At 05:56 AM 10/12/2005, bill kilpatrick wrote: >--- Rob MacKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > there is a drawing of > > Regondi (hardly early > > CG) with a thimble-like contraption on his little > > finger, which touches the > > soundboard. > >maybe he had a sor pinky ... > >where can i see the drawing of this thimble like >contraption for the little finger?
A quick google: <http://www.octavia.co.jp/jacket/ovcl_00116.jpg> >i picked up the >habit of placing my little finger on the sound board >of my first guitar and have continued doing so with >every instrument i play - can't help myself. I, on the other hand avoid it, even on lute-like things. I'm glad there is some iconography of 18th-c. mandolino in support of that decision. >.. except the charango: because of its 1/8th size (?) >i can hook it into the space between the bouts for >extra support without dampening down on the volume. i >assume this is the taboo associated with errant >pinkies. Indeed. How do you execute rasgueado that way? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
