Dear Paul, Your mention of 'hobo' is unintentionally amusing - you mean 'oboe'. Sor was saying he could imitate the oboe by playing with what little nail he had, near to the bridge. A 'hobo' is a drunk tramp who wanders the streets...not quite what Sor had in mind! But maybe he could imitate that too!
Rob MacKillop www.musicintime.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: Paul Pleijsier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 January 2006 10:00 To: Early guitar list Subject: [EARLY-GUIT] nails 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
