On 2/5/2008, "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a continuous range of technique from thumb-in to thumb-out? > Or is there a no-man's land between the two where it is difficult to > play?
Been there. Fun. ;-) I think there is not so huge difference between t-out and t-in as many seem to think; when playing the big beasts I keep the instrument more upwards, but the position of the right hand stays about the same as with 6-courser, which is staying more horizontal. Even the thumb-index runs work the same way. And well, yes, there is the tiny no-mans land, where the thumb and index collide, but it is actually very tiny... And btw, I think the difference between those two ways is minimal compared to the modern guitar technique. All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
