Thanks Bend! Im so concerned about my left hand getting tied in knots, and keep figuring that Ill apply myself to the right hand later.
I see increasingly that this isnt the right way; it certainly isnt meditation, which is my motivation in this. So thanks for the links. Its reminded me of the whole reason Im doing this. Steve P.S. One of my very favorite bassoon players plays, the elegant, wonderful Luc Loubry, plays in Brussels and in the National Orchestra there. Maybe you can get a chance to see him there sometime. On Jun 18, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Bernd Haegemann wrote: > > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Betreff: Re: [LUTE] From a Beginner. > Datum: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:27:26 +0200 > Von: Bernd Haegemann <[email protected]> > An: Steve Acklin <[email protected]> > > Dear Steve, > > good to hear that you got some useful answers! > And good to know that you have a dream! > > Here is a little video about the picking technique on a lute. > Do yourself a favour and do a LOT of work in the beginning on that sort > of stuff. > Just open strings, making a "good sound" meditation daily. > Slow melodies. > > (I am a sinner: having been a good guitar player I started with difficult > lute pieces and it > then took me years to get a good tone.. That's so stupid! :-) > > So here a little exercise with the lute still in its box: > > http://youtu.be/eAiLytW3Dzs > > > David also recorded all of these pieces > > > 70 Easy to Intermediate Pieces for Renaissance Lute (The Lute Society Music > Editions, 2009) > > here: > > http://www.youtube.com/user/LuteLessons > > > Perhaps you should skype with some more experienced player juts to have a > look whether you get the > beginnings right? > > best wishes! > Bernd > > www.lute-academy.be > > > > > > Am 17.06.2013 23:22, schrieb Steve Acklin: >> >> Heres a little story. Sorry if its wordy: >> >> A musician couple I know told me that when they were young they went to an >> Amyway presentation. The presenter asked them to imagine all the things that >> they would like to have, presumably bought with the piles of money they were >> going to make selling Amway. >> >> My pianist friend said that the thing he remembers wanting most was to be >> able to play the Rachmaninov 2nd piano concerto. >> >> What I would love in my life now, more than about anything else, would be to >> be able to play the Fantasia, P.1, of John Dowland. I cant imagine it >> getting better than that. >> >> Now its time to work. >> >> Thanks again you all. Seriously. >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > > --
