As long as we're quoting the great teachers on the subject: Ronn MacFarlane put it to me once that the little tip joint is your "tone control."
David R On Jul 6, 2006, at 1:34 PM, Daniel Shoskes wrote: > > On Thursday, July 06, 2006, at 01:22PM, Craig Allen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Then press down until the first joint starts to bend backward. >> This is what he's talking about avoiding. You don't want the >> fingers to bend backwards. Oddly enough, his own fingers can't do >> that so he had to find someone who's fingers would in order to >> better explain it. > > Are you sure? My understanding is that you WANT to have the distal > joint relaxed, to the point where it bends backwards (extension). > What you want to avoid is actively flexing (bending) the distal > joint forward, which produces the tense hand position and harsh tone. > > DS > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com --
