Yes, perhaps you are right here. Although I am not aware of a contemporary reference to the verb "flater" meaning "to strum". (Unless I've missed something!) As far as I know, the verb is synonymous with "pincer", "to pluck". In particular reference to Gallot, is there any music written by him at all that actually includes strumming per se? And in the "Pieces" to which his instructions pertain? I on't believe so. Thus I think Lundgren's translation of "flater" as "strumming" may be somewhat faulty. Although perhaps the essence of what you say, that Gallot is basically telling his students not to overplay, is more to the mark.
Best, Benjamin In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =?ISO-8859-1?b? Ik1hdGhpYXMgUvZzZWwi?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I do however agree that it is odd Gallot focuses only on the right hand and not the left also. > > Perhaps you focus too much on a secondary meaning of the French word > flatter. Its first meaning is to touch softly, stroke. I take Gallot' > advice #5 to mean that students should keep their RH under control and > avoid careless strumming in order to keep the level of mental > concentration as high as possible. > > Best, > > Mathias > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
