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LSA Journal Articles

Right Hand Position in Renaissance Lute Technique, Beier JLSA 1979.pdf

LSA Quarterly Newsletter Articles

Sliding (Shifting) Bloch from LSAQ 1973 No. 2.pdf

The Lute, Gravity, and You, Wheeler LSAQ 1974 No. 2.pdf

Posture and Playing the Lute, Unknown LSAQ 1974 No. 3.pdf

Lute Maintenance, Nurse from LSAQ 1975 No. 4-2.pdf

Technique, Buetens from LSAQ 1975 No. 4.pdf

Thumb-Under Position, Lidell and Strizich LSAQ 1976 No. 2.pdf

Thumb-Under Position (continued), Lidell and Strizich LSAQ 1976 No. 3.pdf

Lute Maintenance (continued), Nurse LSAQ 1976 No. 3-2.pdf

Technique, O'Brien LSAQ 1976 No. 4.pdf

Just How Secret Were Those Muses, O'Brien LSAQ 2007 No. 1-2.pdf

The Performance of Passaggi, O'Dette LSAQ 1977 no 2.pdf

The Performance of Passaggi (continued), O'Dette LSAQ 1977 no 3.pdf

Tablature Equivalence Chart, Unknown LSAQ 1978 no 2.pdf

Staccato Practicing, O'Brien LSAQ 1979 no 1.pdf

Basic Finger Motions, O'Brien LSAQ 1980.pdf

A Method for Tuning the Lute, Robiczek LSAQ 1981 no 1.pdf

Just How Secret Were Those Muses, O'Brien LSAQ 2007 No. 1-2.pdf

Right Hand Fingerings from Baroque Sources, Barto LSAQ 2007 .pdf

Teaching the Lute to Children An Interview with Anne Bailes, King LSAQ 2011 No. 1.pdf

Beyond The Basics Series by Ronn McFarlane in the LSAQ

BTB-01_Introduction.pdf

BTB-02_How-to-Practice.pdf

BTB-03_Quick-Release.pdf

BTB-04_How-to-Change-a-Habit.pdf

BTB-05_Surviving-a-Scale-Burst.pdf

BTB-06_Rolling-Chords.pdf

BTB-07_Left-Hand-Shifts.pdf

BTB-08_The-Hinge-Bar.pdf

BTB-09_Trebles.pdf

BTB-10_Quiet-Practice.pdf

BTB-11_Tone-Control.pdf

BTB-12_Color-Coding.pdf

BTB-13_Painting-the-Music.pdf

BTB-14_Mind-Control.pdf

BTB-15_A-Lighter-Touch-in-Rapid-Passages.pdf

BTB-16 Avoid Labored Playing.pdf

BTB-17_A-Low-Right-Hand-Position.pdf

BTB-18_Right-Arm-Movement-and-Follow-Through-in-Thumb-Under-Technique.pdf

BTB-19_No-Plodding.pdf

Other Articles of Interest for Beginners and Intermediate Lutenists

Beginner's Guide to the Renaissance Lute

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