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January 22, 2021

Ronn McFarlane Live Stream at Passport to the World of Music

Creative Cauldron

Live Stream, VA

February 6, 2021

***POSTPONED***Ronn McFarlane and Carolyn Surrick at The Lute Society

The Lute Society

London, UK

February 21, 2021

***POSTPONED***The Baltimore Consort at First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church

Lubbock, TX

February 28, 2021

Ronn McFarlane Lecture-Demo Live Stream

Baltimore Classical Guitar Society Live Stream

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March 6, 2021

Ronn McFarlane and Matt Palmer at Baltimore Classical Guitar Society

UMBC - Earle and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

Baltimore, MD

The Celtic Lute

Ronn's original arrangements of traditional Irish & Scottish folk tunes for the lute

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Beyond the Basics

The Art & Science of Playing the Lute, from the Lute Society of America Quarterly

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History
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Explore the ancient past of this instrument of Kings and Queens

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Discover music in the tradition of the lutenist-composer

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Selected Albums

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The Celtic Lute

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The Celtic Lute

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Barley Moon

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Nine Notes that Shook the World

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Two Lutes

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The Art of Vivaldi's Lute

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Blame Not My Lute

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One Morning

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Adio España

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Bright Day Star

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Live in Concert

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Gut, Wind, and Wire

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Indigo Road

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“just as a gifted painter can reproduce all the creations of nature by varying his colors, you can imitate the expression of the human voice on a wind of a stringed instrument. The painter reproduces the works of nature in varied colors because these colors exist in nature. Even so with the human voice which also varies the sound with more or less boldness according to what it wishes to express.”⠀ ⠀ ~Silvestro Ganassi La Fondeara 1542⠀ ⠀ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⠀ ⠀ Art:
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“The lutenist can strike a chord very strongly and allow the tone to die away imperceptibly while arpeggiating, so that it becomes first louder, then softer, which cannot be done on the harpsichord without great affectation, since the player must hop from one keyboard to the other.”⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1727)⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠⠀ #lute #earlymusic #renaissancemusic #baroquemusic #folkmusic #classicalmusic #musician #classicalguitar #classicalguitarist #music #lutenists #lutenist #guitar #guitarist #guitarra #guitarista #laguitarra #accoustic #accousticmusic #accousticguitar #oud #musicappreciation⁠⠀ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~⁠⠀ Photo by @jamesfcarr
17th century Italians and Trills The very absence of regulative treatises for the guidance of students, combined with the permissive Italian attitude toward ornamentation, strengthens the assumption that the Italian performer felt free to explore all rhythmic-melodic possibilities of the various trill designs. The upper-note trill made occasional appearances, partly perhaps in response to French models. However, among the regular trills, the main-note pattern retained throughout the period under consideration its decisive predominance. Frederick Neumann (1983) Art: “Lute Player” by Valentin de Boulogne , ca. 1625–1626 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #accousticguitar #lute #earlymusic #renaissancemusic #baroquemusic #folkmusic #classicalmusic #musician #classicalguitar #classicalguitarist #music #lutenists #lutenist #guitar #guitarist #guitarra #guitarista #laguitarra #accoustic #accousticmusic #oud #musicappreciation #valentindeboulogne