[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread Alfonso Marin
Amazing¡¡ On Jan 17, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Please forgive me! [1]http://www.youtube.com/user/baroqueuke My first instrument - when I was eight years old...my life must be drawing full circle...and coming to an end!!! Hopefully not for a

[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread jelcox
Rob What instrument can't you play?? Kerry Alfonso Marin luten...@gmail.com wrote: Amazing¡¡ On Jan 17, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Please forgive me! [1]http://www.youtube.com/user/baroqueuke My first instrument - when I was eight years

[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread Rob MacKillop
Oh, they are all the same...lutes, guitars, vihuelas, ukuleles - just put your fingers where the tab tells you to, and hope for the best. I can't play any wind instruments (I faint) and I can't for the life of me understand the supposed logic of a keyboard. My job at Queen Margaret

[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread wikla
On 1/18/2009, Rob MacKillop luteplay...@googlemail.com wrote: Oh, they are all the same...lutes, guitars, vihuelas, ukuleles - just put your fingers where the tab tells you to, and hope for the best. I can't play any wind instruments (I faint) and I can't for the life of me

[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread Guy Smith
You could always try a gut bucket:-) Only one string to deal with and no frets to complicate choosing the right temperament (although I did see one last summer that had three strings). Guy -Original Message- From: wi...@cs.helsinki.fi [mailto:wi...@cs.helsinki.fi] Sent: Saturday,

[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread Bruno Fournier
I agree with Rob, once you play guitar and lute, everything else becomes pretty easy; venezuelan cuatro, ukulele, bouzouki, banjo, etc I also find the same with winds, once you play a couple of flutes, all other wind instruments have fingerings that are about the same and you

[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread Christopher Stetson
Yup, I agree too, though if you move to something fretless like oud, shamisen, or some banjos, there's a little more of a learning curve. Chris. Bruno Fournier br...@estavel.org 1/17/2009 8:25 PM I agree with Rob, once you play guitar and lute, everything else becomes pretty easy;

[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread Christopher Stetson
Oh, and this too; you have to be able to live with being thought of (or actually being) something of a dilettante. Or, as a gentle friend of mine put it, someone who prefers diversity to virtuosity. C. Bruno Fournier br...@estavel.org 1/17/2009 8:25 PM I agree with Rob, once you play

[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread Guy Smith
Try the serpent sometime. I'll guarantee that you won't be able to fake it... ___ From: fournier...@gmail.com [mailto:fournier...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Bruno Fournier Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 5:26 PM

[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread Sean Smith
I think I read that in one of those holy books. s On Jan 17, 2009, at 7:24 PM, Guy Smith wrote: Try the serpent sometime. I'll guarantee that you won't be able to fake it... ___ From: fournier...@gmail.com

[LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst!

2009-01-17 Thread Rob MacKillop
Christopher, I must be a dilettante. I'm certainly no virtuoso, although I have noticed that playing a simple piece simply is often harder than playing something fast with lots of notes leaping around. I've reached a useful level of technique on plucked instruments - useful in the