Antwort: Right hand technique/Instrument sounding
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.
Re: Right hand technique/Instrument sounding
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
