..and as we often say here in the CAL neighborhood, "GO BEARS!" (NOT debaitable.)
On 12/10/2013 10:23 AM, Mayes, Joseph wrote:
I play the lute, archlute and vihuela with nails for the same reason that I play the classical guitar with nails: because it sounds better! Of course, by that I mean it sounds better to me. Nails give the attack a precision that flesh does not. It also comes closer, IMHO to the sound usually described in historical sources as desirable on lute - silvery, tinkling, etc. Many sources tell us not to use nails - which they wouldn't have bothered to do if people were not doing it that way. I don't play with flesh, I don't ride my horse to the gig, and I don't attend any bear-bating. My $.02 Joseph mayes On 12/10/13 11:05 AM, "Bruno Correia" <[email protected]> wrote:Here we go again with the nails issue. There are many sources describing the use of flesh as the best way to sound upon the lute, however, the use of nails was certainly a possibility. But only because three cats used it doesn't mean it was the general taste of those times. Just because Jimi Hendrix played with his teeth doesn't mean that everyone does it today. I could only justify the nails if I still played the classical guitar, otherwise what benefit would it bring? 2013/12/10 Martin Shepherd <[1][email protected]> Well, there's Piccinini, who recommends playing with nails, and Mace, who says that some people do it and think it's the best way, but he says it might be OK in an ensemble but doesn't like it for solo playing. There may be others - Weiss? Vihuela references? I'm sure others can help. Martin -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
