Dear David, an interesting topic. I have learned that the a-finger should be omited whenever possible (especially when playing thumb-inside) and to use it just for arpeggios. This makes most sense if you "glue" the pinky on the soundboard because it's much easier to obtain a stable position of the right hand. A look into guitar methods of the early 19th century also gives hint: Sor has advoated a similar technique and he is said to have a RH-Technique in "lute-tradition".
Best wishes Thomas Am Sonntag, 28. August 2005 10:03 schrieben Sie: > I am religiously trying to follow De Visée's right hand fingering of his > theorbo pieces (Saizenay MS): no third finger! I find it not easy to leave > my well-trained guitar-a out of it, but it does improve my sound (changing > to no nails and gut strings also helped ;-). Anyone else has the same or > contradictory experiences? > > David - trying to talk about lutes again > > > > ***************************************** > David van Ooijen > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/ > ***************************************** > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Thomas Schall Niederhofheimer Weg 3 D-65843 Sulzbach 06196/74519 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ab 15.7. neue Adresse: Wiesentalstrasse 41 CH-8355 Aadorf http://www.lautenist.de http://www.lautenist.de/bduo/ http://www.lautenist.de/gitarre/ http://www.tslaute.de/weiss/
