If strings are spaced too closely to each other in the "plucking zone", it
becomes difficult to get a clean pick with thumb in--there's more of a
lateral sweep at 90 degrees across the strings with the breadth of the
fingertip.  With guitar (thumb out) technique, the fingers dig in a little
more with the tip only (or nail), with less of a sweep, making clean picking
easier with closer spacing.
Regards,
Leonard Williams
          
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On 6/15/09 12:50 PM, "Michael" <pdxl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Ed Durbrow<edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp> wrote:
>> If you are a guitarist, one has to ask if you are planning on playing with
>> guitar technique or plan on learning lute technique. This makes a difference
>> for the spacing of the courses at the bridge.
> 
> Could someone please address this issue in more detail?  What does it
> mean to play a lute with a guitar technique?
> 
> 
> 
> To get on or off this list see list information at
> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html



On 6/15/09 12:50 PM, "Michael" <pdxl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Ed Durbrow<edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp> wrote:
>> If you are a guitarist, one has to ask if you are planning on playing with
>> guitar technique or plan on learning lute technique. This makes a difference
>> for the spacing of the courses at the bridge.
> 
> Could someone please address this issue in more detail?  What does it
> mean to play a lute with a guitar technique?
> 
> 
> 
> To get on or off this list see list information at
> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html


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