Bruno, You're correct. The author advises not to use the 'a' finger. The reason behind this and other arcane mysteries will be explained in Kapsperger's new book "Kapsperger della musica." Coming soon to a bookseller near you! HK only gives p-i-m-i and Picinnini advises the same way except in very quick passages where you can strum the chords "in a single blow as on the lute." I personally don't think they cared about always going from low to high, but who knows?
Chris Christopher Wilke Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Mon, 10/18/10, Bruno Correia <bruno.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Bruno Correia <bruno.l...@gmail.com> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Toccata > To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 7:27 PM > Howard, > > > > Exactly the way I'm doing. No (a) finger > (the author adverts against > its use!) and always following the > pattern you describe. Not easy to do > in certain chords... > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > 2010/10/18 howard posner <[1]howardpos...@ca.rr.com> > > On Oct 18, 2010, at 1:54 PM, Thomas > Schall wrote: > > Hoppy plays it p-i-m-i-a-i-m-i (if I > recall correctly) > > I hope not. I think you > p-i-m-i-p-i-m-i. Kapsberger's instruction > in the front of the book are > pretty clear, if I recall: keep the > same pattern, rather than > arpeggiating bottom to top all the time. > > To get on or off this list see list > information at > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:howardpos...@ca.rr.com > 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html