There was an interview with Nigel North in a recent issue of the LSA quarterly (xlv/2, summer 2010), where he referred to those written out final phrases with many flags in English manuscripts around 1600. IIRC he said that the fact that they are written out, doesn't mean you have to hit each note with your right hand. Rather, these groups of very fast notes can be slurred.
In a talk on French baroque lute music (Lute News 85, April 2008) Anthony Bailes mentioned the difficulties that Mersenne (1636) and Denis Gaultier (1669) met in indicating technical legato, and their respective solutions. With Mouton and Jeune Gallot, the curved line between two letters remained the standard sign for hammering-on. Mathias > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im > Auftrag von William Samson > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 1. September 2011 13:30 > An: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Betreff: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Hammering on and snapping off > > I'm curious to know when the playing of notes with left hand only first > appeared. Clearly it was used whenever there were graces to be played, > but what about written-out phrases? I have noticed there are slur-like > indications in later baroque lute music under phrases that lend > themselves to left-hand-only playing. Is that the intent? > > Sorry if this is baby stuff, but I'm not terribly familiar with the > later sources. > > Thanks, > > Bill Samson > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
