On Jul 22, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Ron Andrico wrote: > On the subject of fingerstyle guitarists=2C Doc Watson=2C Merle > Travis=2C Etta Baker=2C John Jackson and doubtless others all > played (or in the case of Doc=2C still play) with thumb and index > finger. They seemed to do OK without embracing the modern > classical guitar technique of using the ring finger.
Actually this is not off-topic: Merle Travis played only with thumb and index. The other three fingers were clearly resting on the pickguard. I watched him play on occasion "back in the day'" and I never saw him use anything besides thumb and index. The point of saying that? I don't know of any other fingerpicker who ever played like that. Just because MT was an expert doesn't mean everybody else used his technique. Watch and see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go8x_1fD5vM DR [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
