While I was a student at Furman University we performed the Messiah the first two years I attended. The first performance was led by an old romantic style...
Thomas N Elsberry
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Mar 1, 2002 2:38 pm
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bachguitar/ This group is for lovers of Bach to post and talk about J.S.Bach guitar music and players.It is also for the...
It would seem to me that their might already be a mailing group list that serves this purpose Kev. Have I got this wrong? :-) Michael Stitt ... ===== ...
... Hi all, I am curently playing the lute suite 997 and the fugue is incredibly challenging. Just when I think I've got it I find later on that I discover ...
jeffhoppy@...
Mar 9, 2002 8:26 am
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Hi Jeff, I will presume you are learning this on guitar, not lute (given that you reference Isbin & Williams). Manuel Barreuco has a good version out on the ...
David Norton
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Mar 9, 2002 3:16 pm
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... I've got a recording by Jakob Lindberg on BIS (BIS-CD-587/588) on lute, which I find very good, but I have not compared it to many other ones. It contains ...
Erik Sandberg
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Mar 9, 2002 6:07 pm
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I concur with Mr. Norton, & that Barrueco recording is also a part of his "VoxBox" 3 disc set. To me it's the best recording of these suites so far, though...
D-KDay@...
Mar 11, 2002 11:21 am
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This Group is for all musicians and music lovers. It will feature music of all styles. If you would like to be one of the musicians featured just join this...
Hi everyone, I want to play Bach on steel string guitar, and I'm looking for advice on how to go about this on my own, especially advice on developing an ...
A round about way to get you up and running with your technique. Stefan Grossman produces videos featuring well known folk etc guitarists teaching the...
Peter Henderson
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May 22, 2002 5:13 am
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Marshall, You might like to get inclontact with Dave Grossman at jsbach.net as he has links and interested in Bach played on electric guitar. I guess one of...
Hi there! For what it's worth, I'm a classical guitarist-turned renaissance lutenist and I have found that since I developed the 'no-nails, thumb-under' ...
Woodard Robert
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May 22, 2002 4:07 pm
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... [snip] It's probably worth noting that the right hand is not going to the the real source of difficulty. It's the left hand that will catch you up if you...
William D. Tallman
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May 23, 2002 3:59 am
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Hi, I suspected that you may find it difficult to move around your right hand fingers freely on the steel guitar fingerboard, which is narrow than classical...
Dear Sir: Please forward your messages...etc. to my new E-mail address: djagolino@... instead of my old E-mail address: djagolino@... Thanks, Dave...
David Jagolino
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May 23, 2002 2:33 pm
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Bill, Thank you so much for such a thorough and thoughtful response concerning so many dimensions of the situation. I know you spent a bit of time writing...
... Oh, you know, all of it. :-) I want to play all of the lute compositions, and all of the cello suites, and all of the violin sonatas and partitas. But...
... Why is it so much better to use widely spaced strings? Is it just that what one is doing with one's fingers is complex, and close strings are harder to...
... No problem! Heard it said somewhere that the guitar is the easiest instrument to play poorly and the most difficult to play well. As Bach was a virtuoso ...
William D. Tallman
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May 24, 2002 1:54 am
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... Right hand? Did I miss something in the OP? Ah, yes. One of the interesting things I've discovered is that the best guitarists tend to be people who are...
William D. Tallman
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May 24, 2002 1:55 am
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Oohs!, I have commited a mistake, it should be left hand, sorry! Joseph ... From: Joseph Lau To: bach_plucked@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:09...
Hello again, My principle reason for preferring this technique is tone quality: nails sound incredibly thin on metal strings, even with a healthy portion of...
Woodard Robert
woodardrl@...
May 24, 2002 7:31 am
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In a message dated 5/23/2002 9:57:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Of all the comments I have read so far this one is most interesting to me, b eing...
ele4200men@...
May 25, 2002 3:58 pm
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... Here's my theory to this age old question..... When the guitar was in its infancy in Spain, the hand on the fretboard's work was limited to holding down...
Perf De Castro
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May 26, 2002 11:57 am
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I accept your theory on the right-handed guitar regarding volume and strumming. Though certainly the guitar itself makes a big difference in the amount of ...
ele4200men@...
May 26, 2002 3:24 pm
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... Not backwards. One of the old saws about guitars is that they are the easiest instrument to play badly and the hardest to play well. Most anyone who has a...
William D. Tallman
wtallman@...
May 28, 2002 1:26 am
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Concerning this question of why guitar is fretted with the left hand and sounded with the right: I don't know the answer, but it's surely relevant that most...
