What I noticed, David, seems too obvious: you are left-handed! So, I should see your videos with a mirror!
Paolo ---------- Initial Header ----------- >From : [email protected] To : "Lute List" [email protected] Cc : Date : Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:35:40 -0500 Subject : [LUTE] Re: Lute Lessons on YouTube > David van Ooijen wrote: > > I've made a new channel on YouTube. > > > > I promised a pupil of mine to record '70 Easy to Intermediate Pieces > > for Renaissance Lute' (The Lute Society Music Editions, 2009) on CD. > > Will do, but in the mean time I've started making videos of all the > > pieces, adding a few lines of 'explanation' where wanted. This also > > partly in response to one of the people on this list, who said there > > was no teacher in his neighbourhood, although he knew of a guy who > > gave on-line guitar lessons. What I did is not a lesson, of course, > > but perhaps it can be of help to those who are studying these pieces. > > > > Have look at > > > > www.youtube.com/LuteLessons > > > > and tell me what you think. > > > > David - yes, I know, I'm a lefty ;-) > > Thank you very much for these instructional videos. > > What I've been noticing about your fingers and nearly all of the > fingers of the others who have posted videos of their playing is that > as a group, you tend to have thin fingers. Or perhaps they are just > normal fingers. I know my fingers are not normal. > > I have to wear a size ExtraLarge glove to cover the width of my palm > and the thickness of my fingers, whereas a size Large (and possibly a > size Medium) would cover the length of my fingers. > > It's very hard for me to play a regular 6 course (Hieber pattern) > lute. When I finger a note, I tend to interfere with at least 1 > adjacent string, if not both adjacent strings. It's no problem at all > for me to strike both strings evenly when plucking! I don't know if I > could only hit 1 of the 2 strings. > > I just had a thought. I might do better with the fingering if I went > to single string courses throughout. But then, would the sound still > be the same? I doubt it. > > Any suggestions on what a thick-fingered person can do, short of > buying a specially built lute? And then keep in mind, I have a hard > time barring the lute or a even guitar due to my short finger length. > > I had no trouble at all playing brass instruments. :) > > Best, > Stephen. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
