At 03:10 AM 12/15/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >This is nothing new. The domination of nails in guitar technique is >relatively >recent and was still debated well after 6-string guitars became the standard. >Fernando Sor himself advocated nail-less technique.>> > > >Right... Sor advocated a no nails technique but let's stop the >perpetuation of this myth... > >Nails were used by many players in 17th century Italy (Piccinini; >Pelligrini; Granata) and in the 18th & 19th centuries..... > >Weiss mentions in letter to Matthesson that in Italy the archlute & >chittarone are usually plaed with the nails.Fernando Ferrandiere >specifically states that he uses nails on a six double course guitar >(1799) and Dionisio Aguado also advocates their use.
I don't see that anything here qualifies as myth. I agree that everything stated here--from Piccinini to Sor to the modern 6-string and beyond--is a documented piece of history. >There are ways to play with and ways to play without..., each has their >merits..... the point is to make sure that you play the lute like a LUTE >not a Modern Guitar Again, I agree with this statement. However, the original question was addressing the converse: a guitarist trying to play the modern guitar like a renaissance lute, thumb under and all. Best, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
