> Hi, > > I've learned NOT to use the arm while playing and to fix the pinky on > the soundbooard (for orientation). If you move the pinky IMHO it doesn't > make sense to put it on the soundboard anyway. > The tone production should be with the fingers using them in a way like > "hammering" on the the strings. The technique is "thumb under". > I've studies with Sigrun Richter in Frankfurt and as far as I know the > same technique is teached by Konrad Jungh�nel. > The technique Hoppy and his students promote leads to a good and secure > sound but as Sigrun has put it "there are many ways to come to a > satisfying result".
Right, as there're many ideas of what a satisfactory result would be. It also has to do with the instrument you play. K. Jungh�nel plays mostly big lutes, which forces you to do different things... I don't know... for renaissance playing, I would definitively encourage my students to use the arm. Saludos, A
