On 19 May 2007, Roger Howard wrote: > the comment that it > would be possible to reconstruct a plausible set of Clough-style > exercises made me prick up my ears. Has anyone ever attempted > such a reconstruction, I wonder? And what suggestions might more > accomplished players make for a good set of exercises for daily use?
Roger: The short answer is yes, several people have done it. I know Adrian Schofield has, since I have heard him teaching them, and I believe Chris may have done. There are probably others - it's a bit of an individual sport. I have a set I inflict on beginners - as an aid rather than a prescriptive "do this every day". When I talked to Tom Breckons about his lessons with Tom Clough he said that all the exercises were contained in 4 tunes: Fenwick o Bywell, Jackey Layton, Oh dear What can the matter be and Felton Lonnin. He was referring to the "Peacock patterns" of notes that these tunes contain. Tom (Breckons) also said that Clough played triplets as exrecises, starting slowly and speeding up, then starting fast and slowing down. Hope this helps Julia To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
