in a previous post from arne keller - no subject was given but he was asking for notation advise - he says that according to tinctoris, there was a change from playing the lute with plectrum to plucking it with the fingertips during the second half of the l5th century and that the two methods continued side by side for some time - even, it is suggested, with 6c. and 7c. lutes.
- does anyone know when finger plucking replaced plectrum as the predominate style of play? - did it remain popular in some areas of europe for a longer period of time and diminish more rapidly in others? on mikesoud site recently i found an interesting explanation of precisely how the plectrum should be properly used: "... For both speed and tone reasons, I suggest approaching the instrument planning to use either alternate picking or "economy picking". Alternate picking means that on each stroke you switch between downstrokes and upstrokes. Economy picking is similar to alternate picking, except that when you change strings your next stroke is in the same direction your hand just moved." - are there references to "alternate" and "economy" picking in lute literature - possibly identified with other names? - are there additional up/down picking patterns recognized for the lute similar to the variety of rasqueo available for the vihuela and baroque guitar? grazie - bill early music charango ... http://groups.google.com/group/charango ___________________________________________________________ Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter now. http://www.yahoo.co.uk/blackberry To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
