> Oboe, hobo, hahaha. I see. Over here we say "hobo". For a second I must
> have thought this was the international name...I can understand this was
> funny.
> Paul
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'Early guitar list'" <early-guitar@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:12 PM
> Subject: [EARLY-GUIT] Re: nails
>
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
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