Yeah, but he had good taste in music. I had three of his books. On Dec 17, 2013, at 2:19 AM, Tobiah <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/16/2013 08:55 AM, Sean Smith wrote: >> >> What? No love for Frederick Noad's, The Renaissance Guitar? > > That book and others put me off of the Renaissance because I found that > most of the pieces, though simple enough looking, were full > of awkward fingerings that took more effort to master then > was worth the underlying music. Later, perusing Ness' Frank book, > and working out the tuning, I found that I could go back to > the Noad with the 3rd down a half-step and have a much better time > of it. It also caused me to lament that the grand staff had not > originally been chosen for the guitar. Someone had a fetish for > ledger lines, I suppose. > > Toby > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ --
