Yes that's exactly North Korean kids. I have never seen any Japanese kids like a North Korean.
********************************************* Toshiaki Kakinami E-mail : [email protected] Blog : http://kakitoshilute.blogspot.com ********************************************* -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Mast Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 7:53 PM To: Eugene Kurenko Cc: Martin Shepherd; Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Renaissance lute & string length Yes, Eugene, these are the ones, from North Korea (not China or Japan). On Aug 20, 2011, at 3:19 AM, Eugene Kurenko wrote: > Maybe thees north korean guitar kids: > > [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG_dQC-cnk > > [2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSedE5sU3uc > > 2011/8/20 Edward Mast <[3][email protected]> > > A friend just sent me a youtube showing 5 very young children > (Chinese or Japanese?) performing as an ensemble. They were playing > full sized guitars (none of this Suzuki 1/4 or 1/2 size for them!) > which were bigger than they were. With their very small hands they > were able to get around the fingerboard quite well, including > chords. I think this shows that, starting at a young age, one can > adapt to whatever size instrument he/she plays. And I think it was > common for musicians during the Renaissance to begin music studies > at a young age. So, no problem for them playing the longer string > length instruments - even if they were generally of smaller stature > than we are today - I would guess. > >> >> > To get on or off this list see list information at > [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG_dQC-cnk > 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSedE5sU3uc > 3. mailto:[email protected] > 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
