Joseph Skibell
By Joseph Skibell
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Culture How To Read The Talmud With Strings Attached
How many guitars do you have?” a friend asked me recently, knowing that a new one was about to arrive. “Oh, we don’t count them,” I told her jokingly as my wife, Barbara, raised her hands and flashed her palms with all her fingers up. “All I can say,” I said, “is that if they…
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Culture Learning From the Fingers and Mind of a Guitar Master
“Listen!” one of the students says, looking astonished. He motions with his head toward the dining room, where Pierre Bensusan is clearing the table. I listen. Pierre is not only humming and whistling at the same time, but he seems to be whistling a melody and humming an accompanying bass part. “Sure,” he says, shrugging,…
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