David, As the other David pointed to you, Toyohiko Satoh has been playing the past few years with a technique that represents what the paintings demonstrate, which is the right hand almost on the bridge, with the right hand perpendicular to the bridge. He will be performing in this manner in June at the LSA seminar in Cleveland.
ed At 11:26 AM 3/26/2006 -0500, David Rastall wrote: > In my own playing, to get the really >good "swooning" sound I have to play thumb-under (although I'm >currently experimenting with thumb-out nail playing). Actually, I >haven't seen very many current photos of lutenists with their right >hands held in that position shown in the paintings. So, were the >17th-century lutenists actually going for a different sound than >their 16th-century predecessors? > >David R >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.rastallmusic.com > > > > >-- > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
