An E string (wire-wound multifilament) or e' string (rather limp nylon
monofilament)? What is the advantage of attaching real feather?
I've just been trying a guitar, third string g - as Guy has now
remembered. I'm not getting anywhere, but I'm not really getting
anywhere with a 'normal' type plectrum either. But I can see a very good
reason for tying _something_to a four inch length of nylon string: if
you put it somewhere it is almost invisible!
As a
routine user of plectra and quills (both natural and synthetic), this
approach all seems a bit weird to me.
Eugene
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Guy Smith
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:48 AM
To: 'Stuart Walsh'; 'Lute Net'
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Anyone see Crawford Young's concert?
IIRC, from his 2008 class at LSA, it's a guitar E string or a similar
length
of nylon, with a bit of feather attached. He talked about using real
feathers, but they tend to break down fairly quickly.
Guy
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of Stuart Walsh
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 5:36 AM
To: Lute Net
Subject: [LUTE] Anyone see Crawford Young's concert?
Crawford Young gave a concert last night in London. I couldn't get to it.
I'd be very interested to know anything about the polyphonic stuff with
psaltery and harp - like what instrument did what? And no percussion in
this?
And - if anyone was sharp-eyed enough - what was he using as a plectrum?
(Crawford Young uses a bit of guitar string or the floppy end of a
feather for a plectrum, evidently!)
Stuart
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