>Yeah, but he had good taste in music. I had three of his books. Absolutely. It was a real intro into some good Renaissance music at the time.
Allan >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/ > > > > > >--
