>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.
I couldn't tell you the physical principles involved. Maybe it has to do
with friction and mass, and the fact they play with rest stroke.
All I can say is it true!.... and Paco plays 10 times as fast as any
of the guys you mentioned, and plays with nails... I know this because I saw
one of his nails ( a fake one ) explode into the sky above the audience at a
concert once.
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg M. Silverman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Michael Thames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mathias RXsel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute
net" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: Neceffarie obferuations
> 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--
>
>
>
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