Michael Thames wrote: > "Christopher Schaub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > >>>I haven't heard anyone play >>>thumb-under faster than top rate classical or flamenco guitarists whose >>>technique is not that different from thumb-out, especially in regards to >>> >>> >>imim >> >> > > The kind of speed flamenco guitarists have with imim, I believe has >a great deal to do with playing with nails. Sor, wrote a duet for Aguado >and himself, and gave the fast part to Agado, because he played with nails. > >
Nails give speed? What would the physical principle involved be? IIRC, there is a fairly well-known flamenco player that does NOT have nails, but does have the speed (I'll have to dig around to find out who this was, but I remember David Schramm mentioning him some time back on RMCG). Picado IS possible without nails. Greg-- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
