There was some discussion a little while ago about using the left hand thumb to finger notes on course 6. Apparently it was done? A narrow neck is an advantage in this case. Similar story with 19th century guitars.
David - proud owner of a narrow neck 6-course, but never tempted to use the thumb on the neck, so far... ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:57 PM Subject: [LUTE] A different 6 course question > Dear All, > > I've been away all weekend and have just caught up on the six course > discussion. Since we're on this topic I'd like to ask if anyone > prefers a six course with a wider neck. I have one of Dan Larson's > Ricercare six course lutes. It's a lovely instrument with good sound > and response. However I find that I often am hitting the strings in > the next course lower course when playing. I have thought it was > because the neck very narrow nearer the pegbox and of course I've > also thought it might simply be my playing technique. But I got to > comparing it to my guitars and wondering if perhaps the neck couldn't > be made a tad wider, say half an inch, to alleviate this problem. > Then I began to wonder if others ran across this problem and what you > did about it. So then, have any of you players wanted a wider necked > six course lute? Have any of your luthiers made a wider necked six > course lute? How did it work out? Did it accomplish what you (and I) > hoped it would? > > Thank you. > > Regards, > Craig > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
