>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 > > > > 'Hoboy' is very commonly used as the spelling for oboe in the 18th century. The British Library has over 60 items:
http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/12F4SSGDL9IIJNHVPLLQT8AUJIDFTM76QQFDT6J7456F6GB4M8-01062?func=find-b&request=hoboy&find_code=WRD&adjacent=N&image.x=35&image.y=6 (dunno how you do the tinyurl thing!) >-----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 > > > > > >
