From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] 5 course guitar - partial strums
To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Friday, 1 June, 2012, 8:08
Dear Monica,
Just to test the envelope a little, a couple of observations arising
from
Yes indeed. In fact the relevant section in the Eds. Transatlantique
edition was written by Rafael Andia and on his recording of the
complete works of De Visee he does have the bourdon on the 4th course
on the thumb side. It doesn't seem to make a lot of difference to the
music.
I am curious if there is an answer to your question. Tangentally, I have a
theory that so many strummed chords didn't include the 5th course, that they
didn't even bother to put a dot there if it would make a dissonance, they just
assumed you wouldn't include it in the strum.
On May 31, 2012,
Dear Ed,
You'll have seen by now Monica Hall's response and our subsequent
discussion. Unless there's any other input, it seems there is no
evidence to suggest this sort of string damping - it's probably just a
question of employing great precision in strumming; but I'll keep an
On Jun 1, 2012, at 9:35 PM, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
Your point about the 5th course is certainly well made, however, missing this
course is not so tricky as avoiding playing the first course when using a
downwards index strum. Indeed, I raised the matter since I'd heard quite a
few players
It is only in French sources that they put in dots at all. They are not
used in Italian sources.
The idea seems to be prevalent that they included open courses rather
indiscriminately but I don't think this is so. The sources which mention
that you should include the open courses - Colonna,
To be pedantic, the Ms with dots I mentioned (a Lobkowicz Ms - OLIM
Prague II Ms Kk77) is probably Austrian or Bohemian in origin. In fact
the title page of the first part has ' Pieces Composee Par le Comte
Logis' - though perhaps arrangements (if that) rather than original
Well - I should have said in French tablature
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From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
To: Ed Durbrow edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp; Monica Hall
mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk
Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu
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