Yes, in the video at stake, Monica doesn't appear to push down into the strings.
However, even with Monica's hand position, if you let the last joint collapse, you can impart a vertical movement to the string at the instant of contact. I won't say any more. As I said, I will let the pedagogues explain. ;-) Miles On 2012-03-28, at 4:27 PM, Mathias Rösel wrote: >> 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! > > Hm, haven't seen players do it yet. In the video at stake, she isn't doing > it either, at least not for the glimpse that the cam focusses on her RH. > What I see is mere nails (not the tip of the flesh), hitting strings > parallel to the soundboard (http://vimeo.com/37273475 00:35-40). That's what > I was referring to. > > BTW that's the way I was taught and used to play the classical guitar > myself, and I should do it again, yes, whatever the NGRW (New Guitar > Religious Ways). And I find Monica's results amazing and lovely, howsoever > guitarishly connotated (no offense intended). > > Mathias > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
