At 10:39 AM 1/27/2006, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: >As for Sor's nails, I think there is an impression that nails give a >brighter sound than no nails. I used to believe that. It is only >true at moderate volume. When playing at the limits of loud, there is >very little or no difference. By all accounts both Sor and Carcassi >were strong players, and capable of rendering a brilliant tone >without nails. Carcassi is a better example because he toured for >years and Sor didn't..
Interestingly, Stanley Yates quotes Fetis as having this to say of Sor: > "We regretted the sounds Sor drew from the guitar were not sufficiently > cultivated; it appeared to us that he had neglected to study this essential > part of the instrument...Joseph Anelli, on the contrary, has felt that the > great charm of the guitar principally consists in producing good sounds...at > once clear, sonorous, mellow..." I don't have access to the original source, but hmmm... To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
