not necessarily but the sound improves and he variety of colors you can archieve is much bigger. In any way it's a good idea to toy with the thumb-inside (right side of the finger) way of playing. A brief and good introduction can be found on Stefan Lundgren's page (in english, http://www.luteonline.de). Best wishes Thomas Caroline Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> am 20.12.2004 03:07:58 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopie: Thema: Right hand technique/Instrument sounding Dear Lute Listers I just do not understand how to play the lute courses with the right hand side of the fingers. Is this technique really necessary? And, as a guitarist who wants to keep playing the guitar, must I learn the thumb inside technique for the Renaissance lute? Nails have always been a problem for me as mine are weak and constantly splitting. Somehow, I have got around the problem, using the edge of the finger with the support of only a tiny bit of nail. Certainly the skin in that area, where nail meets finger, is a little harder than on the other side. I've never really analyzed exactly what I do, but I seem to be able to get reasonable tone and volume. I don't think that for lute playing, I need to get rid of the (shortish) nails that I do have. Many thanks, Regards Caroline -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium.
