Hi Paul, As fas as I know, Sor played without nails. I gather from reading about his right-hand technique that it was somewhat similar to the thumb-out Baroque lute technique. It would be possible to pluck the guitar strings as you would pluck lute strings, and still be able to have short fingernails. But I'm not sure what you mean by the "hobo effect." Can you describe what that is?
Regards, David Rastall On Jan 26, 2006, at 4:59 AM, Paul Pleijsier wrote: > Hi all, > > my question: did Sor play with nails or not? When doing the hobo- > effect he used that "little nail" he has. Does that mean that he > was in fact a nail player? If I cut off my nails, I have no nail > left to do a hobo effect. Is there anyone here with a particular > finger shape where the short nails are out of the way for normal > playing, but can be brought into play by curving the fingers? > > Paul Pleijsier > > > > Nieuwe website: www.paulpleijsier.nl > "Wat ik hoor", column over gitaarspelen > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
