> > 2. that it creates muscle tention (your truly) > > Not with a light touch.
In my opinion streched out little finger always creates a tension in the hand; even if it is not muscle tension, it is tendon tension. It is particularily obvious when ring finger enters the action, and was actually observed by Truskolaski. It is anatomy. You cannot fight it. There are funny fingers excercises (done without instrument) that prove that tendon limitations. > > 3. that it is not necessary for anything (Sor and Aguado) > > Sorry, Sor uses it > (and Aguado translates some aspect of it, see above). Indeed, Sor uses it, but says "as long as it is necessary"; he does not use it whenever it is not necessary - this was my point here. Thank you Paul for your points supproting the practice, I do appreciate them, and this is a good insight, but I was asking about 19th century. In fact Sor's and Aguado's comments are far from being supportive: they offer at least the same quantity of reservations than supporting opinions. > There are many ways to play the guitar, but I like this one, it might be > the most direct and intuitive. This is interesting - I think that "Segovia" is the most direct and intuitive. Clearly, it depends on "school" you grown as a guitaris in. Respectfuly - Krzysztof (BTW - you spelled it out well; chapeu bas!) ---------------------------------------------------- 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
