"alexander" <[email protected]> schrieb: > The second has to do with the universally accepted assumption > that playing near the bridge with the "thumb out" produces a > "sharp tone" (" Did they like mellow or sharp tone? The RH > position of most baroque lute players on old paintings suggests > the later.").
Try it. You can guess what the results will be. Thumb out can only result in a smooth tone quality of the bass notes, even when the little finger rests on the bridge or behind it, because the point of attack of the thumb is rather close to the rose. Most 17th century music employs the index and middle fingers (not the ring finger), whose point of attack would with thumb out be in the middle between the tip of the thumb and where the tip of the pinky rests. Doesn't result in harsh tone quality either. Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
