Well stated, Ron. ed
At 05:17 PM 1/5/2008 +0000, Ron Andrico wrote: >Dear Ed and all: > >I have to contribute my two cents worth of opinion here. I am firm in the >belief that no one from the 16th through 18th centuries really cared a >whit about proper right-hand technique, other than doing what is necessary >to produce a pleasing tone. The question of 'what is historically >appropriate right-hand technique?' is entirely a modern day phenomenon, >created in the 1970s so lutenists could distinguish themselves from >guitarist who 'doubled' on the lute. > >There is ample evidence that 'thumb under' technique was preferred up >until the time additional bass courses added to lutes became >commonplace. It is a matter of practicality that the thumb must take a >different position to accomodate additional bass courses. We know from >his published works that Dowland's lute employed 7 to 9 courses. This has >to be the reason he was described as using a 'thumb out' technique towards >the end of his life. I don't think I'm the first one to point this out. > >It is now the 21st century, and we are far enough away from the 'lutenist >versus guitarist' issue of the 1970s that I think we can safely put it to >rest. Maybe we should be asking ourselves, 'How can we get more young >people interested in playing the lute?' > >Best wishes, > >Ron Andrico >http://www.mignarda.com > > > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 23:52:32 +0900> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LUTE] Re: RH on the bridge?> > > Playing the devil's advocate here, I've always found it hard to > believe > the best lute player in the world (some must have thought > so), Dowland, > would change his technique suddenly. Maybe the sources > got it wrong or > were purposefully misleading? What would be his > motivation to > change?> > Just a sec, let me get my flame shield.> > On Dec 17, 2007, at > 7:19 PM, Martin Eastwell wrote:> > I would tend to assume that a player > like Dowland would not go off > > on a> > European tour having just made > a major technical change.> > > > Ed Durbrow> Saitama, Japan> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/> > > > --> > > To get on or off this list see list information at> > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >_________________________________________________________________ >Watch "Cause Effect," a show about real people making a real difference. >http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_watchcause >-- > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1209 - Release Date: 1/4/2008 >12:05 PM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
