Dear all,
Depending on the pieces and their time of compositions or better to say depending on the number of courses ( 6,7,8,10,11,13) they are written for, there ist no need to use the little finger on the soundbord (10,11,13, course lutes ) or it is recomended to put the little Finger on the soundbord (6,7,8 course lutes) If you put the little Finger on the soundbord, you will not have the chance to play with the Ringfinger. Therefore the use of Thumb, Forefinger and Middlefinger is recomended. The Forefinger has to play the second and third course( as small "Harpeggio"). The Middlefinger plays the first one.Chords with more tones should be played with the Forefinger and Middlefinger and with the help of the thumb. In this way i learned it . Rainer Waldeck To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
