[LUTE] Re: Initiating finger movement.

2014-10-15 Thread Herbert Ward
Caroline -- Are there not additional possibilities? 21, 31, 32, 41, 42, 43. In a sense yes. But I was not counting that way. I'm like Who cares if you have a dog and a cat or a cat and a dog. There's no difference.. You're like Use the turn signal, then turn the steering wheel. Order

[LUTE] Re: Initiating finger movement.

2014-10-13 Thread Caroline Usher
Are there not additional possibilities? 21, 31, 32, 41, 42, 43. When you move your fingers, do you move from the 2nd to the 3rd course, to the 4th course, and so forth. Do you start at a particular fret and move up or down the fingerboard? I ask because I injured myself by doing this sort of

[LUTE] Re: Initiating finger movement.

2014-10-13 Thread Dan Winheld
Caroline- What exactly are you doing with these combinations? Simply specifying finger combos is not telling what you are doing with them- could be anything at all. Stretching exercises? Legato exercises? Speed exercises? Strengthening exercises? Independence exercises? Sensitivity

[LUTE] Re: Initiating finger movement.

2014-10-13 Thread Caroline Usher
[mailto:dwinh...@lmi.net] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 4:19 PM To: Caroline Usher; Herbert Ward; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Initiating finger movement. Caroline- What exactly are you doing with these combinations? Simply specifying finger combos is not telling what you are doing

[LUTE] Re: Initiating finger movement.

2014-10-06 Thread Franz Mechsner
Dear Herbert, There is quite some research on coordination tendencies of the kind you describe. I've devoted part of my scientific life to these phenomena as they seem to provide fundamental insights into the principles of human movement in general. My own guiding hypothesis is