Yes - that's an interesting example and there are other places where he has
similar passages on the lower courses e.g. in the Jacaras on p.7. It is
possible that p i p i was still part of the standard technique. Because
they say so little about these things we can only guess. The fact that
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar bridges
The Bartolotti ciaccona seems to be the one exception. In the rest of the
book there are very few right-hand fingerings (with dots), for some single
notes on the 4th course. Certainly no p-i-p-i runs, and completely
unproblematic with bourdons.
The Ci
For pipi runs, it isn't explicit in the manuscript, but what about the
last variation of the Sanz Folias? There are passages with runs on the
4th and 5th courses -- to play them with thumb-only down strokes
imposes a strict speed limit (and he tells you to run away with this
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