Rob MacKillop's Comments

Thanks Rob, I'm really happy to have found this site!

Thank you! It's a great place here!

Thanks, Rob. Great to be here.
Alexander

Hi Rob,
sorry couldn't find out much more about the Manchester Gamba Book except that it's 17th century (which is obvious!). I love the audio files which pop up on your page...especially the portuguese stuff!
Cheers,
Sam

Hence Mark Twain's comment, "I spent the worst winter of my life one summer in San Francisco."

Gary

We're in the rain forest here. So, in summer we get no rain. In winter we get a "Scottish mist" now and then.

gary

Looks like we will have to start a ning archtop network!

I also have an Eastman 810 model -- not nearly as pretty wood as yours, though. My wife is a jazz singer and I get asked to accompany her occasionally. For fingerstyle I prefer my cutaway classical.

By the way, in the photograph we're aboard the TS "Golden Bear" (TS is an acronym of "training ship", of course) sailing in San Francisco Bay. The ship is used to train Merchant Marine students. Once a year the "Blue Angels" do a show over the Bay and the Merchant Marine invites the parents of the students to come aboard the ship and cruise out into the Bay to watch the air show. They hired us to make their experience complete with some tasteful riffing and mopping.

Gary

That's a beautiful guitar!

Gary

Hi, Rob. Thank you for your comment, Please check my reply on my page.

Gary Digman

Hi Rob! tks for creating this interesting network! hope you are doing good, greetings from south Brazil!

Hi Rob,

Yes, that's a 4-course Renaissance guitar by Daniel O'Keefe. If I'm smiling in the picture it must be because I'd just listened to your great strumming video : )

Jocelyn

Hi,

I've only just joined moments ago but noticed your comment about transcribing Kapsberger for baroque guitar. Have you ever looked at Valdambrini's two books, 1646 and 1647? They are a virtual mirror image of Kapsberger's style but on baroque guitar. I'd be happy to send them to you.

pat o'brien, nyc

Hi Rob: It's a pleasure to join to network and to share ideas with other vihuelists. BTW, I heard some of your performances on Alexander Batov's website and was particularly impressed with "Canion del Emperador," perhaps my favorite piece by Narvaez. Cheers, Marc.

Last week I parted with my second 4c guitar. I've traded it with Regina Albanez, guitarist, vihuelist, theorbist in the Hague in exchange for lessons. She is one of the members in Musica Temprana performing a.o. early Peruvian/Bolivian music. I'm very happy to be able to get lessons from her. I hope she is equally happy with the guitar.

Please do it with the camera focused on your right hand.

Thanks for the great music you posted. Beautifully played and a lot of "mad"strumming, I'm practising my strumming and hope one day to reach your level.

homicide_dubut_barguitar2.pdf
masquarade_visee_barguitar.pdf
chaconne_visee_barguitar.pdf
homicide_dubut_barguitar.pdf

Fronimo and your website is a good idea. I post you 3 other pieces, masquarade and chaconne, both by Visee and "Homicide Courante de Debut" (Gaultier). This I found in a journal from the swedish guitar and lute society.