When I first started David Burleigh kindly pointed me in the direction of the first four tunes in Derek Hobbs' Folk in Harmony, Book 1: Morag of Dunvegan Leaving Lismore Queen Mary Believe Me
Highly recommended for beginners. C >-----Original Message----- >From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu >[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony Robb >Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:23 AM >To: NSP group >Subject: [NSP] Re: technique etcetera > > > Helen, > Good choice for a starter. > The beauty with that tune is it can be tried: a) as a very >free air, b) > steady waltz, c) faster "Circle Waltz", to keep interest up. > Cheers > Anthony > --- On Wed, 22/12/10, Helen Capes ><helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > > From: Helen Capes <helen.ca...@paradise.net.nz> > Subject: [NSP] Re: technique etcetera > To: "John Dally" <dir...@gmail.com>, "NSP group" > <nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Date: Wednesday, 22 December, 2010, 7:50 > > Quote from Anthony Robb: > May I suggest picking one tune that really speaks to us but >isn't yet > inside us (this includes brain, heart and fingers) and >devote half our > practice time each week to that single tune for 1-6 months >(depending > on time allocated to practice and complexity of tune). > Which do you suggest? > The first tune I ever did this with was Crooked Bawbee, as >suggested by > Bill Hume. It worked well for me, I didn't get bored with it. > Helen > To get on or off this list see list information at > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > >References > > 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >