[LUTE] Re: Portuguise gitar and Yamaha G1
Hey, did a little research about the portuguese guitars. Players never don't play directly with the finger tips, but with the nails. Even then, many choose to use fingerpicks and not the natural nail. These picks were traditionally chiseled from tortoiseshell, but are now made from various plastics. Hope this clears things up. I doubt it's healthy or practical to play with the fingertips. Pretty sure that would cause scarring and abnormal amounts of calluses, in turn making playing hard. On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, 01:20 SW <[1]s.wa...@ntlworld.com> wrote: I play wire-strung instruments with the same technique as lute or early guitar. I mean lightly built, lightly strung instruments (English guitar, bandora etc) not modern heavily built instruments strung with the sort of wire that Batman's Joker uses to bring down airliners. On 6 July 2018, at 17:07, 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. > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- References 1. mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com 2. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Portuguise gitar and Yamaha G1
I play wire-strung instruments with the same technique as lute or early guitar. I mean lightly built, lightly strung instruments (English guitar, bandora etc) not modern heavily built instruments strung with the sort of wire that Batman's Joker uses to bring down airliners. On 6 July 2018, at 17:07, Tristan von Neumann 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. > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
[LUTE] Re: Portuguise gitar and Yamaha G1
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. -- References 1. mailto:kalei...@gmail.com 2. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Portuguise gitar and Yamaha G1
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 <[1]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. -- References 1. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Portuguise gitar and Yamaha G1
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. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Portuguise gitar and Yamaha G1
There are interesting options with today's guitar technology. I use a Cordoba "mini" travel guitar for finding fingerings, writing tabs etc on my desk where I wouldn't like to take my lute because of reduced space and the too high humidity. That guitar with the a string length of 55cm comes with specially designed Aquila strings to tune it in A. I tune those strings down to renaissance tuning in G, the string tension is even more comfortable. Using the strap to suspend the guitar on me allows to use thumb out as well. Best Jurgen -- “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On 6 July 2018 4:04 AM, G. C. wrote: > > > 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. > > > - > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html