[LUTE] Re: Lute RH technique

[vance wood]

Short an answer as possible.  The technique for the right hand on the Lute, 
as you have described, comes from the necessity of striking both strings in 
a course at the same time, a problem you do not have with the Guitar.  I 
mentioned this previously but it still bears repeating:  The Guitar is a 
wonderful instrument; it will allow you to play with bad technique and still 
sound reasonably good.  The Lute is not so forgiving.

VW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Fryer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lute" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:08 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Lute RH technique


I don't think there is much question about the position and orientation
of the right hand (or range of position and orientation) and how they
changed over time - they are generally descirbed in the lute instruction
books of the time.

What seems to be lacking is any description of RH finger technique -
beyond such things as "strike upward" with the fingers or "strike
downward" with the thumb.  Where do the ideas come from that were so
well described by Mathias Rösel:

Get a light grip to both strings of the course with your forefinger.
Push the course toward the soundboard a bit, slightly letting bend
the 1st (from the tip) knuckle. Then let go. Try to connect the parts
of that movements into a whole. Do it once, in one touch.

and:

touch the strings in the described way, kinda tapping, and the sound
is just there

Where does this technique come from, as opposed to something like
classical guitar technique?

Stephen Fryer

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