[LUTE] Right hand- thumb out and the pinky resting on the sound board

2019-08-02 Thread Jurgen Frenz
Hi there, in addition to the ongoing very interesting discussion on RH technique I have a practical problem / question. When playing thumb-out and alternate m-i stroke I find it next to impossible reach with the fingers downwards beyond the a string without touching with the

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

2019-08-02 Thread Hermann Kelber
[1]https://youtu.be/XKIHIX8R870 observe his right hand>> can't wait for the conversation ???!!!l let's see what all he lute experts have to say By the way he gave a concert in Berkeley several month ago enjoy Hermann -- References 1. https://youtu.be/XKIHIX8R870

[LUTE] Re: RH folk style

2019-08-02 Thread Matthew Daillie
Yes, that's why I drink as much booze as I possibly can to have at least that aspect of my playing historically correct. Best, Matthew > On Aug 2, 2019, at 17:04, howard posner wrote: > > BTW, your selection of pictures proves conclusively that all early > 17th-century lutenists had red

[LUTE] Re: RH folk style

2019-08-02 Thread howard posner
> On Aug 2, 2019, at 1:50 AM, Matthew Daillie wrote: > > There are passages in pieces by Vallet where he indicates a thumb-index > alternation in diminutions on the 4th to 6th courses of the lute but this > does not mean that he was using thumb-in (since he seems to specifically to > deride

[LUTE] Re: RH folk style

2019-08-02 Thread Matthew Daillie
There are passages in pieces by Vallet where he indicates a thumb-index alternation in diminutions on the 4th to 6th courses of the lute but this does not mean that he was using thumb-in (since he seems to specifically to deride the use of this in his introduction). There are no indications for

[LUTE] Re: RH folk style

2019-08-02 Thread Mathias Rösel
Thumb out does not rule out alternating strokes of thumb and index, p - i is feasible with thumb out as well. Even someone as late as Charles Mouton has it in his double on Gaultier's Belle Homicide, to quote just one example. Mathias

[LUTE] Re: Torah

2019-08-02 Thread Alain Veylit
I am literally crushed. (But I will nevertheless keep on putting the heaviest volumes on the lower shelves in my house, just in case God sends the Big One to California). On 8/1/19 2:30 PM, howard posner wrote: On Aug 1, 2019, at 2:10 PM, Alain Veylit wrote: This 19th century pianist and

[LUTE] Re: Torah

2019-08-02 Thread howard posner
Yes, it was definitely the Talmud that Alkan was almost certainly not trying to reach when the bookcase almost certainly did not fall on him. While Tristan has a point, facetious I’m sure, about the collective weight of the Talmud being potentially fatal, it’s a bunch of volumes, so if it falls

[LUTE] Re: Torah

2019-08-02 Thread Alain Veylit
I think you are right about the Talmud. My memory of the episode is murky as Hell! On 8/1/19 2:20 PM, Tristan von Neumann wrote: This is a legend about Charles Valentin Alkan. I don't really know if it's true though :) It was probably the Talmud which has enough weight to crush you. No need

[LUTE] Re: Torah

2019-08-02 Thread Alain Veylit
Thanks. The Talmud gets two points. :) On 8/1/19 2:21 PM, [1]terli...@aol.com wrote: Alkan of course... but I heard it was the Talmud that did him in. Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Get the new AOL app: [2]mail.mobile.aol.com On Thursday, August 1, 2019, Alain Veylit [3] wrote: