On Jun 16, 2009, at 3:49 AM, Mayes, Joseph wrote: > I know I am sticking my neck way out here, but I thought I'd > throw in > my 2 cents - let the flames begin! > > As I see it, in the early days of both lute and guitar, the > technique > was largely the same: thumb-under, pinky on the soundboard, etc. As > time passed, and both music and the technique to play that music > evolved, lute technique moved toward what "purists" consider > "Guitar > technique" that is, thumb-out, alternating between index and > middle, > etc. The guitar continued in an almost unbroken chain of > development to > the present day, while the lute, its players and its music went > away. > Ergo, one can think of modern guitar technique as evolved lute > technique. There is no difference in lute set-up to use guitar > technique. I have never heard of a luthier being asked to > accommodate a > different style of play in the string spacing at the bridge. > Unless Ed > Durbrow was thinking of plectrum playing - then I must admit > complete > ignorance.
I was thinking of classical guitar technique alla Bream. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp 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
