I’m not sure of the value, but I do know that Pat O’B would have some comments on his left hand technique. “Pronate more” and “your 4th finger is stuck in the land where notes don’t live”!!
> On Jul 1, 2015, at 8:49 AM, Rob MacKillop <robmackil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've long thought that there was something missing from the way most of > us learn to play baroque music, whether on lute or guitar. Some of us > have studied figured bass playing, it's something I particularly > enjoyed doing, though I haven't done any for years. But rarely do we > step beyond that practice, and I believe that only a very, very small > percentage of us are happy improvising baroque counterpoint in Dm > tuning. > > I was fascinated to learn that one of my jazz guitar heroes, Steve > Herberman, teaches a class online called Going For Baroque. You have to > buy the class, but an overview video is available: > > [1]http://youtu.be/u9oZ5Us0sfQ > > It would be really interesting to transfer his approach to the Dm lute. > One would really get to know the instrument and tuning well, and > discover many contrapuntal finger movements which could be used in > improvising fugues or dance movements. > > I'd like to know your thoughts after watching the video. > > Rob MacKillop > > [2]www.robmackillop.net > > -- > > References > > 1. http://youtu.be/u9oZ5Us0sfQ > 2. http://www.robmackillop.net/ > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
