On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:56 PM, nedma...@aol.com wrote:
when the index finger strikes the string, it ends its
stroke under and behind the thumb, before returning to its starting
position in front of the thumb.
There are many ways of looking at it. Some suggestions, others will
give
Everything DvO says- especially allow the index finger to complete
its follow-through OVER the thumb before both fingers relax back to
position for the next note. This can feel weird or counterintuitive
at first, but becomes natural reflexive with practice. CAVEAT- we
can't see your hands-
Ned,
There are some nice videos on YouTube (and elsewhere) that may help you.
This video of Paul O'Dette has some fairly good hand shots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G23_pcCZkZg
I have a Ronn McFarlane DVD (Contemporary Lute Virtuoso) that is very
helpful and easy to find (for a Lute DVD).
Thank you David, Dan Morgan,
The video of Paul O'Dette is helpful - I had missed that one. Jacob
Heringman has, it appears, audio only clips on you tube. But I'll look
for Ronn McFarlane's DVD. I happen to like Nigel North's playing very
much, but can't tell from his clips on
I think there really is no thumb under and over.
There are however
Thumb in--the thumb is inside the hand'' NB: just as it was called back then
Thumb in tips up the finger tips are higher
Thumb out stretched--thumb must be like a bow NB specifically
described historically
Thumb out--not like
Thank you, David. It's interesting that you've discovered these
various positions whether by research, exploration of a good bit of
both. I have noticed that the lute is very sensitive to variations of
right hand position and condition of the skin. (I love the sound I get
after
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From: nedma...@aol.com
To: vidan...@sbcglobal.net; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:13 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Thumb-under . . always?
Thank you, David. It's interesting that you've discovered these
various positions whether by research, exploration
.
- Original Message -
From: [1]nedma...@aol.com
To: [2]vancew...@wowway.com
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Thumb-under . . always?
Thanks, VW. I think I'm striking both strings, but will pay close
attention to this issue.
Ned
: [LUTE] Re: Thumb-under . . always?
I think there really is no thumb under and over.
There are however
Thumb in--the thumb is inside the hand'' NB: just as it was called back
then
Thumb in tips up the finger tips are higher
Thumb out stretched--thumb must be like a bow NB specifically
Message - From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net
To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 4:06 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Thumb-under . . always?
I think there really is no thumb under and over.
There are however
Thumb in--the thumb is inside the hand'' NB
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