Indeed. This is accentuated with modern rest stroke, but even with free stroke, modern players strive to drive the stroke vertically towards the soundboard...that Piccinini (and I suspect many other astute pluckers) had already figured out around four centuries ago.
Best, Eugene -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Miles Dempster Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:37 AM To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Vimeo: Monica Pustilnik playing Piccinini Modern classical guitar technique also aims to have the string vibrate vertical to the soundboard. I'll leave it to the pedagogues to explain how! Miles On 2012-03-28, at 9:05 AM, Mathias Rösel wrote: > Howard, > > Thanks for your very informed remark. Indeed, Piccinini writes in his > avertimenti about the thumb, ch. vi: "Io non approvo, che habbia > l'vnga molto longa" (I don't endorse it to have a very long nail). > And about the other fingers, ch. vii: "Certamente debbono havere le > vngue tanto longhe che auanzino le carne e non piu" (they surely need > to have nails as long as to pass the flesh, and not further). > > About his distinct playing technique, ch. vii: "Quando si fara una > pizzicata > (.) si piglierà la detta corda con la sommità della carne & vrtandola > verso il fondo, si farà che l'vngna lasci sfuggire tutte due le corde". > (Striking a string, one must grip the said string with the tip of the > flesh and, bouncing it toward the soundboard, the nail will let escape > both strings). > > That is a bit different, if I'm not mistaken, from modern guitar nail > playing technique in that the direction of the vibration of the string > is different. Vertical to the soundboard with Piccinini, parallel to > the soundboard on the modern classical guitar. That makes a difference > in sound, nails or not. But frankly, I haven't seen or heard players > with Piccinini's technique so far. Any hints appreciated. > > Mathias > > > >> On Mar 27, 2012, at 3:40 AM, Mathias Rösel wrote: >> >>> What I was referring to is the position of her right hand close to >>> the bridge, her playing with nails, and the initial movements of her >>> index and middle fingers from the root joints. That's how I was >>> taught to play the classical guitar. >> >> Piccinini's 1623 foreword specifically instructs players to use >> nails. Of > course, he >> may have been influenced by modern classical guitar technique. > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
