Modern classical guitar technique also aims to have the string vibrate vertical to the soundboard. I'll leave it to the pedagogues to explain how!
Miles On 2012-03-28, at 9:05 AM, Mathias Rösel wrote: > Howard, > > Thanks for your very informed remark. Indeed, Piccinini writes in his > avertimenti about the thumb, ch. vi: "Io non approvo, che habbia l'vnga > molto longa" (I don't endorse it to have a very long nail). > And about the other fingers, ch. vii: "Certamente debbono havere le vngue > tanto longhe che auanzino le carne e non piu" (they surely need to have > nails as long as to pass the flesh, and not further). > > About his distinct playing technique, ch. vii: "Quando si fara una pizzicata > (…) si piglierà la detta corda con la sommità della carne & vrtandola verso > il fondo, si farà che l'vngna lasci sfuggire tutte due le corde". > (Striking a string, one must grip the said string with the tip of the flesh > and, bouncing it toward the soundboard, the nail will let escape both > strings). > > That is a bit different, if I'm not mistaken, from modern guitar nail > playing technique in that the direction of the vibration of the string is > different. Vertical to the soundboard with Piccinini, parallel to the > soundboard on the modern classical guitar. That makes a difference in sound, > nails or not. But frankly, I haven't seen or heard players with Piccinini's > technique so far. Any hints appreciated. > > Mathias > > > >> On Mar 27, 2012, at 3:40 AM, Mathias Rösel 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. > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
