The most Tolkien-Oriented music you make - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Linnamalle · 08-05-2003, 08:58 AM

I think a combination of being self-taught and having lessons is the best! I imagine that's how most hobbits were... After all, once he came back to the Shire, who taught Bilbo all the elvish he afterwards learned? He must have had a combination of self-taught (rummaging thru scrolls) and loitering with the elves under the trees as they sang in the woods. Oh, dear, I envy Bilbo that. And Frodo.

But we can still learn from their example! At least, that's what I tell myself. A good mix of listening and reading!

Has anyone else bought the CDs by The Tolkien Ensemble? I have one, and two more on order. Some of those songs are quite nice.

08-05-2003, 08:58 AM	#11
Linnamalle Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: WtR 458: wheeee! Rivendell at last!! Posts: 52	I think a combination of being self-taught and having lessons is the best! I imagine that's how most hobbits were... After all, once he came back to the Shire, who taught Bilbo all the elvish he afterwards learned? He must have had a combination of self-taught (rummaging thru scrolls) and loitering with the elves under the trees as they sang in the woods. Oh, dear, I envy Bilbo that. And Frodo. But we can still learn from their example! At least, that's what I tell myself. A good mix of listening and reading! Has anyone else bought the CDs by The Tolkien Ensemble? I have one, and two more on order. Some of those songs are quite nice. __________________ They spoke no more of the small news of the Shire far away; nor of the dark shadows and perils that encompassed them, but of the fair things they had seen in the world together, of the Elves, of the stars, of trees, and the gentle fall of the bright year in the woods.