In the 17th century LeSage de Richee (1695), a self-proclaimed student of Mouton, uses three dots to indicate the right hand ring finger, but that's a 13-course instrument. None of the printed French sources prior to 1700 (Gault I and II, Gallot, Perinne, or Mouton) use the ring finger.
Jorge On 1/5/07 10:27 AM, "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (sent through RT, due to transient comp. problems) > heading: French baroque RH fingerings > > Dear lute friends, > > Has anyone seen a fingering in the 11-course French lute repertoire which > indicate that the ring finger of the right hand was ever used? > > I have noticed the occasional ring finger sign in the theobo music in > Saizenay, but not in the lute music anywhere. > > Thanks, > > Robert > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
