Herbert, You could try thicker fret gut. With very thin frets it is harder to get a buzz free sound. There has to be an angle of the string over the fret. The fret has to act as a stop (or nut). Also it is good to try to place your fingers next to the fret (to increase the angle of the string as far as possible). To get the best out of your applied finger pressure put your fingers down at as right an angle as possible. You will find that on a well set up lute, applying an efficient r.h. technique, buzz free playing is very well possible with a minimum of effort.
Happy luting, Lex Op 10 sep 2012, om 17:25 heeft Herbert Ward het volgende geschreven: > > Some of the pressure from the LH fingers is > to prevent buzz. For example, if the string laid against > the fret with zero distance, you'd still have to apply > a considerable amount of pressure to prevent buzz. > > Factors are: > (a) the distance from string to fret, > (b) the string tension, > (c) the pressure needed to prevent buzz (as above). > > Factors (a) and (b) are involved in getting the string > to the fret, and (c) comes into play after the string > is against the fret. > > This has frustrated me in the past. I would lower the > acticn radically, only to find that > the reduction in pressure was not as great as > I'd hoped, because of (c). > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
