>With regard to what Sanz says about strumming the D minor chord and the >resulting 4/6 position (the A in the bass): a considerable portion of his >text is about how to play basso continuo on the guitar, and in accordance >with his advice to use bourdons for that his tablature examples show only >plucked textures, so that the bass will always be in its proper position,
I just re-read the "Documentos y advertencia generales", Sanz definitely shows BOTH strumming and plucked textures in his examples. The Regla primera removes any doubt saying: "tienen todos los puntos dos acompañamientos, para que escojas el que quisieres; El uno es de Rasgueado, con toda la Guitarra, y este se señala con las letras; El otro de Punteado, que se señala con los numeros.:" "All have two accompaniments, so that you choose the one you want: One is rasgueado, with the whole guitar, and this one is indicated with letters; the other one is punteado, wich is indicaterd with numbers." So it would seem strumming in basso continuo was definitely a possibility for Sanz. Peter To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
