[LUTE] Re: Last joints that bend backwards.

[Martin Shepherd]

There is a school of thought (members: Jean Baptist Besard, Stewart 
McCoy) which says that you play the Eb chord without bending your first 
finger, just placing it centrally between the second and third courses.  
Works for some people.  The same would apply to E major (2nd finger 
plays both cs):

--b---
--c---
--c---
------
--e---
------

But squash you can, and sometimes it's a good idea (all 3 fs played with 
2nd finger):

--h--
--d--
--f--
--f--
--f--
--d--

Happy squashing,

Martin

Sean Smith wrote:


It's extremely helpful for playing that Eb chord where the 1st finger 
covers the 1st frets of the 2nd and 3rd courses. Some folks even play 
all three 2nd frets of the big G chord. The latter doesn't quite work 
for me, though.

Sean


On Jul 11, 2008, at 6:48 PM, Herbert Ward wrote:


Some people have fingers that
bend backwards somewhat at the last joint.

Is this helpful for lute playing?



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