I did not ask him exactly how he did this or how he filed his nails. All I know is this is what he told me. There was an entire room full of people that wanted to talk to him so he did not have time to be specific.
Vance Wood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Durbrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 3:47 AM Subject: Re: lute vs.guitar / how to convert the guitarist? > Vance wrote about Julian Bream: > > > However this does not necessarily mean you have to cut your > >nails in order to play the Lute, you use have to use a proper technique. I > >know this can be done because this is what Julian Bream used to do, play the > >Guitar with nails and the Lute without, and this is in the same concert. I > >asked him about this after a performance I was privileged to attend many > >years ago. So it can be done. > > > When was this? His lute recordings sounded nailish, if I recall > correctly. I also recall he played with fairly short nails to begin > with for a guitarist. Are you saying he filed the right side of the > nail down like many people playing both lute and guitar do? How else > can you play with nails on the guitar and without them on the lute? > TIA > > > -- > Ed Durbrow > Saitama, Japan > http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
