----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2007 12:04 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Another beginner's question > 2. "...bend your wrist too much like playing the classical guitar" I have > heard, and continue to hear this stated - it ain't so! Classical > guitaristsdo not - repeat do not - bend their wrists. Playing > perpendicular to the strings is a sure way to produce a thin, naily tone. > It also hurts. We do not do it! Haven't for years and years.
Indeed. That was a short, strange period championed by Tarrega and Segovia. I think the last publicly visible hold out for that awkward effort (essentially an effort to balance tone by putting every finger at an identical attack angle) is Oscar Ghiglia. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
