Brandon Acker interviews lutenist Nigel North about his career, his approach to lute playing and his advice to guitar players today. https://www.nigelnorth.com/ Learn to play classical guitar without fingernails in just 10 days with Brandon Acker 🎸 https://classicalguitar-pro.com/p/no-nails-in-10-days Timestamps: 0:00 Introducing Nigel North 1:50 Nigel's origin story 4:43 Can you use nails on the lute? 11:40 Single-strung archlutes 14:28 Gut strings 20:24 No nail myths 21:34 Playing loud without nails 26:12 Playing fast without nails 28:55 Timbral change without nails 32:37 Cross-string trills 33:44 What guitarists need to know about the lute 39:44 The problem with modern guitars 42:20 Sharing information online 44:00 Renaissance lute music on guitar 47:53 Hand positions on the lute 49:46 Rest strokes 50:08 Bad habits 52:39 Nigel's one wish 54:07 Advice to guitarists 55:53 How to start playing lute 1:01:43 Problems in the lute world 1:05:03 Pinky on the soundboard 1:08:55 Parting thoughts Subscribe: https://bit.ly/3OY45ln My Most Popular Videos: https://tinyurl.com/popularvideos3 ➢LEARN GUITAR!🎸 My Online Beginner Guitar Course: https://classicalguitar-pro.com/ My Online Course for Playing Guitar Without Nails: https://classicalguitar-pro.com/p/no-nails-in-10-days My Online Music School: https://arpeggiato.com/ My Arrangements: https://arpeggiato.com/music-arrangements/ ➢ LISTEN TO MY MUSIC! My CDs: https://arpeggiato.com/cd/ ➢ FOLLOW ME! Instagram: https://instagram.com/brandon.acker.guitar Facebook: https:// facebook.com/BrandonAckerGuitar ➢ SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL! Patreon: https://patreon.com/brandonacker ➢ WATCH MORE VIDEOS! Most Popular: https://tinyurl.com/popularvideos3 Newest: https://tinyurl.com/newestuploads Classic Guitar: https://tinyurl.com/moremusic2 Guitar Tips: https://tinyurl.com/guitartips3 ➢ MY GEAR! https://a.co/7d4mo0j I am Brandon Acker. I create guitar tips, classical music covers, educational videos about rare plucked instruments, tutorials, and more! Consider checking out my new online guitar course: https://classicalguitar-pro.com/ and supporting me on my Patreon https://patreon.com/brandonacker A huge thank you to my patrons on Patreon who keep this channel alive! "Producer:" -John Spindler -Walter del Aguila "#1 Fans: " -Vivienne Yumi Nishimura -Javier Artiles "Super-Patrons:" -Christine -Carsten Korn -Håvard E Danielsen -Jeshom -Karen Pautz -Tianhong Zhou #guitar #brandonacker #classicalguitar