There are interesting options with today's guitar technology. I use a Cordoba "mini" travel guitar for finding fingerings, writing tabs etc on my desk where I wouldn't like to take my lute because of reduced space and the too high humidity. That guitar with the a string length of 55cm comes with specially designed Aquila strings to tune it in A. I tune those strings down to renaissance tuning in G, the string tension is even more comfortable. Using the strap to suspend the guitar on me allows to use thumb out as well.
Best Jurgen ---------------------------------- “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On 6 July 2018 4:04 AM, G. C. <kalei...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > after attending a concert including a portuguise guitar, I was > > positively surprised to realise, that this rare metal strung instrument > > is also traditionally played using the thumb-in technique! > > And after aquiring a Yamaha G1 guitalele, I was equally surprised, that > > I could play difficult lute pieces satisfactorily on such a tiny and > > cheap instrument. (Getting a noticeable pain in the left wrist > > afterwards though, which was quite a deception!) > > G. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
