Whoops sorry about last post. I welcome all your remarks but the main question concerned physical exercise pertaining to actual hand, i.e. Relaxing and removing tension. I have have been following a course of Alexander technique to correct posture but was wondering about flexibility exercise for hand. Best wishes Anthony On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:29 PM Anthony Hart <[1][email protected]> wrote:
Thanks a lot! On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 4:51 PM Martin Shepherd <[2][email protected]> wrote: A couple of possible answers: The secret to getting a full tone on the lute is to concentrate on quality not quantity. If you force the sound it will not be any louder, just worse. What is needed is full contact with both strings of a course, a deflection of the strings towards the soundboard and absolutely simultaneous release. Lute music does sometimes contain fast passages but you definitely can't play them if you're not relaxed, and trying too hard. M On 02/10/2017 15:53, WALSH STUART wrote: > > Very interesting Martin. If playing the lute should be physically easy > then two things come to mind: volume and speed. > > If the player uses little effort to pluck the string ( I mean the > player really is making an effort, giving the matter full attention) > then surely that isn't going to be very loud? Very possibly the > contexts in which the lute was actually played didn't require great > volume. > > What about effortless speed? Here I am baffled too. Lots and lots of > lute music needs flurries of notes. Four flags and more and somehow > fast and light. (Later lute music can have lots of left hand alone > articulation.) I think that amateurs, then and now, can learn and play > quite difficult pieces but there are definite limitations on speed. > > > Stuart > > > >> >> I have also often found I play better after a break. Presumably this >> is because the physical habits are a bit less strong, leaving some >> room for the careful mental work which is so important. >> >> Martin >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> [3]https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > > -- __________________________________________________________________ Anthony Hart MSc, LLCM,ALCM. Musicologist and Independent Researcher Highrise Court 'B', Apt 2, Tigne' Street, Sliema, SLM3174, MALTA Mob: +356 9944 9552. e-mail: [5][email protected]; web: [6]www.monsignor-reggio.com NEW Publications: EDIZIONE ANTONINO REGGIO - [7]www.edizionear.com for information and special offer -- __________________________________________________________________ Anthony Hart MSc, LLCM,ALCM. Musicologist and Independent Researcher Highrise Court 'B', Apt 2, Tigne' Street, Sliema, SLM3174, MALTA Mob: +356 9944 9552. e-mail: [8][email protected]; web: [9]www.monsignor-reggio.com NEW Publications: EDIZIONE ANTONINO REGGIO - [10]www.edizionear.com for information and special offer -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. https://www.avast.com/antivirus 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. http://www.monsignor-reggio.com/ 7. http://www.edizionear.com/ 8. mailto:[email protected] 9. http://www.monsignor-reggio.com/ 10. http://www.edizionear.com/
