That was neat. Pretty much a thumb under position.
On Jul 7, 2018, at 6:39 PM, Joaquim Silva wrote:
> Yes, portuguese guitar is played mainly with «dos dedos» and «dedillo»
> techniques, using
> artificial nails acting as picks. You can see this playing style clearly
> in this performance of
Yes, portuguese guitar is played mainly with «dos dedos» and «dedillo»
techniques, using
artificial nails acting as picks. You can see this playing style clearly
in this performance of one of the most aclaimed portuguese guitar
players, Pedro Caldeira Cabral, using tortoise shell nails
Hey, did a little research about the portuguese guitars. Players never
don't play directly with the finger tips, but with the nails. Even
then, many choose to use fingerpicks and not the natural nail.
These picks were traditionally chiseled from tortoiseshell, but are now
made from
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
The portuguese guitar I listened to, was played virtuoso, both melodic
and chordal. And yes, I bet the performer had some thick callouses. I
was surprised to se that he used thumb in technique.
G
On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 8:51 PM, G. C. <[1]kalei...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Tristan,
Hi Tristan,
the Yamaha guitalele G1 looks like a miniature 6 string guitar and is
nylon strung. I have small hands, so "La compagna" worked just fine, as
well as Poulton #73 or a Bach prelude. I gut an annoying wrist pain
after extensive playing though which was rather
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,
There are interesting options with today's guitar technology. I use a Cordoba
"mini" travel guitar for finding fingerings, writing tabs etc on my desk where
I wouldn't like to take my lute because of reduced space and the too high
humidity. That guitar with the a string length of 55cm comes
