Am Freitag, 17. Juli 2020 11:50 CEST, Monica Hall <mjlh...@mail.cs.dartmouth.edu> schrieb: [...] > However, what puzzles me is the odd position of his left arm and hand which > seem to me to be anatomically impossible. It looks as if his fingers are > stopping the back of the neck. Even if he was tuning it it couldn't be like > that. What do the rest of you think. Am I missing somthing crucial?
I can't see any problem - the theorbo player is tuning his 5th string. Thumb and index finger on the peg, little finger curled in, the middle two used to support the back of the pegbox. Cheers, RalfD > As ever > > Monica > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Ralf Mattes Hochschule für Musik Freiburg Projektleitung HISinOne Schwarzwaldstr. 141, D-79102 Freiburg http://www.mh-freiburg.de