Here's another note from Matanya regarding Aguado and another demonstration of why access to his resources and studies is a boon to those of us who like guitars:
> There are six different books by Aguado. The one that > is relevant is from the 1843 Nuevo metodo, the very book > from which the picture is taken, and in which Aguado > says: > > de ningun manera se apoyara el dedo menique sobre la > tapa. In no way (under no circumstance) one should > place the little finger on the Soundboard). > > I quoted it a long time ago to rebut the statement made > by the Evanses in their book, which was pretty much > the same as yours. [i.e., in paraphrase, "The famous picture of Aguado looks to have his wee finger firmly planted on the bridge."] Best, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
