At 04:06 PM 10/17/2005, Paul Pleijsier wrote: >Eugene wrote: > >>I have spent so much time playing with my hand wholly free of the >>soundboard, that trying to play with my pinkie planted (or even gliding >>lightly along the table) serves as a great hindrance, even on my 19th-c. >>guitars. > >I wonder, could there be a relation between pinky technique and no-nail >playing?
Perhaps. I keep nails because, on the rare events that I am paid to play, it is on modern guitar. However, I keep my nails strongly tapered on the attack side and can play with little or no nail on earlier guitars and lute relatives. Best, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
