Piccinini's works are vague on the subject of nails, and his remarks
have been widely mistranslated. It would appear that he used the nail
for an effect, but that is of course a can of worms owing to the nails
lobby. And rightly so! Tthere should be a lively discussion on this
issue since the economic implications are so important.
However, since there are no nails players today (that I know of, please
point me there!) that play on gut strings, we can safely assume that it
is neither practical nor desirable, and that there must be other
factors at work such as volume and stability--20th century issues.
It would be interesting to see a reconstruction of a Piccinini
technique, using the nail in a supporting role, with a double strung,
all gut strings archlute for example, but it would be very different
than anything I have heard so far. I think it would make a great video
project.
dt
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From: howard posner <[email protected]>
To: Lute List <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, March 27, 2012 3:36:18 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Vimeo: Monica Pustilnik playing Piccinini
On Mar 27, 2012, at 3:40 AM, Mathias Roesel wrote:
> What I was referring to is the position of her right hand close
> to the bridge, her playing with nails, and the initial movements of
her
> index and middle fingers from the root joints. That's how I was
taught to
> play the classical guitar.
Piccinini's 1623 foreword specifically instructs players to use nails.
Of course, he may have been influenced by modern classical guitar
technique.
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