Thee are many types of lute beginner... I came from a background of fairly advanced classical guitar, and found lute rather hard.
>From a musical but non-plucked -string background many other skills need to >be learned. I think the Brian Wright tutor might be helpful for you to get the fingers going where they should go http://www.lutesociety.org/uploads/catalogue/Lutecosmos%201.jpg Maybe TOO easy but at least that can be a reassuring thing! Enjoy the journey Tony --- On Mon, 17/6/13, William Samson wrote: > From: William Samson > Subject: [LUTE] Re: From a Beginner... > To: "Steve Acklin" , "[email protected]" > Date: Monday, 17 June, 2013, 19:24 > Hi Steve, > > Fear not! Help is at hand! The > British Lute Society has a good number > of publications of music for renaissance > lute, from absolute beginner > standard all the way up. Here's a > link to their catalogue : > [1]http://www.lutesociety.org/pages/catalogue > > You don't need to be a member to order > them, though members get a > cheaper deal. > > Good luck! > > Bill Samson > From: Steve Acklin > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, 17 June 2013, 19:12 > Subject: [LUTE] Re: From a Beginner... > Greetings once more. > A sincere Thank You to all who replied to > my post. > I've downloaded some things and ordered > more. Was delighted to follow > all the links and see that there is so > much available. > Although I've followed this list for quite > a while, I think it's time > to join up, so I'll do that next. > Thanks once again. > Steve > On Jun 16, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Steve Acklin > wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > In my retirement, I'm teaching myself > renaissance lute. It's > something I've loved all my life. > > > > I am a bassoonist for over 40 years, > so have an idea of what would be > of help now, and that is lots of > elementary music, including fingering, > for practice. > > > > The Lundgren book has been helpful; I > just need more practice > material than it provides. I had a TOUGH > curriculum of bassoon > training, but the Poulton book leaves me > in the dust. > > > > Are the only collections of easy, > progressive music, with fingerings > available from European early music > stores? I've downloaded some > pieces, but I need fingerings for the left > hand. > > > > (Here in the Atlanta area I haven't > had luck finding a private > teacher.) > > > > Thanks for any help. I'm excited > about this. > > > > Steve Acklin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list > information at > > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.lutesociety.org/pages/catalogue > 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
