If you haven't come across multi-instrumentalist Rob MacKillop, you should check out his channel on YouTube:Ĭongratulations on acquiring your new 'toy', Eric! I started playing lute myself a few years back, and I've really enjoyed exploring areas of repertoire I never knew existed. But there are some very fine musicians who approach the guitar in a similar manner. (Fast i/m scale passages are a bit of a problem, but there aren't many of those in the repertoire I play!) Well, that's rather a long story, and I realize my own shaky playing is hardly an endorsement of this approach. Essentially lute technique! I do concentrate on 19th century repertoire, but for the most part I find my right hand manages adequately. Instead, I employ a technique similar to the one recommended by Sor in his Method: pinky on the soundboard, no nails, and so on. But after a few years of playing 'thumb under', I have found it difficult to return to standard modern guitar technique. So these days I am mostly playing the former. For various reasons, during a long (and ongoing) rehabilitation, I have found it far easier to manage a guitar than a lute. After a few years of playing mostly lute, my playing was interrupted altogether by injury. Over the course of perhaps a year, I gradually reduced their length even further, until one day I realized it was time for the clippers! (Frankly, I don't miss the nuisance of looking after my nails!) I did at this point discontinue my classical guitar playing, although I strummed away at an old 'acoustic' from time to time. When I began with the lute, I shortened my nails, but didn't eliminate them altogether. That, at least, is the position I have come to. Eric Phillips While it is true that proper lute technique is difficult to achieve with right hand nails, it is not the case that guitar technique requires them.
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