Hello Susanne From the foreword of the second edition Amsterdam 1618 of the Secretum (here Paradisus): "s'il y a deux petits traitz ainsi, c'est du second, s'il n'y en a point, signifie du poulce..." II = second finger (guitar: m) The same in nederlands is written in the first edition of 1615 (Secretum).
Andreas Am 31.12.2008 um 15:32 schrieb Susanne Herre: > > > Dear Lutenists, > > > > I just played Vallet. He uses this sign " II " very often. I'm > wondering if it means to play with the thumb or the middle > finger. Is > there already a change in playing technique on the 10 > course-lute (running passages perhaps to be played as > alternation of > middle finger and index finger) or is it still the way you would > play a > lute with six or seven courses (alternation of thumb and index > finger)? > > > > I'm just wondering because I can't see the reason why he should > still > write which finger the player should use if this is the way the > lutenists already played more than 100 years before Vallets pieces. > > > > > > A great year 2009 for everyone! > > > > Susanne > > > > > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Andreas Schlegel Eckstr. 6 CH-5737 Menziken +41 (0)62 771 47 07 lute.cor...@sunrise.ch --
