list, network, or database > >>>>> > >> of > >> > >>>>> left-handed players. > >>>>> > >>>>> Would any left-handed players care to contact the Lute Society > >>>>> Secretary, lute...@aol.com, for their names to go on a contact list? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> I suppose people like me, who are left-handed, but play right- > handedly, > >>>> would not be possible members of the worshipful company? > >>>> (and it serves us right for betraying our essential sinistrality) > >>>> > >>>> Stuart > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> best wishes > >>>>> Chris Goodwin > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> To get on or off this list see list information at > >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >> > > > > > > > >
