hi Stuart, I remember the suggested guitar string being the 1st (the high e). I had to add a piece of tape to the non-business end in order to keep a better grip on it and to keep it from twisting around in my sweaty little digits --and yes, to find it later. So it really helps to add something to it.
I'm wondering also if I could use a zip-tie. Also I remember the n-b end coming out between the 1st and middle fingers. Sean On Tuesday, October 06, 2009, at 01:27PM, "Stuart Walsh" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.420 / Virus Database: 270.14.4/2417 - Release Date: 10/06/09 >> 06:50:00 >> >> > > > >
