I really think that fingering is common to most modern guitarists in most genres that use the intervals of the current standard tuning, classical included, and probably has been since the time of alfabeto. A long tradition indeed.
Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Monica Hall > Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:22 AM > 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
