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Do Vicente Amigo and Antonio Rey not grow out their thumb nails??
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Richard Jernigan
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 RE: Do Vicente Amigo and Antonio Rey... (in reply to Dudnote)
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Sabicas had relatively small hands. The nail of his right thumb was unlike any other I have seen. Instead of sticking out straight, it curved over the end of the thumb, conforming to the shape of the thumb's end. He didn't grow it very long.
Sabicas often played with his thumb nearly perpendicular to the strings. His alzapua was lightning fast, like the rest of his playing could be, and unfailingly precise and musical.
There's a story drifting around somewhere that Segovia saw Sabicas playing, and remained for a long time, fascinated with watching Sabicas's thumb.
But remember what Borges said, with false modesty, about his collaboration with Bioy, in the Autobiographical Introduction to one of his books: "I take no credit for those stories, since they are almost inherent in the structure of language."
RNJ
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Date Jul. 4 2017 20:42:37
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estebanana
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RE: Do Vicente Amigo and Antonio Rey... (in reply to Richard Jernigan)
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Sabicas had relatively small hands. The nail of his right thumb was unlike any other I have seen. Instead of sticking out straight, it curved over the end of the thumb, conforming to the shape of the thumb's end. He didn't grow it very long.
Sabicas often played with his thumb nearly perpendicular to the strings. His alzapua was lightning fast, like the rest of his playing could be, and unfailingly precise and musical.
There's a story drifting around somewhere that Segovia saw Sabicas playing, and remained for a long time, fascinated with watching Sabicas's thumb.
But remember what Borges said, with false modesty, about his collaboration with Bioy, in the Autobiographical Introduction to one of his books: "I take no credit for those stories, since they are almost inherent in the structure of language."
RNJ
Small handed Don Trump could have done us all a favor if he had just tripped into a night spot in NYC when he was a late teen and taken a look at Sabicas. Perhaps he too would have seen the master dominate the instrument with his small hands and like you, the estimable Mr. Jernigan, become an aficionado of depth and wisdom.
The chance was there, but history did not take it. But sad is it not, that we could have had such a rich and influential aficionado as El Donald. His sello propio could have been short hooked nails and like Sabicas a beautiful peluca. We could call him Peluca de Oro, but never Manitas de Oro. No never.
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Date Jul. 5 2017 7:26:40
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