[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: thumb in or out???

2019-08-04 Thread howard posner
> On Aug 3, 2019, at 3:06 PM, G. C. wrote: > > Nigel North has a relaxed thumb out playing style. Notice how the > pinky wanders! And the thumb wanders inside the fingers (e.g., 0:58, 6:58). I suppose whoever just wrote that he didn’t want to listen to baroque lute players who use

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: thumb in or out???

2019-08-03 Thread G. C.
Nigel North has a relaxed thumb out playing style. Notice how the pinky wanders! [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAuj1_wqsbk G. -- References 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAuj1_wqsbk To get on or off this list see list information at

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: thumb in or out???

2019-08-03 Thread David van Ooijen
Thomas is getting all the gigs at the moment, and rightly so, despite his non-hip choices. So what's your point? David - not fighting anyone in this exchange, just observing players and audiences making their own choices, neither based on anything the hip-police is describing as

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: thumb in or out???

2019-08-03 Thread Mathias Rösel
I agree with Bernard. That's nice guitar playing on a strange guitar. Mathias __ Gesendet mit der [1]Telekom Mail App --- Original-Nachricht --- Von: David van Ooijen Betreff: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: thumb in or out

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: thumb in or out???

2019-08-03 Thread David van Ooijen
Single-strung archlute tuned in g'. a' = 415Hz Poor rose. David *** David van Ooijen [1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [2]www.davidvanooijen.nl *** On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 at 20:24, Fischer BE (Aon) <[3]fischer...@aon.at>

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: thumb in or out???

2019-08-03 Thread Fischer BE (Aon)
My comment sounds like this: Unfortunately, this performance is on a "lute-shape instrument" but by far not on a baroque lute. Apparently the young musician misses the idea and ideal of baroque lute sound and technique. He treats the instrument like a guitar. The type of string material is by far

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: thumb in or out???

2019-08-03 Thread G. C.
Well. Single strung lute. Rather special right hand technique with thumb in, but the rest of the fingers employed more like a guitarist. I would say it was neither, nor really. To me, his right hand did not give a "relaxed" impression. But musically, he played the bwv 995