I'm with Valery and Ned on this one. Different people are offended by different things - Some hate beginners' hesitancy, mistakes or poor interpretation; Others (myself included) shudder when inauthentic technique is used, no matter how fine the performance. Even subtly inauthentic technique (like thumb-inside for baroque lute, or pinky too far from the bridge) can cause the more sensitive souls among us to take to a darkened room and suck our thumbs.
The great thing is that it's easy to press the 'Stop' button as soon as you realise it's going to bother you. On the plus side, beginners and improvers can get helpful feedback from other musicians. Used this way, it's like a rather chaotic global music school - but still much better than working in isolation. Anyway, like it or not, it's something we have to live with. Bill -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
