"Nuts and wine were a traditional Christmas thing some time ago, but I cannot detect any Yuletide undertones in this composition. Perhaps Morley composed it/sold it around Christmas time and bought some nuts and wine with the money he received from…"

"Hi Ethan, thank you both for a brilliant performance of those tunes. The ability to have memorised the program in such a short space of time, is remarkable. I was particularly keen to hear your rendition Entr'acte, as I play it on my zither…"

"Thanks, Tony! Peabody's thesis on Morley doesn't identify Nuts and Wine as one of the several compositions named after specific horses. But it is most definitely racing-themed, given how it quotes Camptown Races. Perhaps nuts and wine is…"

"A great performance, Ethan, not forgetting Emma! Your clarity is a wonder and an achievement we should all be striving for.  Nuts and Wine is a favo(u)rite of mine but I don't have your patience with the constant rallentandos - as usual, I…"

"Lovely!"

"I think we (or I, at least) might be mixing up fret numbers and fingerings. For that particular minor triad shape (e.g., Dm on frets 0233), I am the same; I never bar but instead use index, middle, ring. But when it comes to shapes like 0244…"

"That's interesting about the F chord. I don't think I've ever attempted it with my ring finger, although I might do that higher up the neck if the situation calls for it. My LH tends to be pretty rotated (meaning, palm facing my body,…"

"I understood that but I have never seen a banjo player use these two fingers together and so far have not seen Bradbury recommending using them together.  On bass I've seen it. On sarode I've seen the index and middle work as a unit.…"

"I mean that, anatomically, the ring finger and pinky are linked in a way that other fingers are not, and that they are naturally stronger when working as a unit. Assuming we're in 1st position, maintaining strict one-finger-per-fret makes…"

"Another reason for starting with the index on the 4th string is that such alternate picking passages frequently lead to an open 3rd string on the beat (an ascending C major scale being the simplest example). T (on 4th) to I (on 3rd) is a more…"

"Just to be clear, there are compositions that:1) Are titled "etude" and function as a pedagogical exercise2) Are not titled "etude" but function as a pedagogical exercise3) Are titled "etude" but were clearly written to…"

"I don't really see the relevance of that kind of question. If someone has no prior musical experience and is a beginning instrumentalist, no, I wouldn't expect them to memorize and perform anything in a week. I don't think…"

"Austin, these videos may be of interest to you:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-cheT5Ang1sASDfl9ddIw0pE8JWfkAr7"