Sor advocated some sort of p/i for some pieces. His hand position was "sort of" thumb under, as far as I understand it. Many disclaimers in this statement, but just to say it's not a crazy thing to do. On a period guitar. But we're drifting into OT CG territory here. ;-) David
******************************* David van Ooijen [1][email protected] [2]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* On 5 August 2014 23:34, Tony <[3][email protected]> wrote: A A Doug and Tobiah A A Just out of curiosity I attempted thumb-under lute technique on my CG. A A I needed to raise the pinky with a lightly stuck-on pencil eraser (due A A to the raised soundboard the strings are high). Apart from that, no A A problem, it was easy and sounded reasonably good though subdued. A A A __________________________________________________________________ A A From: Doug Asherman <[4][email protected]> A A To: lutelist Net <[5][email protected]> A A Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 17:35 A A Subject: [LUTE] Re: those Pignoses! A A On 8/4/14 6:12 PM, howard posner wrote: A A > On Aug 4, 2014, at 1:54 PM, Tobiah <[1][6][email protected]> wrote: A A > A A > Our ears are in tune with a different set of practices A A > now (at least the general public). A Perhaps if we looked up from A A anthropology A A > It's not anthropology. A It's the instruction manual. A If you pay A A thousands of dollars for an instrument (and millions of dollars for A A strings), you should at least read it. A A > A A There's an instruction manual? Why am I spending all this money on A A lessons? A A As a long-time guitar player (~40 years) and a raw beginner on the lute A A (slightly more than a year), I'm in favor of the pinky on the A A soundboard A A position. A For me, at least, it makes rest strokes with the thumb A A easier; and a decent rest stroke with the thumb makes it easier to play A A a consistently strong melody line. A A I can't really discuss right and wrong technique here, since I am a A A beginner; I can only talk about what works for me. If I tried to play A A the lute the same way I play guitar, I wouldn't be making much A A progress. A A Doug A A To get on or off this list see list information at A A [2][7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html A A -- References A A 1. mailto:[8][email protected] A A 2. [9]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. mailto:[email protected] 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 8. mailto:[email protected] 9. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
