-----Original Message----- From: Lex Eisenhardt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 October 2005 12:40 To: early-guitar@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [EARLY-GUIT] Re: Little finger, RH
attend to the motions of the thumb; but, as soon as my hand can properly keep its position without that support, I cease to use it, in order that the elevation of the lower part of the hand may allow me to attack the strings with the fingers curved the least possible.' The last part makes clear that his position probably was quite different from what most lutenists do. Lex >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The passage is a wee bit ambiguous, as is your comment, Lex, about lute players. Thumb under or out? Most lute players today use an early Renaissance technique, even for baroque guitar. If they used a more pertinent technique for the baroque guitar and lute, might they not be closer to what Sor seems to be saying? I may have misunderstood you. Not quite sure what you are getting at... Rob To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
