Thank you David, Dan & Morgan,
The video of Paul O'Dette is helpful - I had missed that one. Jacob Heringman has, it appears, audio only clips on you tube. But I'll look for Ronn McFarlane's DVD. I happen to like Nigel North's playing very much, but can't tell from his clips on youtube if he plays thumb under, over, or a combination of both. I've sat down with my intstrument, Dave and Dan, and tried your suggestions. They are quite helpful. Primarily, I think I have to think about less finger motion and more forearm motion for single line passages. Paul O'Dette's video does seem to demonstrate this pretty clearly. I would certainly like to work with a teacher, Dan, but that may have to wail until a workshop sometime. The area I live in is remote (150 miles north of the southern-most point of the country). But it is nevertheless a large metropolitan area - 4.4 million residents. Though one can find teachers for almost any discipline, and certainly for almost any musical instrument, lute is (as far as I've been able to determine) an exception. I've made this plug before, but to repeat: I know of a professional guitarist here who has successfully designed his own on-line course of instruction. He has students from all over the world. This seems a natural thing for a lute teacher. Surely there aren't many areas of the world where lutenists have waiting lists for students. But just as surely, there are many areas - such as mine - where there are no lute teachers to be found. I think it's just a matter of time before someone will take this step. In the meantime, I'll be relying on lute-net for technical and musical suggestions. Thanks to all for your generous help. Ned __________________________________________________________________ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html