David van Ooijen wrote:
A very general summary could be that a quill is fine for single line medieval music, occasional strumming in a lively dance or a strummed chord here and there. That would be done till about 1500. Around then fingers took over to play polyphony.
Did Arthur recently mention a source from the 1520s, mentioning plectrum technique as if it was still a viable option?
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