I think we were able to stablish some three reasons for placing little finger on the belly (bridge or whenever suitable):
1. to fix position of the hand (Sor and Aguado) 2. to fix position of the guitar (Aguado) 3. as an "innocent" technique unrelated to tradition (Bill) And, correct me if I'm wrong, we have following reservations against the practice: 1. that it dumps the soundbard and affects the sound (? - I was told that by Bill) 2. that it creates muscle tention (your truly) 3. that it is not necessary for anything (Sor and Aguado) I wonder if there are opinions in support of the practice? I mean strong support, just like Sor would write: what to do and what for? BTW from personal communications with Matanya Ophee I get to know that Renoir did not paint actual model (it was so good a theory...) but copied another painting. I was offered with no details, alas. Best regards Krzysztof ---------------------------------------------------- Masz telefon na karte? A czy wiesz, ¿e MOZESZ DO£ADOWAÆ GO DOWOLN¡ KWOT¡!? - koniec sztywnych stawek - zobacz na: http://klik.wp.pl/?adr=http%3A%2F%2Fdoladowania.wp.pl&sid=536 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
