[LUTE] Re: Right hand- thumb out and the pinky resting on the sound board

2019-08-04 Thread Jurgen Frenz
Dear Matthew, merci beaucoup pour tes observations prĂ©cises et pour ton offre d'analyser ma position de main et peut-ĂȘtre trouver une solution. I added a link to a photo of my right hand on my 8c lute with the pinky close to the chanterelle - I didn't make a video because I would need to more

[LUTE] Re: Right hand- thumb out and the pinky resting on the sound board

2019-08-03 Thread Matthew Daillie
I suspect that this very issue explains why there are so many depictions of lutenists playing late renaissance and baroque lutes with the little-finger the other side of the bridge where there are no strings to hamper it. If one changes the angle of the hand in relation to the courses of the