Klarinet Archive - Posting 000337.txt from 2002/10

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Help?
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:07:59 -0400

Now you know why there are thin and narrow necked guitars - the thumb
"wraps around" the neck for positioning on the E or E/A strings.

The "wraparound" thumb tricks are virtually impossible on classical
guitar - the neck is purposely wide.

However, I sat in with Manitas del Plata once and watched him lay his
guitar flat on his lap and use his left hand for fretting _and_ picking -
held completely on top of the guitar so his thumb was free to pick up
another 20% of the work.

He must have been friends with Paganini's "friend" ;^)

On Fri, 11 Oct
2002, LeliaLoban@-----.com wrote:

> I wrote,
> > The thumb has no left hand notation because it's the clamp, around the back
>
> > of the guitar's neck.
>
> Mark Charette wrote,
> >>Sure it does (I remember it as T or 0).
>
> My book must be out of date. Thanks, Mark.
>
>
> Gads. They must be jazz and blues players with bigger, smarter left thumbs
> than mine! Mine's a dumb thumb.

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