----- Original Message ----- From: EUGENE BRAIG IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2007 2:45 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Another beginner's question
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Howard Posner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2007 1:54 pm > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Another beginner's question > > > On Tuesday, May 1, 2007, at 09:04 America/Los_Angeles, Joseph > > Mayes > > wrote: > > > > > > > > 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 > > > guitarists > > > do 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. > > > > Really? These seem pretty perpendicular: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d-5gCGlYg > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po2uaa0IVes&mode=related&search= > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPP0_va2krc > > These approach perpendicular through holding the guitar at angle. > Note the line from wrist into phalanges is parallel or nearly so > in all these videos. The operative phrase in Joseph's statement > was "Classical guitarists do not - repeat do not - bend their > wrists." For the short-lived and almost entirely outmoded > approach, see: > <" target="l">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_T%C3%A1rrega> Or, since I'm away from e-mail software and my server doesn't translate the accents, try <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Tarrega>. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
