With the legato style of playing the baroque lute, there are so many slurs, hammers-on, pull-off's, etc. It seems almost opposite of renaissance lute, where every note is plucked. So, with the legato left hand work, it is really not all that foreign to repeat plucked notes with a right finger.
ed At 11:14 AM 4/27/2005 -0600, Michael Thames wrote: > Howard, and all, > It sure would be nice if someone out there could compile a definitive >method for baroque lute, also citing historical evidence etc. > Martin Shepard has a very detailed account of the thumb under technique >that is really one of the best explanations I've come across. > Toyohiko Satoh's "Method for the baroque Lute" doesn't touch on this >theory, of not using "A", As a result a guitarist, turned lutenist, it's >often times more confusing than enlightening. > Also, a guitarist has a natural tendency to alternate I, and M. The >idea of repeating the same finger on the same string is totally foreign, but >very freeing on the baroque lute. > I think using "A" came about in the 19th century after Sor's time. >Michael Thames Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
