On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:39 AM, Andrew Gibbs wrote: > ..but do you think the occasional (and tasteful) spreading of chords > is a bad or non-HIP thing?
No, not really. As long as it's not done to excess. Rolling too many chords in a piece tends to muddy up the counterpoint and blur the rhythm. But there are times when a chord has to be spread: a chord consisting of five or six notes obviously has to be rolled, and it's perfectly legitimate to play a chord with the right-hand thumb moving down over the bass note(s) and the index finger moving up "backwards" over the higher strings. In fact, there are markings in the tablature that we take as standard indications that call for separation of vertically-arranged notes. David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
