Hi all, Discussion has been slow, so I thought I'd toss out a question for you all:
Do we have any historical evidence for the type of plectra *actually* used in the Renaissance? Would quill plectra be used with metal strings (it seems that they would potentially break, but the fact that they "give" in one direction would allow for the hard-soft-hard-soft attack just like in thumb-under playing)? And incidentally, what plectrum do each of you use? (I am currently using a combination of "thin" and "medium" jazz guitar picks. Anyone actually using quill?) -Andrew To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
