[VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation - with music

2008-01-05 Thread Martyn Hodgson
: Rob To: Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:48 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation - with music Another possibility: this could be the earliest notation for the thumb playing both up and down strokes - a very common flamenco guitar technique, called alzapua. It can be very

[VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation and music

2008-01-05 Thread Monica Hall
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation and music This is the passacaglia on p.17 we are discussing here... It is possible to play them with a single finger up and down or possibly even thumb down and finger up but I don't think this would be the method of choice. Including any

[VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation - with music

2008-01-05 Thread Monica Hall
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation - with music This is the Ciaccona which Stuart won't have a copy of. However, the problem with my earlier suggestion is that I just can't do it: I played through yesterday and thought it just needed a bit more application

[VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation - with music

2008-01-04 Thread Monica Hall
is the different effect you would produce. Answers on a postcard ..to Monica - Original Message - From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:48 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation - with music Another

[VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation - with music

2008-01-04 Thread Martyn Hodgson
To: Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:48 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation - with music Another possibility: this could be the earliest notation for the thumb playing both up and down strokes - a very common flamenco guitar technique, called alzapua. It can be very

[VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation and music

2008-01-04 Thread Stuart Walsh
Monica Hall wrote: Following on from the discussion about Foscarini's notation before Christmas I wonder what other people on this list would make of a passage in one of Bartolooti's passacaglias - the one on p.17 of his Libro Primo. On the bottom stave of the first page (17) there is a

[VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation

2008-01-03 Thread Martyn Hodgson
I've always assumed these were just light strums across two adjacent strings; simplty an extension of just strumming on three (eg the 630 on the first beat of the fourth full bar of this line). As, I think, you imply, one needs to be a bit careful not to strum any other surrounding

[VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation

2008-01-03 Thread Monica Hall
You are probably right - Bartolotti is very meticulous on the whole and includes far more details about right-hand technique than most. It is just that the piece by Foscarini that Stuart was commenting on includes similar passages in thirds which Fosco has indicated are to be played lute

[VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation

2008-01-03 Thread Monica Hall
Them's my sentiments entirely! Monica - Original Message - From: Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Monica Hall' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Vihuelalist' vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:25 PM Subject: RE: [VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation If you go right

[VIHUELA] Re: Foscarini/Bartolotti notation - with music

2008-01-03 Thread Stuart Walsh
Monica Hall wrote: Following on from the discussion about Foscarini's notation before Christmas I wonder what other people on this list would make of a passage in one of Bartolooti's passacaglias - the one on p.17 of his Libro Primo. On the bottom stave of the first page (17) there is a