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
>> 
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>> 
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