Thanks for the help guys, I will try a few things in the next week or so and get back to you.
Agreed, I should really look for some lessons to avoid learning bad habits. Cheers, -= Daniel -----Original Message----- From: Ed Durbrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 4:06 AM To: Daniel Ramey; LuteNet list Subject: [LUTE] Re: Left hand positioning On May 9, 2008, at 5:04 AM, Daniel Ramey wrote: > Are there any general rules for fingering position with the > left hand? > I tend to use my pointer finger for the second fret and my middle > for the > third, but I find it difficult when I have two or three positions I > need to > have depressed, that are on the same fret and vertically far apart. Very, very, general rules: 1st finger 1st fret, 2nd finger 2nd fret 3rd finger 3rd fret, but 4th finger 3rd fret on 1st and 2nd strings. Sounds like you could use some lessons. You don't want to develop bad habits. Do what is comfortable, is also a good principle to follow. When there are two or more ways to finger something, try the different ways comparing them to see which is easier and more musical. Context will guide you and alter what fingering you use. Fingering is really part of the nuts and bolts that facilitates the art in this. You can always run it by the list. We are happy to help one another. cheers, PS. Rereading your post it sounds like you are talking about a bar chord. Again, it is not always necessary to bar all the way across all the courses. You can often make it work with fewer strings barred. This may not work in some cases if a course falls right where the crease in the finger is. You'll have to adjust it in that case. 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
