All of the players who learned to play their instrument with the little
finger down will agree with you. There is copious evidence for this
method being used in the 16th and 17th centuries. Early guitar tutors
also suggest planting the little finger. What I am saying is that it is
unnecessary, and has little or no beneficial effect on the sound
produced. Also - it was obviously not universal for lutes, archlutes,
guitars, what have you.
Joseph Mayes
On 4/1/11 6:59 AM, "Martyn Hodgson" <[1][email protected]>
wrote:
You are quite right - your email attached one of Jospeh Mayes to
whom I should have directed that particular observation. I'm pleased
you agree the little finger resting on the belly is a necessary part
of historical lute technique.
MH
--- On Fri, 1/4/11, alexander <[2][email protected]> wrote:
From: alexander <[3][email protected]>
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Stability of lute in playing fast.
To: "Martyn Hodgson" <[4][email protected]>
Cc: "JosephMayes" <[5][email protected]>, "Herbert Ward"
<[6][email protected]>, "[7][email protected]"
<[8][email protected]>
Date: Friday, 1 April, 2011, 11:04
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 <[9][email protected]
<[10]http://uk.mc263.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hodgsonmartyn@yaho
o.co.uk> > 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
>
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