Dear All: An intriguing tidbit: The father of the famous writer Cervantes was supposedly a barber-surgeon, and played the vihuela. Jim
From: Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2008/05/31 Sat PM 01:57:40 CDT To: Rob MacKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Vihuelalist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LUTE] Re: strumming near the bridge Well - Granata was a barber surgeon - so you are in excellent company! Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: Rob MacKillop To: Monica Hall Cc: Vihuelalist Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] strumming near the bridge Well, of course, Monica, the playing between rose and neck is well established and very much in practise today. I was bringing to light the practice of strumming near the bridge. I think playing near the neck is fine for all those thousands of alfabeto songs - and as Arto ably demonstrates in his video. But my gut (-string) instinct is that players of a rougher sort strummed near the bridge, and Fernandiere indicates, reluctantly, that I am right. Moanica (!) seems to be keeping the spirit of disdain alive in her choice of words: ''I suspect the operative words here are "in barber style". Me, I can rough it with the worst of them before heading off to Versailles to play with Marie Antoinette, if you get my drift... Rob -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
