Hello again,
Thanks to all for your comments. There aren't many players in this part of the
country to bounce ideas off of, and its nice to have your feedback.
I wrote the article a few years ago as a final project for a grad seminar to
help me come to terms with what I saw as a few basic fundamentals outlined in
the sources and already discussed by others, and to clarify what was for me a
newly adopted instrument and playing style. The examples are laid out roughly
in order of difficulty, with the intention of serving as a starting point for
players. A good way of learning dedillo would be to use the article as a
template and supplement it with similar passages from the sources.
One of my first concert outings with the vihuela was a recital sponsored by the
Classical Guitar Society here in Calgary, in which I decided to play some of
the Mudarra fantasias - great examples of dedillo. Before playing them, I
talked a bit about the instrument and the idea of dedillo. After the concert, I
was approached by several collegues - both respectable players and teachers -
who confessed not really being able to hear much of a difference between
dedillo and dos dedos. The fact is that even up close the difference in sound
can be subtle. Still, there are many situations where using dedillo is a
lifesaver, and its a great thing to help round out your toolbox. Cheers.
Ralph
- Original Message -
From: bill kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:24 am
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: dedillo
To: Monica Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
thank you, monica. actually, i knew that ... just got
a little disoriented with all these wizzing fingers.
i'm sure there's a degree of subtility to be gained
from finger picking - as opposed to plectrum picking -
and effects as yet unknown to me ... but so far, i
much prefer the pick. it's louder, for one thing and
makes a consistant, syncopated sound that in finger
picking sounds just a little mechanical - imho.
but with all effects i've noticed that paired courses
make a fuller, more musical sound.
- bill
--- Monica Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes - the vihuela must have been played with a
plectrum originally. It was
called a vihuela de pendula I think - to distinguish
it from the vihuela de
mano and vihuela de arco..
In fact most plucked stringed instruments, including
the lute and the guitar
were played with plectra as a matter of course until
the end of the 15th
century - and probably played only a single line.
Playing finger style in
several parts began to be deveolped towards the end
of the 15th century - as
I understand it.
Monica
- Original Message -
From: bill kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: RALPH MAIER [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: 'Vihuela Net' vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu;
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:35 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: dedillo
thank you - my thumb over technigue doesn't exist
and
it's a relief to know that sig. fuenilana
preferred
the (to me, infinitly more natural) thumb-under.
was the vihuela - any vihuela - ever played with a
plectrum?
bienvenuto - bill
--- RALPH MAIER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
The other two are do dedos (thumb and finger like
most lutenists), and index and middle finger
(like
modern guitarists). The last was apparently
Fuenllana's fingering of choice.
Ralph
- Original Message -
From: bill kilpatrick
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:03 pm
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: dedillo
To: 'Vihuela Net' vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
archiving (is that a word?) problems from your
address
might be spam related. it happened to me
once
and i
felt just awful about it (my italian server was
to
blame ...)
in ralph maier's excellent article there's a
quote
in
translation from miguel de fuenllana which
mentions
... three ways [in] which [they] customarily
are
played on this instrument, the vihuela. only
one
-
dedillo - is elaborated.
please, what are the other two?
- bill
--- Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wayne has told me that the archive computer
has
decided it doesn't like
me...and is refusing to archive my posts. I'm
trying
not to take this
personally.
BTW, Ralph Maier, he of the online article re
dedillo (and excellent vihuela
playing) has joined our list. Welcome,
friend.
Rob
www.rmguitar.info
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