Good advice from Chris. It is also often helpful to move the finger just some millimetres up or down. In long passages it's important to use the arm weight rather than pressing hard.
Stephan Von meinem Samsung Galaxy Smartphone gesendet. -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Christopher Wilke <chriswi...@cs.dartmouth.edu> Datum: 20.04.18 22:47 (GMT+01:00) An: Leonard Williams <arc...@verizon.net> Cc: Lutelist Net <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Barring tips My advice for barring would be to drink a lot of water beforehand, when you're there and when you get home. It also helps to curve your finger - the arch shape is much stronger than a straight finger, meaning that you don't have to use as much muscular Force to press down. Also, place the finger down more on the side than flat. If you can, try to mash the strings with the boney side of a knuckle instead of the fleshy part of yer fanger. Chris [1]Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, April 20, 2018, 4:23 PM, Leonard Williams <arc...@verizon.net> wrote: I'm looking for tips on barring--it's always been a weak point for me, particularly when a moving passage over a bar hits a barred note. This is espaecially so when the note is on a middle course. Would heavier frets - short of buzzing the strings -help? (currently using 1.1mm 1st, graded downward in 0.05 increments). I'm guessing an arched fingerboard woulds be ideal, but I can't afford that right now. Thanks and regards, Leonard Williams -- To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html