Oh, yes, another thing, how did you come to a conclusion that i am arguing against the little finger support while i am arguing that only such a support allows to produce a decent sound on a lute?.. al ray
On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:05:16 +0100 (BST) Martyn Hodgson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Alexander, > > What evidence do you have that early lutes (I presume you're referring > to 16th century instruments) were strung at a lower tension than > similar size later lutes? > > And what evidence do you have that the tension of a guitar around 1800 > was 7 Newtons? > > Early evidence on the use of placing the little finger on the belly is > unequivocal - if we wish to attempt to reproduce what the Old Ones > themselves heard it is clearly necessary to adopt the same techniques. > > MH > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
