Hi- Not sure why you wouldnt belive me. Just because the baroque lute has more strings doesn't automaticly make it harder to play. If that were true the piano would be the most difficult of all. I played ren lute for years as well as classical guitar (still do play the guitar). I would always rather play an open bass than a fretted note. Its simply less to do physicaly. My left hand always gets -so- tired with the ren lut and guitar, but never so with the baroque lute.(a major exception would be Falckenhagen's all keys prelude).
-Sterling ----- Original Message ---- From: brentlynk <[email protected]> To: sterling price <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Sun, July 17, 2011 9:26:47 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Mace Hi, Sterling and Ed, Part of me wants to believe you when you say baroque lute is easier, and I do recall having read that...the chords do seem easier than chord fingerings in renaissance tuning. However, part of me is wondering if you are kidding me? :-) If you are, I think it's great and I don't mind a bit... Warm regards, Brent ----- Original Message ---- From: sterling price <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, July 17, 2011 1:19:58 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace You couldn't get better encouragement than from Mace. He tells how 'easy' the Baroque lute is compared to those of the past. Good luck. Mace is absolutely right about this. Much easier.... -Sterling Price On Jul 17, 2011, at 2:25 AM, brentlynk wrote: I am just about to get started on the baroque lute and any informed guidance will be welcomed and appreciated... Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [1]http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ [2]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- References 1. http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/ 2. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
