if it is for easy pieces to play or re-work basic technique I found Lynda Says quarterly advice quite useful and the higher numbers are not so easy either:
https://www.lutesociety.org/pages/beginners Further there's a list of tentative "grades" of difficulty of lute pieces, not everybody feels the same as we all have different difficulties but nice to go through https://www.lutesociety.org/pages/towards-lute-grades Best wishes Jürgen ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Sunday, March 22, 2020 5:23 AM, Sean Smith <lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Both faves and we're lucky to have them. > I know you like finding hidden things, Tristan. Go to the really long > [Dump] on f280 in the Marsh. There's a measure missing between 114 and > 115. Put in something you like or steal/adapt a measure from elsewhere. > Now here's the fun part, record it carefully, then play it against the > recording with a lag of 4 measures. It's not perfect but it works kind > of nicely. It will certainly keep you occupied for an afternoon or two. > ...and it's excellent metronome practice regardless. > Whether it was meant that way is hard to say and, depending on whom you > talk to, even suggesting it is probably irresponsible with a touch of > 'shame on you!'. There's certainly no indication. It also starts a > little abruptly so you might add a few C and G iterations on the front > end. > Sean > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 8:13 PM Tristan von Neumann > <[1]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Many of you might have more time on their hands than usual. > So here's a list of favorite books and manuscripts to play. > * Marsh Lute Book. Fun for weeks. > [2]http://gerbode.net/sources/IRL-Dm_archbishop_marshs_library/ms.z. > 3.2.13_marsh_lute_book/pdf/ > * Siena Ms. - it never fails to surprise > [3]http://gerbode.net/sources/NL-DHgm_gemeentemuseum_den_hage/MS_28. > B.39_siena_lute_book_1590/pdf/ > * If you want to concentrate on one piece: this one will keep you > busy > for a long time. > [4]http://gerbode.net/sources/Rippe/book_1_1552/pdf/01_fantasia_01.p > df > * he learned from the best: This book by Paladin is extremely > charming > and not too difficult > [5]http://gerbode.net/sources/Paladin/Paladin_1560/pdf/ > * in times like these... > [6]http://gerbode.net/sources/Valderrabano_silva_de_sirenas_1547/v2/ > pdf/040_corona_de_mas_hermosas.pdf > [7]gerbode.net/composers/Anon/pdf/anon_the_sick_tune.pdf > Let's hope the best for us all. > Enjoy life. > To get on or off this list see list information at > [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------! ------------------------------------------------------- > > References > > 1. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de > 2. > http://gerbode.net/sources/IRL-Dm_archbishop_marshs_library/ms.z.3.2.13_marsh_lute_book/pdf/ > 3. > http://gerbode.net/sources/NL-DHgm_gemeentemuseum_den_hage/MS_28.B.39_siena_lute_book_1590/pdf/ > 4. http://gerbode.net/sources/Rippe/book_1_1552/pdf/01_fantasia_01.pdf > 5. http://gerbode.net/sources/Paladin/Paladin_1560/pdf/ > 6. > http://gerbode.net/sources/Valderrabano_silva_de_sirenas_1547/v2/pdf/040_corona_de_mas_hermosas.pdf > 7. http://gerbode.net/composers/Anon/pdf/anon_the_sick_tune.pdf > 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
