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 strings but with just the index (I presume) this isn't too tricky. regards, Martyn
Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 passage in thirds all marked as if they were to be strummed - including the single note in the second bar. 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 open courses doesn't seem to be an option. Bartolotti has gone to quite a lot of trouble to include a lot of detailed information about right-hand fingering although he is a bit inconsistent. So is he just being inconsistent here - or does he really want some kind of special effect? I'll take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Monica -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox. --
