My LH finger tipps wear callouses, but if my RH tipps did, I wouldn't be able to produce the delicate sound I so much appreciate of the lute.
Mathias "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Calluses? Sandpaper? Mimic nails? Is that a common experience? I must say, > Gary, that I've been playing without nails for almost 20 years, and my > finger tips are very soft and smooth. Sandpaper?! Must be my blue blood - > never done a day's work in my life. > > HRH Rob > > www.rmguitar.info > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gary digman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 December 2007 09:29 > To: lutelist > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Swanneck + loaded strings > > 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
