i've never heard it specifically or seen it but i understand there's a rasgeado in flamenco in which the little finger is used in conjunction with but independent of what's happening with the other fingers. --- "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
