It is - and I recommend playing the Ricercars for their excessive use of
it - you don't get better exercise in holding notes. :)
Am 04.08.2018 um 14:48 schrieb Leonard Williams:
What is the significance of the double-"x" after some notes? Is this a
hold sign?
Leonard
What is the significance of the double-"x" after some notes? Is this a
hold sign?
Leonard
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From: Sean Smith
To: lute
Sent: Fri, Aug 3, 2018 7:15 pm
Subject: [LUTE] More dots
Antonio Rota in his first book has a Saltarelo and Piva in the Dm
I can't put my finger on it (erm...), but when playing Alberto it
occurred frequently that you need to play "dotted" chords, which
probably means index+2 as a downstroke. This is a nice effect.
Maybe someone professional can explain.
Am 04.08.2018 um 02:51 schrieb Sean Smith:
Thanks,
Thanks, Tristan.
Which books did you see the Alberto dots in this context?
The Fezandant publications include right-hand dots frequently in the
guitar books but I don't recall any running thirds. I don't mind
looking again, though.
Sean
AR's intabulations are nice, too.
I guess the most logical way is to play the run with index and middle
finger (not dedillo), it's also most convenient. Sounds great if played
with panache.
Albert de Rippe has some similar dotting in his style and it makes
sense. For my taste, this gives more control over the brightness and
