I play wire-strung instruments with the same technique as lute or early guitar. I mean lightly built, lightly strung instruments (English guitar, bandora etc) not modern heavily built instruments strung with the sort of wire that Batman's Joker uses to bring down airliners.
On 6 July 2018, at 17:07, Tristan von Neumann <tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote: How do you play on double metal strings? I recently tried to play lute pieces on a 12 string guitar, but I almost got blisters... I imagine on a small instrument the strings a thin and have quite some tension? What's Your technique? Am 05.07.2018 um 23:04 schrieb G. C.: > Hi All, > after attending a concert including a portuguise guitar, I was > positively surprised to realise, that this rare metal strung instrument > is also traditionally played using the thumb-in technique! > And after aquiring a Yamaha G1 guitalele, I was equally surprised, that > I could play difficult lute pieces satisfactorily on such a tiny and > cheap instrument. (Getting a noticeable pain in the left wrist > afterwards though, which was quite a deception!) > G. > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
