dear caroline - i damaged my hand slightly when i was a kid (fell on a rake) so a thumb-in/thumb-out discourse - instigated, no doubt, by some fussy fop in the baroque - has given way to "comfy or no" in my case.
it could be the mineral water here in tuscany or the olive oil but both our fingernails - my wife's and mine - have become much healthier since moving here. regards - bill --- Caroline Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > ===== "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm ___________________________________________________________ Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
