Doug and Tobiah
Just out of curiosity I attempted thumb-under lute technique on my CG.
I needed to raise the pinky with a lightly stuck-on pencil eraser (due
to the raised soundboard the strings are high). Apart from that, no
problem, it was easy and sounded reasonably good though subdued.
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From: Doug Asherman <[email protected]>
To: lutelist Net <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 17:35
Subject: [LUTE] Re: those Pignoses!
On 8/4/14 6:12 PM, howard posner wrote:
> On Aug 4, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Tobiah <[1][email protected]> wrote:
>
> Our ears are in tune with a different set of practices
> now (at least the general public). Perhaps if we looked up from
anthropology
> It's not anthropology. It's the instruction manual. If you pay
thousands of dollars for an instrument (and millions of dollars for
strings), you should at least read it.
>
There's an instruction manual? Why am I spending all this money on
lessons?
As a long-time guitar player (~40 years) and a raw beginner on the lute
(slightly more than a year), I'm in favor of the pinky on the
soundboard
position. For me, at least, it makes rest strokes with the thumb
easier; and a decent rest stroke with the thumb makes it easier to play
a consistently strong melody line.
I can't really discuss right and wrong technique here, since I am a
beginner; I can only talk about what works for me. If I tried to play
the lute the same way I play guitar, I wouldn't be making much
progress.
Doug
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