David, what I meant by bending of the last joint is exactly what you said. The finger does not remain bended but rather in a flexible state when in touch with the strings. In classical guitar it is maintained straight when plucking, however, I've seen people bending it ocasionally.
2007/7/17, David Tayler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I think it is interesting that when we actually hear someone playing > historically, we wonder if it is. > As for bending the last joint of the finger, that is a tricky > question. If you grab and bend the last joint, > you often will make a scratchy sound; if the joint is flexible and > bends slightly backwards, yielding to the thread of pressure from the > finger, wrist, and arm, you can strike both strings with no fear of > the dreaded buzz. > That said, there are many ways to strike a string, or groups of strings. > Lotta reverb on that video :) beautiful playing. > > dt > > > At 09:26 AM 7/16/2007, you wrote: > >The question of nails just arose because I felt the sound was extremely > >focused, almost as if he was playing on a single string with nails. Also, > if > >you notice his right hand, the fingers are been used as in classical > guitar > >technique where you don't bend the last joint. That's how I started out > >playing, but soon as I cut the nails I had to bend the last joint to be > able > >to grab both strings together. > > > > > > > > > >2007/7/16, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:02 AM, Andrew Gibbs wrote: > > > > > > > Not that I'm in any position to be questioning Nigel North's > > > > technique but shouldn't these pieces be played thumb-under, little > > > > finger on the soundboard and with the right hand closer to the > bridge? > > > > > > The little finger can still anchor the RH even though the hand > > > changes position, horizontally or vertically. > > > > > > Conventional wisdom seems to have it that thumb-out is okay for > > > Dowland because he was most probably playing thumb-out towards the > > > end of the 16th century. > > > > > > I noticed on those clips that NN's right hand thumb does slip behind > > > his fingers occasionally. He seems to be playing with that kind of > > > hybrid technique that more or less leaves the fingers more or less > > > where they are for either thumb-out or thumb-under. That method > > > doesn't require much change in RH position to bring the thumb over > > > the fingers instead of behind them. In fact, as long as the thumb is > > > busy playing bass notes the question of thumb under/out doesn't arise. > > > > > > We seem to have two different sets of iconography: artists' > > > impressions in old paintings and modern-day photographic, as well as > > > actual visual, evidence. Past and present iconographies don't always > > > show the same thumb-out position. Most lutenists I've seen in live > > > performance, in video's, in photo's accompanying CD notes or on > > > personal websites, play Baroque music with this hybrid technique, and > > > not in the more severe style depicted in the old paintings. > > > > > > Apparently thumb-under is not recommended for playing Baroque music, > > > but possibly might be acceptable if said Baroque music is played on a > > > renaissance lute. So is the Earl of Derby's Galliard renaissance or > > > Baroque? I dunno, it's very confusing. Does it really matter that > > > much... ;-) > > > > > > DR > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > >-- > > > --
