"Jorge Torres" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Sorry, the designation I mentioned is from a MS for 13 course with > instructions by LeSage, noted in Doug Smith and Peter Danner's article "How > Beginners...Should Proceed," JLSA, 1976.
Please forgive me I'm picky, but neither the instructions of LeSage 1695 include anything about RH ringfinger. Dot beneath letter means forefinger, small vertical line beneath letter means thumb, "no sign" means middle finger; that's it. -- Best, Mathias > On 1/5/07 12:14 PM, "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Jorge Torres" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > >> 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. > > > > LeSage 1695 is for 11c lute, and the author only signifies RH forefinger > > and thumb (middle finger isn't pasticularly signified). No use of RH > > ring finger, indeed. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
