I hope Val exaggerates when he says "many on the list will be glad. . .". The practical reasons for using nylgut - especially in performance - are obvious. And if POD didn't feel he was getting the sound best expressing his interpretation of the music he plays with thumb under technique, I'm sure he would adopt a different one. I think it's been wonderful that MP has come up with nylgut. I'm wondering if at some point there will be non-wound nylgut that will work well for the bass courses. To me, it seems that a main difference between gut and synthetic is the balance between the treble and bass courses.
Ned On Apr 10, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Valéry Sauvage wrote: > Yes a pity, > but many on the list will be glad we couldn't hear this typical non hip > player, playing late Elizabethan repertoire with thumb under, near the rose > and with nylgut strings... > ;-)))) > V. > > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
