I play guitar (modern and baroque) without nails. It's true that some techniques such as tremolo become much more diffcult without nails, but my tremolo was never my strong suit anyway. I just got tired of constantly messing with nails, trying to get them shaped right, etc. Since I started playing lute, I kissed the nails goodbye. So far I've not regretted it. The fingers develop calluses, which have to be sandpapered (#600 wet and dry) smooth, but mimic the attack of nails on the guitar.
Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Batov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 7:43 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Swanneck + loaded strings > On Sunday, December 09, 2007 3:06 PM LGS-Europe<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > .. > > Nails/no nails have a similar effect on compositions; guitar players may > > notice differences between Giuliani and Sor resulting from their use/no > > use of nails. (Hmm, authentic Lobos on gut. ;-) ) > > > > It'll take one good player to disproof this. In a similar vein, most of the > 5-course guitar music, for example, was very much likely played with nails > anyway ... but how many modern performers play it like this (I mean on the > 'baroque' guitar)? - Perhaps a few. At the same time there are some good > ones who play with or without nails. > > Alexander > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.17/1179 - Release Date: 12/9/2007 11:06 AM > >
