Well, of course, Monica, the playing between rose and neck is well established and very much in practise today. I was bringing to light the practice of strumming near the bridge. I think playing near the neck is fine for all those thousands of alfabeto songs - and as Arto ably demonstrates in his video. But my gut (-string) instinct is that players of a rougher sort strummed near the bridge, and Fernandiere indicates, reluctantly, that I am right.
Moanica (!) seems to be keeping the spirit of disdain alive in her choice of words: ''I suspect the operative words here are "in barber style". Me, I can rough it with the worst of them before heading off to Versailles to play with Marie Antoinette, if you get my drift... Rob -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
