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

2009-01-20 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst! 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!

2009-01-19 Thread gary digman
lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 9:04 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst! Yes, Rob and all, I too take delight in all the music I play, therefore a dilettante. Not only that, I might even say that I love it, making me an amateur (though occasionally someone

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

2009-01-18 Thread Anthony Hind
Rob, After listening to you, I saw there were other ukulele players listed, and I listened to one or two. Some were virtuosi, and I might admire their skill, but it seemed all flash and little music. A couple of years ago, I went to a Hoppy concert organized by the French guitar society.

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

2009-01-18 Thread Sauvage Valéry
: [LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst! Rob, After listening to you, I saw there were other ukulele players listed, and I listened to one or two. Some were virtuosi, and I might admire their skill, but it seemed all flash and little music. A couple of years ago, I went to a Hoppy concert

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

2009-01-18 Thread Daniel Winheld
Just flat-out beautiful. There is also at least one good jazz ukeist (Ukenist?) Lyle Ritz, I have a CD of him playing to his own double-tracked acoustic stand up bass accompaniment.Dan My first instrument - when I was eight years old...my life must be drawing full circle...and

[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
, January 17, 2009 3:40 PM To: luteplay...@googlemail.com; jel...@cox.net Cc: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst! 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

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

2009-01-17 Thread Bruno Fournier
] Re: There is a traitor in our midst! On 1/18/2009, Rob MacKillop [7]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

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

2009-01-17 Thread Christopher Stetson
- From: [3]wi...@cs.helsinki.fi [mailto:[4]wi...@cs.helsinki.fi] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:40 PM To: [5]luteplay...@googlemail.com; [6]jel...@cox.net Cc: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst! On 1/18/2009, Rob MacKillop [7]luteplay...@googlemail.com

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

2009-01-17 Thread Christopher Stetson
three strings). Guy -Original Message- From: [3]wi...@cs.helsinki.fi [mailto:[4]wi...@cs.helsinki.fi] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:40 PM To: [5]luteplay...@googlemail.com; [6]jel...@cox.net Cc: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst

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

2009-01-17 Thread Guy Smith
To: Guy Smith Cc: wi...@cs.helsinki.fi; luteplay...@googlemail.com; jel...@cox.net; lutelist Net Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst! I agree with Rob, once you play guitar and lute, everything else becomes pretty easy; venezuelan cuatro, ukulele, bouzouki

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

2009-01-17 Thread Sean Smith
[mailto:fournier...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Bruno Fournier Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 5:26 PM To: Guy Smith Cc: wi...@cs.helsinki.fi; luteplay...@googlemail.com; jel...@cox.net; lutelist Net Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: There is a traitor in our midst! I agree with Rob

[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