--- Garry Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The nails need to go, though.
>
> lose the nails
>
> nails delenda est
>
> no nails are good nails.
>
Awww... don't listen about the nails. Do you want to
dedicate yourself to the lute? Do you see yourself
playing lute professionally? Then cut off the nails.
However, if you want to continue playing guitar as you
have repeatedly mentioned, keep your nails. You
should be able to develop a thumb-under technique that
avoids the nails. This may mean re-shaping your
nails, but you can still play a genuine modern
classical guitar. (This is what I do.)
I did experiment for about a year with cutting off my
nails completely. I found that my lute technique
didn't improve all that much, but I wasn't able to
play guitar at all anymore!
Modern lutenists often forget to mention that there is
actually a fair amount of evidence that some ancient
players purposely played _with_ nails, too.
Chris
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