I think it's also possible to have nails, but play the lute with the flesh. If you position your hand the right way you can attack with pretty much just your flesh. I started on some lute over the summer and have gotten a pretty decent sound this way.
--- EUGENE BRAIG IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Saturday, October 8, 2005 4:26 am > Subject: [LUTE] Re: New Boy's Ungrateful Response to > Free Advice (Re: New Boy wants lute) > > > perhaps collective wisdom will instruct new boy on > the > > proper method of trimming his fingernails. > > If he intends to use them, he shouldn't trim them at > all, but should file them with relatively fine emery > boards and cosmetic nail buffers. I keep relatively > short nails for use on modern guitar, but favor less > nail on early strings, so my nails (at least p, i, > and m) are strongly tapered down on the attack side. > I would do the same on a and c, but my a and c > nails have a rather strong curl that is not > conducive to the shape. For something similar, you > can see Scott Tennant's _Pumping_Nylon_. > > Eugene > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
