All, of course, helped by these chords being in a lower position with the thicker frets.
M --- On Sun, 11/10/09, Stewart McCoy <lu...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > From: Stewart McCoy <lu...@tiscali.co.uk> > Subject: [VIHUELA] Chord I > To: "Vihuela List" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Date: Sunday, 11 October, 2009, 9:13 PM > Dear Monica, > > Thank you for confirming what I had thought was the case, > that this is > the standard fingering for the A major chord in > 17th-century guitar > books: > > ____a___ > _2__c___ > _1__c___ > _1__c___ > ____a___ > > That is the fingering I try to use now. The great advantage > is that you > can trill on the 2nd course using your 4th finger at the > 3rd fret. You > get plenty of leverage trilling between the 2nd and 4th > fingers, more > than you would trilling with the 3rd and 4th fingers. > > There are many ways of fingering that A major chord. The > commonest seen > in modern guitar tutors is > > ____a___ > _3__c___ > _2__c___ > _1__c___ > ____a___ > ________ > > That's OK if you have thin fingers, but there is always the > danger that > the 1st finger won't get close enough to the 2nd fret, and > you'll get a > buzz. One way of avoiding that, is to use this fingering: > > ____a___ > _3__c___ > _1__c___ > _2__c___ > ____a___ > > which I sometimes use, particularly if hopping back and > forth between > chords of A and D major, because the 1st and 3rd fingers > stay on the > same string. Otherwise I go for the first fingering above. > > By the way, exactly the same thing applies to the chord of > G major on a > renaissance lute: > > ____a___ > ____a___ > _2__c___ > _1__c___ > _1__c___ > ____a___ > > is usually best, and as with the guitar, you can trill with > your 4th > finger, this time on the 3rd course. > > Best wishes, > > Stewart McCoy. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu > [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] > On > Behalf Of Monica Hall > Sent: 11 October 2009 15:22 > To: Rob MacKillop > Cc: Vihuelalist > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Chord I > > That's very helpful and interesting what > you say about the technique > being standard for blues and jazz. > There's obviously a long > tradition > there. > > > > Monica > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [1]Rob MacKillop > > To: [2]Monica Hall > > Cc: [3]Vihuelalist > > Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 1:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Chord I > > I use the 2nd finger on the 2nd course, > and the first finger on the > other two courses. I have no problem with > the open first string > sounding. I show beginner-ish students > this technique and invariable > they can't bend their first finger > inwards at the first joint, but > some > who have played blues and or jazz guitar > before have no problem - it > is > fairly standard technique for those > styles. > > > > Rob > > 2009/10/11 Monica Hall <[4]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> > > This is a rather abstruse > query. > In most Italian guitar > tables of alfabeto chords which include > the > left > hand fingering the > indication is that Chord I is to be played > using a > half (or hinge) barre to > stop the 4th and 3rd courses and the 2nd > finger to stop the 2nd > course at the 2nd fret. > > 0 > > 2 1 > > 2 1 > > 2 2 > > 0 > This doesn't seem to me the > most convenient way of doing it > especially > when combined with other > chords and I always use 1st, 2nd and 3rd > fingers. > Ruiz de Ribayaz does give > my preferred fingering as an > alternative to > the Italian one. > Both Sanz and Murcia seem > to think that the 4th course should be > stopped with the 1st finger > and a 2nd finger half barre used to > stop > the 2nd and 3rd which seems > a bit odd to me! > I wonder if Sanz is a > misprint which Murcia has copied. > In the illustrations of the > fingers stopping the chords on the > fingerboard in Sanz the > standard Italian fingering is shown. > I just wonder how everyone > else on this list usually fingers > chord > I > and what the advantages are > of the different possibilities. > Monica > -- > To get on or off this list see > list information at > [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:luteplay...@googlemail.com > 2. mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk > 3. mailto:vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu > 4. mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk > 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
