On 29 May 2011, at 09:40, Anthony Robb wrote: > It's such a pity that this part of the tradition (which was in some > ways a truer and longer tradition than the Clough one) is not only > ignored but actively denied in some quarters.
Someone once said 'A language is a dialect with an army'. Well, of course, it was the Cloughs who had the explosives. Haswellite, I believe! But more seriously, you're right to point out that there were other traditions, some still going strong. Whilst accepting basic principles, there's more than one way to play. Any instrument which is capable of only one narrowly prescribed style isn't worth playing. Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
