Wow! Are my fingers ever out of shape! Thanks for sharing this link--why don't they teach us this stuff the minute we pick up an instrument??
Leonard Williams On 6/29/10 1:36 PM, "Stephen Arndt" <stephenar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Anthony, > > You might want to look at Greg Irwin's finger control exercises on YouTube. I > have found them very helpful and really should do them more regularly. They > begin with this link: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWmDbbYH1OQ&feature=PlayList&p=85E9D05280DCD668 > &playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1, and there are quite a few of them. > > Good luck, > > Stephen Arndt > > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Anthony Hind <agno3ph...@yahoo.com> >> Sent: Jun 29, 2010 4:09 AM >> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> Subject: [LUTE] incompatibility gardening/lute playing? >> >> >> Dear lutenists >> Recently, I have found myself having to do some rather heavy >> gardening, which appears to be almost incompatible with lute playing. >> the simple fact of being physically tired is part of it, but also the >> fingers seem less supple after clenching a spade or a pick-axe. >> One lute player told me that even carrying suit-cases to a performance, >> can make their fingers stiff; and certain lute makers told me that >> using a lute maker's tools can make lute playing more difficult; >> although there are some excellent lute maker-players, even among us. >> % >> Do others have similar impressions, and if so, are there any ideas on >> how to get round this, (apart, of course simply from getting someone >> else to carry your lutes, and do the gardening, or play your lutes): >> some exercise between activities to help prepare for playing, perhaps? >> % >> At present, I am back in my flat in Paris, and so playing as much as I >> can, in spite of the hot weather, which also makes things more >> difficult, and I have regained the suppleness, but I will soon have to >> go back to gardening. >> Thanks for any advice, >> Anthony >> >> -- >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >