[LUTE] Re: Take II: last joints that bend backwards.

[vance wood]

Actually nothing until you realize that you are not sticking both strings in 
the course.  This is particularly apparent with a doubled first course when 
you actually do manage to strike both strings, at least on my Lute, the 
sound is significantly different.  It is not so much bending backwards but 
coming at the string from the top down rather than clawing the string from 
the bottom up if you get the difference from my feeble description.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 2:36 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Take II: last joints that bend backwards.


How so, Vance? I have a double first course lute too, and don't see the 
connection. What's different in first and second or third courses?

David

I will offer my opinion on the right hand.  I play a Lute with a doubled 
first course.  Having the ability to collapse the first joint of the 
digits on the right hand is crucial in getting a proper sound out of the 
instrument strung in this manner.

VW



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