--- bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
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