The portuguese guitar I listened to, was played virtuoso, both melodic
and chordal. And yes, I bet the performer had some thick callouses. I
was surprised to se that he used thumb in technique.
G
On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 8:51 PM, G. C. <[1]kalei...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Tristan,
the Yamaha guitalele G1 looks like a miniature 6 string guitar and is
nylon strung. I have small hands, so "La compagna" worked just fine, as
well as Poulton #73 or a Bach prelude. I gut an annoying wrist pain
after extensive playing though which was rather dissapointing!
G
On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Tristan von Neumann
<[2]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote:
How do you play on double metal strings?
I recently tried to play lute pieces on a 12 string guitar, but I
almost got blisters...
I imagine on a small instrument the strings a thin and have quite
some tension? What's Your technique?
Am 05.07.2018 um 23:04 schrieb G. C.:
Hi All,
after attending a concert including a portuguise guitar, I was
positively surprised to realise, that this rare metal strung
instrument
is also traditionally played using the thumb-in technique!
And after aquiring a Yamaha G1 guitalele, I was equally
surprised, that
I could play difficult lute pieces satisfactorily on such a tiny
and
cheap instrument. (Getting a noticeable pain in the left wrist
afterwards though, which was quite a deception!)
G.
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