More important to the debate is whether you alternate thumb and first finger to play melody. That is true thumb under. Otherwise you are (merely) adjusting your thumb/hand angle to have better access to basses. R.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Winheld Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: Jan Gruter's technique See Nigel North. "I've never seen any modern player do real "thumb-out" technique. Most people, even the big guys, do as Jan does in the video: a sort of "half thumb" that is neither in or out, but is more closely related to thumb-under in terms of technique and tone." -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
