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> On Dec 10, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Bruno Correia <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, with our lifestyle they wouldn't have produced any lute music at > all. With a big screen tv and an internet connection, Bach would have > had far less kids around too... > > > 2013/12/10 <[1][email protected]> > > I like nails, the sound of nails. I like nylon strings. > Who knows what they would have used if they had modern strings, 600 > sandpaper, and diamond files, not to mention super glue. > I always think the point is to make pleasing music and have fun. > It doesn't matter to me how anyone plays. Do what makes you happy > and have fun. > Allan > > -----Original Message----- >> From: "Mayes, Joseph" <[2][email protected]> >> Sent: Dec 10, 2013 11:23 AM >> To: Bruno Correia <[3][email protected]>, List LUTELIST > <[4][email protected]> > >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed > >> 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" <[5][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][6][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:[7][email protected] > >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > Bruno Figueiredo > > Pesquisador autonomo da pratica e interpretac,ao > historicamente informada no alaude e teorba. > Doutor em Praticas Interpretativas pela > Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. mailto:[email protected] > 4. mailto:[email protected] > 5. mailto:[email protected] > 6. mailto:[email protected] > 7. mailto:[email protected] > 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
