Tony,
I use thumb-under at the conclusion of Britten's "Nocturnal". The theme at
the end, upon which the entire preceding work has been based is Dowland's
"Come, Heavy Sleep". Even with guitar nails, I have no problem doing a
nail-less thumb under. This makes the renaissance piece contrast timbrically
(is that a word?) from the rest of the piece. The end sounds dreamy, distant
and resigned in a way that is very different from the unsettled portions
before... just drifting off... Quite artistically effective, I believe.
Chris
Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A.
Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
www.christopherwilke.com
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On Tue, 8/5/14, Tony <ascbrigh...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Subject: [LUTE] Re: those Pignoses!
To: "Doug Asherman" <dashe...@sonic.net>, "lutelist Net"
<Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2014, 5:34 PM
Doug and Tobiah
Just out of curiosity I attempted
thumb-under lute technique on my CG.
I needed to raise the pinky with a lightly
stuck-on pencil eraser (due
to the raised soundboard the strings are
high). Apart from that, no
problem, it was easy and sounded
reasonably good though subdued.
__________________________________________________________________
From: Doug Asherman <dashe...@sonic.net>
To: lutelist Net <Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 17:35
Subject: [LUTE] Re: those Pignoses!
On 8/4/14 6:12 PM, howard posner wrote:
> On Aug 4, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Tobiah
<[1]t...@tobiah.org>
wrote:
>
> Our ears are in tune with a different
set of practices
> now (at least the general
public). Perhaps if we looked up from
anthropology
> It's not anthropology. It's the
instruction manual. If you pay
thousands of dollars for an instrument
(and millions of dollars for
strings), you should at least read it.
>
There's an instruction manual? Why am I
spending all this money on
lessons?
As a long-time guitar player (~40 years)
and a raw beginner on the lute
(slightly more than a year), I'm in favor
of the pinky on the
soundboard
position. For me, at least, it makes
rest strokes with the thumb
easier; and a decent rest stroke with the
thumb makes it easier to play
a consistently strong melody line.
I can't really discuss right and wrong
technique here, since I am a
beginner; I can only talk about what works
for me. If I tried to play
the lute the same way I play guitar, I
wouldn't be making much
progress.
Doug
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