The stuff on my site is all graded beginner (1), easy (2), medium (3),
challenging (4), hard (5), killer (6)
The values are on my website [1]spreadsheet, under the column
"difficulty" (column R). Of course these are all my own subjective
opinions, not always well thought out, but you might find them useful.
For me, up to medium, I can more or less sight read. Challenging takes
some practice to get it right. Hard means I can eventually work it out,
but after a lot of work and possibly not really up to speed. Killer
means...uhh...someone else could probably play it well.
In Excel or LibreOffice calc (the latter is free), you can sort by
difficulty and pick out stuff according to the above numbers.
Hope that helps.
--Sarge
On 3/22/2020 12:44, Sean Smith wrote:
You're right. It is long and involved and certainly has its difficult
bits.
It might be a project for someone with time on their hands to select
bits for easier sections to play. It has its parallels with Conde
Claros which went through many personal edits at the time so it would
hardly be anachronistic to edit it to one's specs. I would like to
think that there's something in there for everybody.
Sean
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 3:04 AM Jurgen Frenz
[2]<[1]eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com> wrote:
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:
[2][3]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
[3][4]https://www.lutesociety.org/pages/towards-lute-grades
Best wishes
JÃÆürgen
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On Sunday, March 22, 2020 5:23 AM, Sean Smith
[5]<[4]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
> [6]<[1][5]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][6][7]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][7][8]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][8][9]http://gerbode.net/sources/Rippe/book_1_1552/pdf/01_fantasia_0
1.p
> df
> * he learned from the best: This book by Paladin is extremely
> charming
> and not too difficult
> [5][9][10]http://gerbode.net/sources/Paladin/Paladin_1560/pdf/
> * in times like these...
>
[6][10][11]http://gerbode.net/sources/Valderrabano_silva_de_sirenas_1547
/v2/
> pdf/040_corona_de_mas_hermosas.pdf
> [7][11]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][12][12]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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> 1. mailto:[[13]13]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de
> 2.
[14][14]http://gerbode.net/sources/IRL-Dm_archbishop_marshs_library/ms.z
.3.2.13_marsh_lute_book/pdf/
> 3.
[15][15]http://gerbode.net/sources/NL-DHgm_gemeentemuseum_den_hage/MS_28
.B.39_siena_lute_book_1590/pdf/
> 4.
[16][16]http://gerbode.net/sources/Rippe/book_1_1552/pdf/01_fantasia_01.
pdf
> 5. [17][17]http://gerbode.net/sources/Paladin/Paladin_1560/pdf/
> 6.
[18][18]http://gerbode.net/sources/Valderrabano_silva_de_sirenas_1547/v2
/pdf/040_corona_de_mas_hermosas.pdf
> 7.
[19][19]http://gerbode.net/composers/Anon/pdf/anon_the_sick_tune.pdf
> 8. [20][20]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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References
1. [21]mailto:eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com
2. [22]https://www.lutesociety.org/pages/beginners
3. [23]https://www.lutesociety.org/pages/towards-lute-grades
4. [24]mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
5. [25]mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de
6. [26]http://gerbode.net/sources/IRL-Dm_archbishop_marshs_library/ms.z
7. [27]http://gerbode.net/sources/NL-DHgm_gemeentemuseum_den_hage/MS_28
8. [28]http://gerbode.net/sources/Rippe/book_1_1552/pdf/01_fantasia_01.p
9. [29]http://gerbode.net/sources/Paladin/Paladin_1560/pdf/
10. [30]http://gerbode.net/sources/Valderrabano_silva_de_sirenas_1547/v2/
11. [31]http://gerbode.net/composers/Anon/pdf/anon_the_sick_tune.pdf
12. [32]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
13. [33]mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de
14. [34]http://gerbode.net/sources/IRL-Dm_archbishop_marshs_library/ms.z.3.2.1
3_marsh_lute_book/pdf/
15. [35]http://gerbode.net/sources/NL-DHgm_gemeentemuseum_den_hage/MS_28.B.39_
siena_lute_book_1590/pdf/
16. [36]http://gerbode.net/sources/Rippe/book_1_1552/pdf/01_fantasia_01.pdf
17. [37]http://gerbode.net/sources/Paladin/Paladin_1560/pdf/
18. [38]http://gerbode.net/sources/Valderrabano_silva_de_sirenas_1547/v2/pdf/0
40_corona_de_mas_hermosas.pdf
19. [39]http://gerbode.net/composers/Anon/pdf/anon_the_sick_tune.pdf
20. [40]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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References
1. http://gerbode.net/spreadsheet.xlsx
2. mailto:[1]eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com
3. https://www.lutesociety.org/pages/beginners
4. https://www.lutesociety.org/pages/towards-lute-grades
5. mailto:[4]lutesm...@gmail.com
6. mailto:[1][5]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de
7. http://gerbode.net/sources/IRL-Dm_archbishop_marshs_library/ms
8. http://gerbode.net/sources/NL-DHgm_gemeentemuseum_den_hage/MS_
9. http://gerbode.net/sources/Rippe/book_1_1552/pdf/01_fantasia_0
10. http://gerbode.net/sources/Paladin/Paladin_1560/pdf/
11. http://gerbode.net/sources/Valderrabano_silva_de_sirenas_1547
12. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
13. mailto:13]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de
14. http://gerbode.net/sources/IRL-Dm_archbishop_marshs_library/ms.z
15. http://gerbode.net/sources/NL-DHgm_gemeentemuseum_den_hage/MS_28
16. http://gerbode.net/sources/Rippe/book_1_1552/pdf/01_fantasia_01
17. http://gerbode.net/sources/Paladin/Paladin_1560/pdf/
18. http://gerbode.net/sources/Valderrabano_silva_de_sirenas_1547/v2
19. http://gerbode.net/composers/Anon/pdf/anon_the_sick_tune.pdf
20. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
21. mailto:eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com
22. https://www.lutesociety.org/pages/beginners
23. https://www.lutesociety.org/pages/towards-lute-grades
24. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
25. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de
26. http://gerbode.net/sources/IRL-Dm_archbishop_marshs_library/ms.z
27. http://gerbode.net/sources/NL-DHgm_gemeentemuseum_den_hage/MS_28
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29. http://gerbode.net/sources/Paladin/Paladin_1560/pdf/
30. http://gerbode.net/sources/Valderrabano_silva_de_sirenas_1547/v2/
31. http://gerbode.net/composers/Anon/pdf/anon_the_sick_tune.pdf
32. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
33. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de
34.
http://gerbode.net/sources/IRL-Dm_archbishop_marshs_library/ms.z.3.2.13_marsh_lute_book/pdf/
35.
http://gerbode.net/sources/NL-DHgm_gemeentemuseum_den_hage/MS_28.B.39_siena_lute_book_1590/pdf/
36. http://gerbode.net/sources/Rippe/book_1_1552/pdf/01_fantasia_01.pdf
37. http://gerbode.net/sources/Paladin/Paladin_1560/pdf/
38.
http://gerbode.net/sources/Valderrabano_silva_de_sirenas_1547/v2/pdf/040_corona_de_mas_hermosas.pdf
39. http://gerbode.net/composers/Anon/pdf/anon_the_sick_tune.pdf
40. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
41. mailto:sa...@gerbode.net
42. http://www.gerbode.net/
